| 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) |
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| 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) |
| prosencephalic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prosencephalon | <anatomy> The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. The cerebrum. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Toward, near to + E. Encephalon] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prosenchyma | <botany> A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Near + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| proserum prothrombin conversion accelerator | A coagulation (clotting) factor. Classic haemophilia (haemophilia A) is due to a congenital deficiency in the amount (or activity) of factor VIII. Factor VIII is also known as antihemophiliac factor (AHF) or antihemophiliac globulin (AHG). The gene for factor VIII (that for classic haemophilia) is on the X chromosome so females can be silent carriers without symptoms and males can be haemophiliacs. (12 Dec 1998) |