Category: P

Surgery for the relief of symptoms or improvement in quality of life, usually in patients with incurable illness.  

A shrublike plant, Toxicodendron vernix, widely distributed in the U.S. Because it contains the same active substances as poison ivy, the symptoms and treatment of poison sumac dermatitis are the same as for poison ivy dermatitis.  

A form of sulfur used in various skin diseases, including scabies. Its keratolytic effect helps to make it effective in those disorders.  

The prescription by a physician of a lethal dose of a medication to a patient. Physician assisted suicide is illegal in most nations, but was legalized in the U.S. in the state of Oregon in 1997.  

The suction sound over a lung cavity heard on auscultation after a cough.  

A substance that elevates arterial blood pressure. Any substance that elevates blood pressure.  

A triangular area forming the floor of the interpeduncular fossa. It lies immediately behind the corpora mammillaria and contains numerous openings for blood vessels.  

A stroke that produces loss of muscular functions. Abrupt weakening of muscle strength due to a condition affecting the brain or spinal cord.  

A type of stretcher, also known as the Army type, composed of folding cloth or canvas supported by poles.  

Strabismus due to paralysis of one of the extraocular muscles.