Category: P

To the 6-week period after childbirth, during which progressive physiological changes restore uterine size and system functions to nonpregnant status.  

Occurring after the death of a tissue or a part.  

An important cause of chronic cough, often associated with chronic or allergic rhinitis, in which nasal secretions drain via the posterior pharynx.  

Non-ischemic chest pain occurring after a patient has had a myocardial infarction, that typically worsens with deep breathing, improves while sitting up, and is aggravated by lying down. The patient may develop a low-grade fever, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and elevated levels of anti-myocardial antibodies. The cause is unknown. Patients usually are treated with…

The phase of a woman’s life that begins 1 year after her final menstrual period. The phase of a woman’s life that comes after menopause, the stage marked by the cessation of ovulation and menstruation.  

A condition occurring in infants born after 42 weeks’ gestation who exhibit signs of perinatal compromise related to diminished intrauterine oxygenation and nutrition secondary to placental insufficiency. During labor the fetal monitor may display late decelerations, and fetal hypoxia may result in meconium expulsion and aspiration. Characteristic assessment findings include skin desquamation and an absence…

Confusion that follows a seizure. It usually resolves in an hour unless complicated by head injury, hypoxia, or status epilepticus.  

Occurring or performed after hypnosis.  

Plastic surgery of the prepuce or foreskin.  

The first year of graduate training after completion of the formal 4 yr of medical school. Previously, this year was known as the internship year. Similarly, PGY-2 and PGY-3 are the abbreviations for postgraduate year two and three.