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Sinate
Wavy in and out, in the plane of the blade.
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Rostulate
In rosettes.
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Restorative
A remedy that is efficient in restoring health and strength. An agent that helps strengthen and revive the body systems. An agent that helps rebuild a depleted condition and restores normal body functions.
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Repent
Trailing, stems prostrate, creeping or sprawling, and often rooting at the node. Creeping along the ground by successive rootings.
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Quinones
Organic compounds based on benzene where two hydrogen atoms have been replaced in the same ring by two oxygen atoms. Quinones are usually highly colored and are often responsible for the yellow and red colors of some seeds, bark and woods etc. A yellow crystalline oxidation product of quinic acid.
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Pterygium
A triangular fleshy mass of thickened conjunctiva occurring at the inner side of the eyeball causing a disturbance to vision. A degenerative condition in which a triangular growth of conjunctiva covers part of the cornea, with its apex towards the pupil. Thickened flap of tissue extending from the nasal border of the cornea to the…
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Prickly heat
Heat rash; irritation of the skin caused by heat. An itchy rash of small raised red spots. It occurs usually on the face, neck, back, chest, and thighs. Infants and obese people are susceptible to prickly heat, which is most common in hot moist weather. Miliaria rubra; an inflamed papular or vesicular rash that results…
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Pityriasis
A skin disease in which the epidermis sheds thin scales as dandruff. Any skin disease in which the skin develops thin scales. Any of several skin disorders, including dandruff. Any of a group of skin diseases typified by the development of fine branlike scales. The term is now used only with a modifying adjective. For…
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Piles
A synonym for hemorrhoids.
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Pediculosis
The condition of being infected with lice. Infestation with lice. There are three specific forms: (a) the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis’, (b) the body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, and (c) the crab louse, Phthirus pubis. A skin disease caused by being infested with lice. Infestation with lice. Symptoms include intense itching, which often produces…
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