Category: P

The ring formed by the two hip bones to which the thigh bones are attached. Bony structure, made up of the left and right hipbones, the sacrum, and the coccyx, to which the bones of the legs are attached. The bony structure to which the bones of the lower limbs are attached. It consists of…

A fracture of the pelvis.  

The lower part of the space beneath the pelvic girdle, formed of muscle.  

A sheet of muscle between the pelvic cavity and the peritoneum. The musculofascial layer forming the lower boundary of the abdominopelvic cavity. It is funnel shaped and is pierced in the midline by the urethra, vagina, and rectum. It consists of a muscular layer made up of the paired levator ani and coccygeus muscles. The…

A small rod- or ovalshaped pill of steroid hormone, usually either oestrogen or testosterone, that is implanted under the skin for slow absorption. Solid sediment at the base of a container after centrifuging. A tiny pill or small ball of medicine or food.  

A disease where an injury to the knee causes the ligament to become calcified [Described 1905. After Augusto Pelligrini, surgeon in Florence, Italy; Alfred Stieda (1869-1945), Professor of Surgery at K6nigsberg, Germany.]  

A fever associated with Hodgkin’s disease which recurs regularly [Described 1885. After Pieter Klaases Pel (1852-1919), Professor of Medicine in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Wilhelm Ebstein (1836-1912), Professor of Medicine at Géttingen, Germany.] Cyclic fever occurring in Hodgkin’s disease in which high body temperatures lasting from 3 to 10 days are separated by an afebrile period of…

A dentist who specialises in the treatment of children’s teeth.  

A congenital condition, in which the chest is depressed in the centre because the lower part of the breastbone is curved backwards. A congenital deformity of the bony thorax in which the sternum, particularly the xyphoid process, is bent inward, creating a hollow depression in the anterior chest; treatment is often surgery. A chest abnormality…