Category: P

A sweet jelly with medication in it, which can be sucked to relieve a sore throat. A small paper disc covered with barium platinocyanide, which changes colour when exposed to radiation. A medicinal preparation containing gelatin and glycerin, usually coated with sugar, that is dissolved in the mouth so that the medication is applied to…

Records of earlier illnesses.  

To kill bacteria in food by heating it.  

The process of heating food or food products to destroy bacteria [After Louis Pasteur (1822-95), French chemist and bacteriologist].  

A genus of parasitic bacteria, one of which causes the plague. A genus of small rodlike Gram-negative bacteria that are parasites of animals and man. The species P. pestis causes plague in man, and P. tularensis causes tularemia. A group of bacilli. They are essentially animal parasites that under certain conditions are transmitted to humans,…

A medicinal ointment which is very thick and is spread or rubbed onto the skin. A medicinal preparation of a soft sticky consistency, which is applied externally. The term refers to dough, particularly one that contains a high proportion of shortening. This type of dough is commonly used in making puff pastries.  

Referring to time which has passed.  

Movement of a limb or other body part by a doctor or therapist, not by the person. Movement not brought about by a patient’s own efforts. Passive movements are induced by manipulation of the joints by a physiotherapist. They are useful in maintaining function when a patient has nerve or muscle disorders that prevent voluntary…

Used to avoid saying ‘die’ (informal).  

A long narrow channel inside the body. The process of moving from one place to another. Evacuation of the bowels. The introduction of an instrument into a cavity. A channel between cavities and body structures or with the external surface of an organ. Inoculating a parasite into a host or introducing a saprobe into a…