| Palmer's notation | <dentistry> Palmer's notation is a widely used method to designate individual teeth. In Palmer's notation, your mouth is divided into four parts called quadrants, upper left quadrant, upper right quadrant, lower left quadrant, and lower right quadrant. Each individual tooth in the quadrant is given a name which in order are: Central, Lateral, Cuspid, First Bicuspid, Second Bicuspid, First Molar, Second Molar and Third Molar. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| Palmer, Walter | <person> U.S. Physician, *1896. See: Palmer acid test for peptic ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmerworm | <zoology> Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, especially. The larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmetto | <botany> A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage. Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub. Origin: Dim. Of palm the tree: cf. Sp. Palmito. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Palmique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmidactyles | <ornithology> A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet. Origin: NL. See Palm, and Dactyl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmigrade | <zoology> Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals. Origin: L. Palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmin | <chemistry> A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil. Alternative forms: ricinolein. Origin: From palma Christi: cf. F. Palmine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmin test | A test of pancreatic efficiency, based upon the fact that the presence of fat in the stomach causes the pylorus to open and admit the pancreatic juice; this splits the palmin so that an examination of the stomach contents, after a test meal containing palmin, will reveal the presence of fatty acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmiped | <zoology> Web-footed, as a water fowl. A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet. Origin: L. Palmipes, -edis, broad-footed; palma the palm of the hand + pes a foot; cf. F. Palmipede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmipedes | <zoology> Same as Natatores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmistry | 1. The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy. 2. A dexterous use or trick of the hand. See: Palmister. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmitaldehyde | CH3(CH2)14CHO; Hexadecanal(dehyde);the 16-carbon aldehyde analog of palmitic acid; a constituent of plasmalogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmitate | <chemistry> A salt of palmitic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmitates | Salts and esters of the 16-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acid--palmitic acid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| palliative |
Serving to relieve or alleviate without curing.
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| palpitation |
rapid or abnormal heartbeat
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| palmate |
Radiating from a point, as fingers radiating from the palm of a hand.
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| palatal process |
The portion of either the premaxillary or the maxillary bone that contributes to the formation of the hard palate.
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| palate |
The bony roof of the mouth composed of parts of the premaxillary, maxillary and palatine bones.
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| PAL | the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers |
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| PAL | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
| PAL | any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
| PAL | a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand |
| PAL | touch, lift, or hold with the hands |
| PAL | a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast |
| PAL | spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies |
| PAL | spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies |
| PAL | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves |
| PAL | see o any oil palm |
| PAL | see o any oil palm |
| PAL | sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive |