Category: P

The wall of any cavity.  

Pertaining to psychotic disorders that are characterized by behaviors that are odd or incompetent.  

A national organization composed of parents and teachers that advocates for children and public education.  

Ways of interacting with children by their parents are measured in the degree of parental control exerted, nurturance, discipline techniques, etc.  

A form of parent education centered around the parent engaging in passive and active listening, acknowledgment, and communication openings with the child.  

The characteristics of a potential mate that remind a person of traits possessed by his or her parent of the opposite sex.  

In law, the concept of the state’s guardianship over persons unable to manage their own affairs, e.g., minors. The legal doctrine of the state’s power to act for those who are incompetent to act for themselves, including minors and people with some handicaps. “Parent of his country.” A legal term referring to the power of…

A mild derivative of opium. Opium derivative used to treat diarrhea and to relieve pain. Adverse effects include constipation. Camphorated tincture of opium, a narcotic-containing drug that in large doses is poisonous; used in the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. Camphorated opium tincture, utilized as a cough syrup and the primary component of Gee’s cough syrup.…

Passages for secretions located near the urethra.  

An infectious intestinal disease caused by the Salmonella paratyphi organism. An infectious disease which has similar symptoms to typhoid and is caused by bacteria transmitted by humans or animals.