Category: P
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Potassium permanganate
A purple-coloured poisonous salt, used as a disinfectant. A salt of potassium used for disinfecting and cleansing wounds and as a general skin ‘antiseptic. It irritates mucous membranes and is poisonous if taken into the body. A potassium salt used as a skin antiseptic and for cleaning wounds; its astringent effect is useful in the…
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Postviral
Occurring after a viral infection.
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Post-traumatic amnesia
Amnesia which follows a trauma.
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Post-traumatic
Appearing after a trauma, e.g. after an accident, rape or fire.
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Postsynaptic axon
An axon of the nerves on either side of a synapse.
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Post-registration education and practice
In the UK, the requirement for all registered nurses and midwives to undertake educational activities and keep up with contemporary practice, and also for their employers to address the learning needs of staff. It was started by the UKCC in 1993.
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Post-primary tuberculosis
The reappearance of tuberculosis in a person who has been infected with it before.
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Postpartum haemor
Heavy bleeding after childbirth.
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Postoperative pain
Pain felt after a surgical operation.
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Postoperatively
After a surgical operation.