Category: P

The symptom that led the patient to seek medical care.  

A symptom that is unmistakably associated with a particular disease.  

Removal of the sheath of an artery in which sympathetic nerve fibers are located; used in trophic disturbances.  

Forward and backward movement of the body with motion occurring around the ankle joints when the feet are fixed on the floor. Backward sway is controlled by the anterior tibialis, quadriceps, and abdominal muscles; forward sway is controlled by the gastrocnemius, hamstring, and paraspinal muscles. Patients with lesions of the dorsal and lateral columns of…

A suture entering and exiting around the periphery of a circular opening. Drawing the suture taut closes the opening.  

A suture between the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the ala magna of the sphenoid bone.  

A suture between the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the occipital bone.  

A suture between the parietal bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.  

A suture between the palatine processes and superior maxilla.  

The review of adverse reactions to drugs and medical technologies that occurs after these agents are released for sale and use. Nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and other practioners participate in this process by recording their observations on the adverse effects of drugs to the Food and Drug Administration, which accumulates this survey data and issues warnings…