Category: P

An operation to remove part of the stomach.  

The condition of being able to hear some sounds but not all.  

An inability to remember specific facts, such as names of people.  

Not complete, affecting only part of something.  

A piece, one of the sections which make up a whole organ or body.  

An attack of breathlessness at night, usually caused by congestive heart failure.  

An antidepressant drug which prolongs the effects of serotonin in the brain. An antidepressant drug. Paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat) is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder. It is one of the new antidepressant drugs and it works by increasing the activity of the chemical serotonin…

One of the glands which produces saliva, situated in the neck behind the joint of the jaw and ear. Either of a pair of large salivary glands, located at the side of die face below and in front of the ear, that release saliva through the parotid ducts into the mouth. One of two major…

Referring to Parkinson’s disease.  

Part of the peritoneum which lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal viscera. Peritoneum lining the abdominal walls and the undersurface of the diaphragm.