Category: P

One’s surroundings that are concrete the animate and inanimate things that surround a person includes such things as heat, cold, radiation, atmospheric conditions, water, chemical agents, etc. psychological environment; social environment.  

Bodily impairments that interfere with one’s functioning ability to move, communicate, learn, and/or adequately adjust to changing environmental circumstances.  

Physiological adaptation of the body to the presence of a drug. In effect, the body develops a continuing need for the drug. Once such dependence has been established, the body reacts with predictable symptoms when the drug is abruptly with drawn. The nature and severity of withdrawal symptoms depend on the drug being used and…

Physical characteristics.  

A widely held stereotype that attributes positive characteristics to physically attractive persons.  

A factor in the causation of disease may be artificially imposed, e.g., air pollutants and radiation, or natural, e.g., sun’s rays or temperature variations. Examples are a. skin cancer from overexposure to the sun’s rays or b. liver cancer from breathing air polluted with asbestos fibers, chemical agent; biological agent.  

Pertaining to the growth and development of a group or race.  

The development of a species, ontogenesis. The evolutionary history of a species or individual. The evolutionary development of a group, race, or species.  

The crab louse. Infestation is called pediculosis.  

The surgical cutting of the phrenic nerve.