Category: P
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Persistent hyperplastic thymus
Thymus persisting into adulthood, sometimes hypertrophying.
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Propagated thrombus
A thrombus that increases in size.
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Postmortem thrombus
Blood clot formed in the heart or a large blood vessel after death.
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Puerperal thrombosis
Coagulation in veins following labor.
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Plate thrombosis
Thrombus formed from an accumulation of platelets.
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Placental thrombosis
Thrombi in the placenta and veins of the uterus.
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Presystolic thrill
A thrill sometimes felt over the apex of the heart preceding ventricular contraction.
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Peyrot’s thorax
A chest that has an obliquely oval deformed shape, seen with large pleural effusions.
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Parathyroid tetany
Tetany resulting from excision of the parathyroid glands or from hyposecretion of the parathyroid glands as a result of disease or disorders of the glands.
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Puerperal tetanus
Tetanus that occurs following childbirth.