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  • Peroneal

    Referring to the outside of the leg. Pertaining to the muscles over the fibula. Relating to or supplying the outer (fibular) side of the leg. The name given to structures, such as the muscles, and nerves, on the outer or fibular side of the leg.  

  • Peromelia

    A congenital condition in which the limbs have developed unusually.  

  • Pernicious anaemia

    A disease where an inability to absorb vitamin B12 prevents the production of red blood cells and damages the spinal cord. An autoimmune disease in which sensitized lymphocytes destroy the parietal cells of the stomach. These cells normally produce intrinsic factor, which is the carrier protein for vitamin B12, that permits its absorption in the…

  • Permeable membrane

    A membrane which allows some substances to pass through it. A membrane that permits passage of water and certain substances in solution.  

  • Permanent teeth

    The teeth in an adult, which replace the child’s milk teeth during childhood. The full set of 32 teeth found in adults, which start appearing and replacing primary teeth when a child is about six to seven years old. The natural teeth that develop and emerge from the gums after the primary teeth (or baby…

  • Permanently

    Always, forever.  

  • Permanent

    Always existing.  

  • Perle

    A soft capsule of medicine.  

  • Periureteritis

    Inflammation of the tissue round a ureter, usually caused by inflammation of the ureter itself. Inflammation of the tissues around a ureter. This is usually associated with inflammation of the ureter itself (ureteritis), often behind an obstruction caused by a stone or stricture. Treatment is directed to relieving any obstruction of the ureter and controlling…

  • Perityphlitis

    Swelling of the tissues around the caecum. Inflammation about the cecum; can be secondary to appendicitis.  

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