| pill-rolling |
One of the characteristic slower tremors in the fingers of Parkinson's patients; the alternating movements of the thumb and forefinger give the appearance of rolling a small object between the fingers
Ãâó: www.michaeljfox.org/parkinsons/glossary.php
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| pili |
(plural): former term for fimbriae (still used as alternative term); term more properly applied to those organelles (F-pilus) responsible for bacterial conjugation (transfer of nucleic acids between closely related strains or species = "bacterial sex"); F pilus (sex pili) are hollow organelles that allow for the transfer of portions of a bacterial chromosome from a donor cell to a recipient cell (conjugation); pilus (singular)
Ãâó: www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/Definitions.htm
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| pillar |
A column-like support, without a classical capital.
Ãâó: www.gravestonepreservation.info/glossary.asp
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| piles |
A term meaning hemorrhoid.
Ãâó: www.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V1I1-2/medicalterm...
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| pillow |
A gentle bulge on the surface of the water caused by an underwater obstruction. All such pillows have hard centers.
Ãâó: www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html
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