Category: P

  • 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…

  • 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.  

  • Parturifacient

    Starting off birth or making it easier to give birth.  

  • Partly

    Not completely.  

  • 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.  

  • Partial vision

    The ability to see only a part of the total field of vision, or not being able to see anything very clearly.  

  • Partial thickness burn

    A burn which leaves enough tissue for the skin to grow again.  

  • Partial pancreatectomy

    An operation to remove part of the pancreas.  

  • Partially sighted register

    A list of people who have poor sight but are not blind, and may require some special services.  

  • Partially

    Not completely.