| pyrexia |
Fever, also known as pyrexia, is a medical symptom which describes an increase in internal body temperature to levels which are above normal (37 degrees Celsius, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit). An adaptive mechanism, fever is the body's reaction to pathogens; it attempts to raise core body temperature to levels which will denature, debilitate, or kill the pathogen. Most fevers are caused by infections and almost all infectious diseases can cause fever. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrexia
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| pyrophobia |
The English suffix -phobia is technically used to describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, and commonly misused to describe hatred of a particular thing or subject. Everyday language has misused the use of this suffix as a mild or irrational fear with no serious substance; however, its origin is from areas of psychiatry which study serious phobias which disable a person's life. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophobia
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| pyramid sign |
pyramidal sign, any sign pointing to disease of the pyramidal tract.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| pylon |
in ancient Egyptian architecture, the rectangular, truncated, pyramidal towers flanking the gateway of the temple
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/3786/glossary.html
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| pyramidal neuron |
A class of neuron in the cerebral cortex with a pyramid-shaped cell body. These neurons send long axons down the spinal cord and form dendrites that extend laterally through the cortical layer that contains the cell body.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v2/n9/glossary/nrg0901_...
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