Category: P

In a palmate manner, as above. Compound Describes leaves divided or lobed from one point (as fingers growing from palm of hand).  

A triangular fleshy mass of thickened conjunctiva occurring at the inner side of the eyeball causing a disturbance to vision. A degenerative condition in which a triangular growth of conjunctiva covers part of the cornea, with its apex towards the pupil. Thickened flap of tissue extending from the nasal border of the cornea to the…

Heat rash; irritation of the skin caused by heat. An itchy rash of small raised red spots. It occurs usually on the face, neck, back, chest, and thighs. Infants and obese people are susceptible to prickly heat, which is most common in hot moist weather. Miliaria rubra; an inflamed papular or vesicular rash that results…

A skin disease in which the epidermis sheds thin scales as dandruff. Any skin disease in which the skin develops thin scales. Any of several skin disorders, including dandruff. Any of a group of skin diseases typified by the development of fine branlike scales. The term is now used only with a modifying adjective. For…

A synonym for hemorrhoids.  

The condition of being infected with lice. Infestation with lice. There are three specific forms: (a) the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis’, (b) the body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, and (c) the crab louse, Phthirus pubis. A skin disease caused by being infested with lice. Infestation with lice. Symptoms include intense itching, which often produces…

An agent for treatment of the feet. A chemical substance that kills lice. An agent that kills lice; for example benzyl benzoate, and gamma benzene hexachloride.  

Applied to substances used during childbirth. Encouraging onset of labor. Concerning childbirth or parturition; giving birth. During childbirth or while delivering a baby.  

Indented nearly all the way to the midrib or the base of the blade. Cleft almost to the base.  

Polypharmacology can refer to a single chemical or drug having multiple actions but is more commonly used to describe a plant (or drug combination) when one or more of its constituent bioactive chemicals has more than one action. The study of drugs or medicines, and their actions, properties and characteristics.