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Prehepatic bilirubin
Bilirubin in plasma before it passes through the liver.
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Prehepatic
In front of or before the liver.
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Pregnancy test
A test to see if a woman is pregnant or not. Medical tests designed to tell if a woman is pregnant or not, generally by measuring the level of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), produced by the placenta during pregnancy) in the blood or urine. Urine tests are most common, and some can detect a pregnancy…
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Pregnancy-associated hypertension
High blood pressure which is associated with pregnancy.
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Preganglionic fibre
A nerve fibre which ends in a ganglion where it is linked in a synapse to a postganglionic fibre.
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Preganglionic
Near to and in front of a ganglion. Nerve fibers arising proximal to (before) a ganglion; compare to postganglionic fibers that originate distal to (after) a ganglion. Describing fibers in a nerve pathway that end in a ganglion, where they form synapses with postganglionic fibers that continue the pathway to the effector organ, muscle, or…
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Prefrontal leucotomy
A surgical operation to divide some of the white matter in the prefrontal lobe, formerly used as a treatment for schizophrenia. Surgical cutting of the nerve pathways in the frontal lobe of the brain.
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Prefrontal
Situated in or affecting the front part of the frontal lobe. Positioned in the anterior portion of the frontal lobe of the brain. The central portion of the ethmoid bone within the skull.
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Preemie
US a premature baby (informal).
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Predominant
More powerful than others.
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