| prepaid health plans | Contracts between an insurer and a subscriber or a group of subscribers whereby a specified set of health benefits is provided in return for a periodic premium. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| prepalatal | Relating to the anterior part of the palate, or anterior to the palate bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepapillary sphincter | A sphincter of duodenum described in the location oral to the major duodenal papilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preparalytic | Before the appearance of paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preparation | 1. <pharmacology> A medicine made ready for use. 2. <anatomy, pathology> A specimen made ready and preserved for study. Origin: L. Praeparatio (18 Nov 1997) |
| preparative regimen | <oncology> The chemotherapy and/or radiation given to BMT patients prior to transplant to kill diseased cells and/or make space for healthy new marrow and/or suppress the immune system so graft rejection does not occur. (31 Dec 1997) |
| prepare | 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. "Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light." (Dryden) 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. "That they may prepare a city for habitation." (Ps. Cvii. 36) Synonym: To fit, adjust, adapt, qualify, equip, provide, form, make, make, ready. Origin: F. Preparer, L. Praeparare; prae = before + parare to make ready. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prepared chalk | Purified native calcium carbonate, usually molded into cones; used as a mild astringent and antacid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepared ipecacuanha | A fine powder to contain 2% of the total alkaloids of ipecacuanha, calculated as emetine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepared mutton tallow | prepared suet |
| preparturient | Relating to the period before birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepatellar | Anterior to the patella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepatellar bursa | <anatomy> A bursa between the skin and the lower part of the patella. Synonym: bursa subcutanea prepatellaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepatellar bursitis | An adventitious occupational bursitis occurring over the tibial tuberosity, the area of contact when kneeling; not to be confused with infrapatellar bursitis. Synonym: prepatellar bursitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepatent period | <microbiology> The period of time equivalent to the incubation period of parasite infections compared with microbial infections. It is biologically different, because the parasite is undergoing developmental stages in the host, and the prepatent period represents the time from infection until a female starts to produce eggs, and is equivalent to the latent period in microparasitic infections. (21 Jun 2000) |
| sickle cell prep | <haematology, investigation> A test which looks at red blood cells under the microscope to detect sickle cells after an agent which lowers the oxygen content of the sample is added. A positive test is result is determined by the presence of sickle cells. Abnormal results indicate sickle cell anaemia or sickle cell trait. (27 Sep 1997) |
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