| pseudopelade of Brocq | A scarring type of alopecia; usually occurs in scattered irregular patches; of uncertain cause. Synonym: pseudopelade of Brocq. Origin: pseudo-+ Fr. Pelade, disease that causes sporadic falling of hair (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pseudopericarditis | An artifact of auscultation resembling a friction rub, but due to movement of the tissue in the intercostal space when the diaphragm of the stethoscope is placed over the apex beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoperitonitis | A rarely used term for:1. A symptom complex marked by vomiting, pain, and shock associated with inflammation of any of the abdominal viscera in which the peritoneum is involved. 2. A neurosis in which the symptoms simulate those of peritonitis. Synonym: pseudoperitonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoperoxidase | Referring to the nonenzymatic, heat-stable peroxidase activity associated with haemproteins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudophacos | Synonym: lenticulus. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Phakos, lens (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudophakia | Presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudophakodonesis | Excessive mobility of an intraocular lens implant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudophlegmon | A noninflammatory circumscribed redness of the skin. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Phlegmone, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudophotesthesia | Synonym: photism. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Phos, light, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudophyllid | Common name for members of the order Pseudophyllidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pseudophyllidea | An order of tapeworms with an aquatic life cycle, passing through coracidium, procercoid, and plerocercoid stages before developing into adults in fish, marine mammals, or fish-eating mammals; includes the broad fish tapeworm of humans, Diphyllobothrium latum. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Phyllon, leaf (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoplastic fluid | A fluid which exhibits shear thinning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoplatelet | Any of the fragments of neutrophils which may be mistaken for platelets, especially in peripheral blood smears of leukaemic patients. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoplegia | Synonym: pseudoapoplexy. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Plege, a stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudopocket | A pocket, adjacent to a tooth, resulting from gingival hyperplasia and oedema but without apical migration of the epithelial attachment. (05 Mar 2000) |