| Pu | Symbol for plutonium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pu box | <molecular biology> Purine rich sequence recognised by the product of the Sp 1 oncogene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pubarche | Just as menarche means the time when menstruation begins, pubarche indicates when pubic hair begins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puberal | Pubertal Relating to puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubertas praecox | Synonym: precocious puberty. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puberty | <paediatrics> The period during which the secondary sex characteristics begin to develop and the capability of sexual reproduction is attained. Origin: L. Pubertas (18 Nov 1997) |
| puberty, delayed | Unusually late sexual maturity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puberty, precocious | Unusually early sexual maturity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puberulent | <dermatology> Covered with fine, short, and nearly imperceptable down, minutely pubescent, the hairs soft, straight, erect, but scarcely visible to the unaided eye. (15 Dec 1997) |
| puberulous | <dermatology> Covered with minute, soft, erect hairs. (15 Dec 1997) |
| pubes | 1. <anatomy> The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty. Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region. 2. <botany> The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence. Origin: L, the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pubescence | 1. The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty. 2. A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered. Origin: Cf. F. Pubescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pubescent | <paediatrics> Relating to someone who has just entered puberty. (15 Dec 1997) |
| pubic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See: Pubes. Of or pertaining to the pubis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pubic angle | The angle formed between the inferior rami of the pubic bones. In the female, the angle approximates that angle between the widely extended thumb and index finger (90 |