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Pott’s disease
Tuberculosis affecting the spine, also referred to as spondylitis tuberculosa.
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Potomania
Delirium tremens, also known as mania a potu.
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Posture sense
The ability to sense the position of a limb without visual observation.
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Koch’s postulate
A medical principle known as Koch’s postulates outlines the criteria for establishing that a specific microorganism causes a particular disease. These criteria include: (1) The microorganism must be found in every case of the disease; (2) It must be isolated and grown in a pure culture; (3) When this culture is introduced into susceptible animals,…
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Posttraumatic personality disorder
A psychosis that arises from a direct injury to the head or brain. Symptoms of this condition may encompass headaches, emotional instability, a propensity for fatigue, and, in certain cases, seizures.
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Posttraumatic
As a result of an injury.
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Postparalytic
Occurring following an episode of paralysis.
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Post-mortem lividity
The darkening of the lower portions of a deceased body due to the accumulation of blood in those areas.
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Post-mortem
After death; an investigation of a deceased body. This is also referred to as an autopsy or necropsy.
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Postmedian
Behind the midpoint of the body’s transverse line.
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