Category: P
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Positive pressure respirator
A machine which forces air into the lungs through a tube inserted in the mouth. The act of forcing air into the lungs to encourage the lungs to expand.
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Positively
In a positive way.
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Positive
Indicating the answer ‘yes’. Indicating the presence of something being tested for.
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Position
The place where something is. The way a person’s body is arranged. The place or arrangement in which a thing is put.
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Port wine stain
A purple birthmark. A type of vascular birthmark or blood vessel malformation. Port-wine stains can be pink, red, or purple and of any size, and they occur most often on the face, neck, arms, and legs. They tend to increase in size as a child grows and do not disappear on their own. It is…
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Porto-systemic encephalopathy
A mental disorder and coma caused by liver disorder due to portal hypertension.
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Portocaval shunt
An artificial passage made between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava to relieve portal hypertension.
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Portocaval anastomosis
A surgical operation to join the portal vein to the inferior vena cava and divert blood past the liver.
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Portocaval
Linking the portal vein to the inferior vena cava.
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Porter
A hospital worker who does general work such as wheeling a patient’s trolley into the operating theatre or moving heavy equipment. A beer of a dusky and acrid variety, that is brewed utilizing roasted malt, is primarily responsible for its coloration. In the realm of English beer, there exists a captivating libation known as stout.…