Category: P

  • Protein complementarity

    The mixing of foods so that all light essential amino acids are ingested in the diet in proper amounts and proportions.  

  • Protein binding

    The process by which a drug binds itself chemically to the protein substances in the plasma.  

  • Protection from physical and psychological harm

    In research, such as psychological studies of volunteers, the ethical principle that requires the volunteers to be able to participate in study with no risk to their psychological or physical health. This includes guaranteed anonymity and confidentiality.  

  • Protanopia

    Red-green color blindness in which there is, in addition, insensitivity to red. Red blindness; color blindness in which there is a defect in the perception of red.  

  • Prostitution

    The practice of selling sexual services. The act of exchanging sexual favors for money. It is a risk factor for the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, syphilis, hepatitis, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  

  • Prostitute

    Prostitute

    A person of either sex, but usually the female, who engages in sexual relations for profit.  

  • Prosthodontics

    The branch of dentistry concerned with the mechanics of fitting dental appliances, dentures. The branch of dentistry pertaining to the replacement of missing teeth or soft tissues with bridges, crowns, implants, and prostheses. Replacements may be fixed or removable, and may repair defects within the mouth, or in maxillofacial structures.  

  • Prosthodontia

    A dental specialty concerned with dental prosthetics.  

  • Prosthetic device

    Prosthesis implant.  

  • Proshesis

    An artificial substitute for a missing body part.