Category: P

  • Plasma skimming

    The natural separation of red blood cells from plasma at bifurcations in the vascular tree, dividing the blood into relatively concentrated and relatively dilute streams.  

  • Planuria

    The voiding of urine from an abnormal passage of the body.  

  • Popliteal planum

    A smooth triangular area on the posterior surface of distal end of femur. It is bordered by the medial and lateral supracondylar lines and forms the floor of the popliteal fossa.  

  • Planum

    A flat or relatively smooth surface; a plane.  

  • Plantaris

    A long slim muscle of the calf between the gastrocnemius and soleus. It is sometimes double and at other times missing. Insertion of a tooth into the bony socket from which it may have been removed by accident, or transplantation of a tooth into the socket from which a tooth has just been removed. The…

  • Plathnet

    Concerning the sole of the foot.  

  • Plantalgia

    Pain in the sole of the foot.  

  • Plantago seed

    The cleaned, dried, ripe seed of Plantago psyllium or P. indica. It is used as a cathartic, but usually in a powdered form rather than in the form of whole seeds.  

  • Planorbis

    A genus of freshwater snails that is the intermediate host for some species of schistosomal blood flukes.  

  • Planimeter

    An apparatus used to measure the area of a plane figure by passing a tracer around the boundaries.