| petit mal seizure |
Attack of a brief nature with possible short impairment of consciousness. Often associated with blinking or flickering of the eyelids and a mild twitching of the mouth.
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| petrified |
A term used by geologists to describe plant material that has transformed into rock by permineralization.
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| PET scan |
Imaging technique that relies on the detection of gamma rays emitted from tissues after administration of a natural biochemical substance into which positron-emitting isotopes have been incorporated.
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| petechiae |
Minute hemorrhagic spots, of pinpoint to pinhead size, in the skin which are not blanched by diascopy.
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| petroleum jelly |
Semisolid mixture. Obtained from petroleum.
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