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Pharmaceutical products
Medicines, pills, lozenges or creams which are sold in chemists’ shops.
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Phantom tumour
A condition in which a swelling occurs which imitates a swelling caused by a tumour.
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Phantom
A model of the whole body or part of the body, used to practise or demonstrate surgical operations. An image not brought about by actual stimuli, something which is not there but seems to be there. A device that is made of material similar to human tissue and used to investigate the interaction of radiation…
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Phalanx
Phalanges, any of the 14 bones of the fingers of one hand or a like number in the toes of one foot. The name given to any one of the small bones of the fingers and toes. The phalanges are 14 in number in each hand and foot the thumb and great toe possessing only…
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Phalangitis
Inflammation of the fingers or toes caused by infection of tissue. Inflammation of a finger or toe, causing swelling and pain. The condition may be caused by infection of the soft tissues, tendon sheaths, bone, or joints or by some rheumatic diseases, such as psoriatic arthritis.
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Phalangeal
Referring to the phalanges.
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Phakic
Referring to an eye which has its natural lens.
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Phagedaena
An ulcer that spreads rapidly.
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Phaeochromocytoma
A tumour of the adrenal glands which affects the secretion of hormones such as adrenaline, which in turn results in hypertension and hyperglycaemia. A disorder in which a vascular tumour of the adrenal medulla develops. The tumour may also affect the structurally similar tissues associated with the chain of sympathetic nerves. There is uncontrolled and…
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Petrous bone
The part of the temporal bone which forms the base of the skull and the inner and middle ears.
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