Category: P
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Pass
To allow faeces, urine or any other body product to come out of the body. In education, to have a level of performance that is considered evidence of satisfactory learning, whether for a specific test or piece of work or for a whole course; in the latter case a teacher will award the student credit…
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Paschen bodies
Particles which occur in the skin lesions of people who have smallpox [After Enrique Paschen (1860-1936), German pathologist]. Particles that occur in the cells of skin rashes in patients with cowpox or smallpox; they are thought to be the virus particles.
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Parturifacient
Starting off birth or making it easier to give birth.
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Partly
Not completely.
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Particulate
Referring to or composed of particles. Made up of separate particles. A tiny pollutant in the air, such as dust, soot, and mold spores.
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Partial vision
The ability to see only a part of the total field of vision, or not being able to see anything very clearly.
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Partial thickness burn
A burn which leaves enough tissue for the skin to grow again.
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Partial pancreatectomy
An operation to remove part of the pancreas.
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Partially sighted register
A list of people who have poor sight but are not blind, and may require some special services.
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Partially
Not completely.