| pros | 1. (π) Referring to the nitrogen atom in the imidazole ring in histidine that is closest to the beta-carbon. Compare: tele. 2. Pros-; Prefix for near or in front. Origin: G. Near (05 Mar 2000) |
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| proscillaridin | <chemical> [(6-deoxy-alpha-l-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-14-hydroxybufa-4,20,22-trienolide. A cardiotonic glycoside isolated from scilla maritima var. Alba (squill). Pharmacological action: anti-arrhythmia agents, cardiotonic agent, enzyme inhibitors. Chemical name: Bufa-4,20,22-trienolide, 3-((6-deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy)-14-hydroxy-, (3beta)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| proscolex | <zoology> An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Before +, a worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| proscribe | 1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents. "Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . Was banished the realm, and proscribed." (Spenser) 2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. "The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice." (Waterland) Origin: L. Proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| proscription | 1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription. "Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription." (Macaulay) 2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition. Origin: L. Proscriptio: cf. F. Proscription. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prose | 1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. "I speak in prose, and let him rymes make." (Chaucer) "Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme." (Milton) "I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose words in their best order; poetry the best order." (Coleridge) 2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. 3. A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. Origin: F. Prose, L. Prosa, fr. Prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. P. Of vertere to turn. See Verse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prosecretin | Unactivated secretin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosecretion granules | Granule's in the cytoplasm of a cell indicative of a preliminary step in the formation of a secretory product. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosect | To dissect a cadaver or any part, that it may serve for a demonstration of anatomy before a class. Origin: L. Pro-seco, pp. -sectus, to cut (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosector | One who prosects, or prepares the material for a demonstration of anatomy before a class. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosector's tubercle | postmortem wart |
| prosector's wart | postmortem wart |
| prosectorium | A dissecting room; a place in which anatomical preparations are made for demonstration or for preservation in a museum. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosecutrix | A female prosecutor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prosemination | Propagation by seed. Origin: L. Proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nol-pros | To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute. Origin: prossed; -prossing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| non-pros | To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed. Origin: Nonprossed; Non-prossing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |