Category: P

  • Proximal interphalangeal joint

    A joint nearest the point of attachment of a finger or toe.    

  • Proximal convoluted tubule

    A part of the kidney filtering system between the loop of Henle and the glomerulus.    

  • Provoke

    To make a person angry. To make something happen. To make something be felt.  

  • Provisionally

    In a temporary way, not certainly.  

  • Provision

    The act of providing something. Something provided.  

  • Provider

    A hospital which provides secondary care which is paid for by another body such as a PCG or social services. A hospital or other health care institution or health care professional which provides health care services to patients. A “provider” may be a single hospital, an individual, a group or organization, or even the government.…

  • Provide

    To supply something.  

  • Proud flesh

    New vessels and young fibrous tissue which form when a wound, incision or lesion is healing. A fleshy, polyp-shaped hemangioma that may develop at the site of a wound. It bleeds easily and is usually tender. A colloquial term for the excessive growth of granulation tissue in ulcers or in the early stages of wound…

  • Protuberance

    A rounded part of the body which projects above the rest. Projecting part, especially a rounded projection (e.g., mental protuberance, projecting part of the chin). A rounded projecting part, e.g. the projecting part of the chin (mental protuberance). A part that is prominent beyond a surface, like a knob.  

  • Protrude

    To stick out.