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  • Pharmacodynamics

    The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their action of mechanism in the body. This also includes the effects on actions of other drugs. The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of actions and effects of drugs with their…

  • Phagocytosis

    The process of cellular ingestion and digestion by phagocytes of solid or semi‐solid substances, such as other cells, bacteria, bits of necrotic tissue, and foreign particles. Is process the human body uses to destroy dead or foreign cells. The engulfing of microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles by phagocytic cells. The act of absorbing and…

  • Phagocyte

    Inflammatory cells of the mononuclear phagocyte lineage, capable of ingesting foreign or dead cell matter for elimination. An immune system cell that can surround and kill microorganisms and remove dead cells. Phagocytes include macrophages. A blood cell that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria and cell debris. Are the white blood cells that protect the…

  • PGRF (abbrev)

    Plasma rich in growth factors. A glycoprotein growth factor, synthesized and released by certain cells, such as platelets; it is involved in wound healing cascade, such as cell division, angiogenesis, cell differentiation, and tissue remodeling.  

  • PGA (abbrev)

    Polyglycolic acid.  

  • PG (abbrev)

    Proteoglycan.  

  • Petechiae (petechial haemorrhages)

    Petechiae (petechial haemorrhages)

    Red or purple purpuric eruptions measuring <3 mm in diameter each, occurring from minor hemorrhage of skin or mucous membrane. Small, pinpoint bleeding under the skin; one of the signs of scurvy. A small, reddish or purplish pinpoint spot on a body surface, such as the skin or mucous membranes, caused by a minute hemorrhage.…

  • Pernicious

    Capable of damaging or destroying body tissues. Tending to be fatal. Harmful or dangerous, or unusually severe and likely to end in death. Adjective that describes a fatal (usually) disease. Dangerous or likely to lead to death, as a pernicious disease. A harmful, destructive, or fatal condition. Describing diseases that are highly dangerous or likely…

  • Permucosal seal

    Junctional epithelium that separates the connective tissues from the outside environment around a dental implant.  

  • Permucosal

    Occurring, passed, performed, or effected through the mucosa.  

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