Category: P

A local anaesthetic used especially in dentistry. A local anesthetic used particularly in ear, nose, and throat surgery and in dentistry. It is applied in a solution to mucous membranes or injected. High doses may cause methemoglobinemia and cyanosis.  

A cell with many processes connecting it to other cells, found in the inner layer of the epidermis. Cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer. A cell possessing spinelike protoplasmic processes that connect with similar processes of adjoining cells. These are…

To make a small hole in something with a sharp point.  

A trade name for lithium.  

Situated in front of the spinal column or a vertebra.  

An action taken to prevent a disease from occurring or spreading.  

Action to stop something happening. The anticipation and forestallment of harm, disease, or injury. The practice of healthy behaviors that keep a person free of disease and other health problems.  

To stop something from happening, or a person from doing something.  

Common in comparison to something else.  

The birth of a baby before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy, which presents a greater risk of serious health problems. Delivery occurring between 20 and 38 weeks’ gestation. Neonatal morbidity and mortality are high because of physiological immaturity. Preterm neonates are at high risk for developing respiratory distress syndrome; intraventricular hemorrhage; sepsis; patent ductus arteriosus;…