| pulpitis | Inflammation of the dental pulp, usually due to bacterial infection in dental caries, tooth fracture, or other conditions causing exposure of the pulp to bacterial invasion. Chemical irritants, thermal factors, hyperaemic changes, and other factors may also cause pulpitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pulpless | 1. Without a pulp. 2. Denoting a tooth in which the pulp has died or from which the pulp has been removed. 3. Denoting a tooth that gives no response to an electric pulp test or thermal test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpless tooth | A tooth with a nonvital or necrotic pulp, or one from which the pulp has been extirpated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpodontia | The science of root canal therapy. See: endodontics. Origin: L. Pulpa, pulp, + G. Odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulposus | Synonym: pulpy. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpotomy | Removal of a portion of the pulp structure of a tooth, usually the coronal portion. Synonym: pulp amputation. Origin: L. Pulpa, pulp, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpous | Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." . Pulp"ousness. Origin: L. Pulposus: cf. F. Pulpeux. See Pulp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulpy | In the condition of a soft, moist solid. Synonym: pulposus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulpy kidney disease | An enterotoxaemia of sheep caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens type D and characterised by sudden death preceded in some cases by excitement, incoordination, and convulsions; also occurs in goats and rarely in cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsate | To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. "The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body." (E. Darwin) Origin: L. Pulsatus, p. P. Of pulsare to beat, strike, v. Intens. Fr. Pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulsatile | Throbbing or beating. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsatile flow | Rhythmic, intermittent propagation of a fluid through a vessel or piping system, in contrast to constant, smooth propagation, which produces laminar flow. The quality of blood flow, whether smooth (laminar) or pulsatile, is important to the integrity of the tissues being artificially perfused by various heart assist devices or in regional perfusion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulsatile haematoma | 1. A cavity due to ruptured myocardial infarction that has been contained by an intact parietal pericardium and communicates with the left ventricle by a narrow neck, 2. A dilation of an artery with actual disruption of one or more layers of its walls, as at the site of puncture as a complication of precutaneous arterial catheterization, rather than with expansion of all layers of the wall. Synonym: communicating haematoma, pulsatile haematoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsatility index | Calculation of Doppler measurements of systolic and diastolic velocities in the uterine, umbilical, or foetal circulations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsatilla | <botany> A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |