| PAPP | <abbreviation> P-aminopropiophenone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pappataci fever | Influenza-like febrile viral disease caused by several members of the bunyaviridae family and transmitted mostly by the bloodsucking sandfly phlebotomus papatasii. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pappataci fever viruses | An unclassified serologic group of arboviruses morphologically like Bunyavirus but antigenically unrelated, transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi (sandfly) and causing phlebotomus fever; there are 20 strains, including Icoarachi and Itaporanga. Synonym: pappataci fever viruses, sandfly fever viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pappenheim | Artur, German physician, 1870-1916. See: Pappenheim's stain, Unna-Pappenheim stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pappenheim's stain | <technique> A method for differentiating tubercle and smegma bacilli; the preparation is stained with hot carbol-fuchsin solution, then treated with an alcoholic solution of rosolic acid and methylene blue to which glycerin is added; tubercle bacilli are stained bright red, but smegma bacilli are decolorised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pappenheimer | A.M., U.S. Pathologist, 1878-1955. His work in experimental pathology was extensive and included studies of the thymus, identification of the role of lice transmission in trench fever, development of an experimental model for rickets, and evaluation of viral infections in animals. See: Pappenheimer bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pappenheimer bodies | Phagosomes, containing ferruginous granules, found in red blood cells in diseases such as sideroblastic anaemia, haemolytic anaemia, and sickle cell disease; may contribute to spurious platelet counts by electro-optical counters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pappiform | <botany> Resembling the pappus of composite plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pappoose | Same as Papoose. Pappoose root. <botany> See Cohosh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pappose | <botany> Furnished with a pappus; downy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pappous | <botany> Pappose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pappus | A tuft (or ring) of hairs or scales borne above the ovary and outside the corolla (possibly representing the calyx), a tuft of hairs on a fruit. (09 Oct 1997) |