Category: P

A muscle at the back of the knee. A flat triangular muscle at the back of the knee joint, between the femur and tibia, that helps to flex the knee. Muscle located in the hind part of the knee joint that flexes the leg and aids it in rotating.  

A space behind the knee between the hamstring and the calf muscle. The soft tissue depression posterior to the knee.  

US protruding eyes.  

Not very well (informal).  

Not very good.  

A subarachnoid space in front of the pons, containing the basilar artery.  

Referring to a pons.  

Part of the hindbrain, formed of fibres which continue the medulla oblongata. The part of the brainstem that links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus, bulging forward in front of the cerebellum, from which it is separated by the fourth ventricle. It contains numerous nerve tracts between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord and…

A type of eczema with many irritating little blisters on the hands and feet. A skin condition with bulbous swellings. Eczema of the hands and feet. Because the horny layer of the skin in these parts is so thick the vesicles typical of eczema cannot rupture; they therefore persist in the skin, looking like rice…

Having more than one valency. Multivalent; having a combining power of more than two atoms of hydrogen.