Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Possum
A device using electronic switches which helps a person who is severely paralysed to work a machine such as a telephone. A device that enables severely paralyzed patients to use typewriters, adding machines, telephones, and a wide variety of other machines. Modem Possums are operated by micro-switches that require only the slightest movement in any…
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Posseting
(In babies) the act of bringing up small quantities of curdled milk into the mouth after feeding. A word used to describe the occurrence of infants expelling small amounts of milk after being fed. Posseting is a frequent and harmless phenomenon.
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Posology
The study of doses of medicine. The study of medication dosage.
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Positive pressure respirator
A machine which forces air into the lungs through a tube inserted in the mouth. The act of forcing air into the lungs to encourage the lungs to expand.
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Positively
In a positive way.
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Positive
Indicating the answer ‘yes’. Indicating the presence of something being tested for.
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Position
The place where something is. The way a person’s body is arranged. The place or arrangement in which a thing is put.
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Port wine stain
A purple birthmark. A type of vascular birthmark or blood vessel malformation. Port-wine stains can be pink, red, or purple and of any size, and they occur most often on the face, neck, arms, and legs. They tend to increase in size as a child grows and do not disappear on their own. It is…
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Porto-systemic encephalopathy
A mental disorder and coma caused by liver disorder due to portal hypertension.
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Portocaval shunt
An artificial passage made between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava to relieve portal hypertension.
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