Category: P

Diagnostic test for the early detection of cancer cells. Commonly called Pap test, Pap smear. A method of staining samples from various body secretions to test for malignancy, e.g. testing a cervical smear sample to see if cancer is present. Method of examining stained cells shed by mucous membranes, especially of the cervix, used for…

Surgical removal of the entire uterus, including the cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes.  

Lack of color; paleness, as of the skin. Paleness or a decrease in skin coloration in Caucasians. Unnatural lightness in color of skin due to lack of blood supply to tissue. A lack of color or unusual paleness in the skin. Pale skin is not necessarily a sign of disease; a person may have inherited…

A defect in which the legs or hands are joined to the body by short stumps. The condition occurred in many children as a result of women taking the drug thalidomide during pregnancy. A congenital condition in which the upper parts of the limbs are missing or poorly developed, leaving the hands or feet directly…

The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of children and childhood diseases. A medical specialty concerned with the health of children (usually under the age of 13 years), primarily dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases prevalent in children. A specialty having to do with children. That branch of medicine concerned with…

Choiceless, passive awareness; the pure Cosmic Being.  

Prakruti (spelled with a capital P) is the Cosmic Creativity, the primordial matter. The inherent nature or psychosomatic, biological constitution of the individual, prakruti is the fixed constitution of a person, which reflects the proportion of the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) established at conception.  

Piper longum; a close relative of black pepper, which has many medicinal applications, especially for digestion and respiration. A rejuvenative tonic (rasayana) for the lungs and liver.  

Naturally occurring plant chemicals.  

The process used in homeopathy for testing a remedy; it can occur when the wrong remedy is prescribed and taken over a period of time, and the symptoms of the condition it is limed at manifest themselves. In homeopathy, an assessment of the symptoms experienced by healthy volunteers after they are treated with a proposed…