| principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminus | <anatomy, nerve> The term commonly used to designate the nucleus pontis nervi trigeminalis; located in pons lateral to the motor trigeminal nucleus; receives primary sensory (touch and pressure) input via the trigeminal nerve, projects to ventral posteromedial nucleus of thalamus. Synonym: nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini, nucleus sensorius superior nervi trigemini, principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The term commonly used to designate the nucleus pontis nervi trigeminalis; located in pons lateral to the motor trigeminal nucleus; receives primary sensory (touch and pressure) input via the trigeminal nerve, projects to ventral posteromedial nucleus of thalamus. Synonym: nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini, nucleus sensorius superior nervi trigemini, principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| principiation | Analysis into primary or elemental parts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| principle | 1. Beginning; commencement. "Doubting sad end of principle unsound." (Spenser) 2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause. "The soul of man is an active principle." (Tillotson) 3. An original faculty or endowment. "Nature in your principles hath set [benignity]" (Chaucer) "Those active principles whose direct and ultimate object is the communication either of enjoyment or suffering." (Stewart) 4. A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate. "Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection." (Heb. Vi. 1) "A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove as hurtful as a bad." (Milton) 5. A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle. "All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an honest principle of mind." (Law) 6. <chemistry> Any original inherent constituent which characterises a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc. "Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna." (Gregory) Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See Bitter, Contradiction, etc. Origin: F. Principe, L. Principium beginning, foundation, fr. Princeps, -cipis. See Prince. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| principle of inertia | In psychoanalysis, the impulse to redramatise or reenact earlier emotional experiences or situations. Synonym: principle of inertia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pringle's disease | <radiology> Seen in tuberous sclerosis, raised, red papules on the face, mainly about the nose, misnomer: they're really perivascular fibromata (12 Dec 1998) |
| Pringle, John | <person> English dermatologist, 1855-1922. See: Pringle's disease, Bourneville-Pringle disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prinpriddle | <zoology> The longtailed titmouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc, into or upon something. "A look will print a thought that never may remove." (Surrey) "Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print." (Sir John Beaumont) "Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay." (Roscommon) 2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. "Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod." (Dryden) 3. Specifically: To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc, of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book. 4. To stamp or impress with coloured figures or patterns; as, to print calico. 5. <photography> To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes. Origin: Abbrev. Fr. Imprint. See Imprint, and Press to squeeze. 1. A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. "Where print of human feet was never seen." (Dryden) 2. A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print. 3. That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter. 4. Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print. 5. That which is produced by printing. Specifically: An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. "The prints which we see of antiquities." . A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical. A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth. A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper. 6. A core print. See Core. Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc, or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper. In print. In a printed form; issued from the press; published. To the letter; with accurateness. "All this I speak in print." Out of print. See Out. Print works, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed. See: Print, Imprint. 1. To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like. 2. To publish a book or an article. "From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth." (Pope) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| printing | The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. Block printing. See Block. <photography> Printing frame, a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light. Printing house, a printing office. Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning. Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities. Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or newspapers, etc, are printed. Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from writing paper, wrapping paper, etc. Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper, handbills, etc. Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| printzmetal's angina | A sudden vasoconstriction of a coronary artery depriving the myocardium of blood flow and oxygen. This may clinically manifest as chest pain referred to as variant angina or Printzmetal's angina. May be precipitated by emotional stress, medications, street drugs (cocaine) or on exposure to cold. Treatment includes nitroglycerin or beta-blocker medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Prinzmetal's angina | A form of angina pectoris, characterised by pain that is not precipitated by cardiac work, is of longer duration, is usually more severe, and is associated with unusual electrocardiographic manifestations including elevated ST segments in leads that are ordinarily depressed in typical angina, and usually without reciprocal ST changes; occurring at night in bed. Synonym: angina inversa, variant angina pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Prinzmetal, Myron | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, *1908. See: Prinzmetal's angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prion | The word, for proteinaceous infectious agent, was coined in 1982 by neurologist Stanley Prusiner as part of a hypothesis regarding ailments bearing aetiologic resemblance to those caused by slow viruses (for instance, kuru). The hypothesis has been borne out by investigation. Prions are now believed responsible for several transmissible neurodegenerative diseases Origin: proteinaceous infectious particle (05 Mar 2000) |
| prion diseases | Transmissible and genetic neurodegenerative diseases of humans and animals caused by prions. The diseases are usually characterised by vacuolation in the gray matter and result in ataxia, motor disturbances, dementia, and progression to a fatal outcome. They include creutzfeldt-jakob syndrome, gerstmann-straussler syndrome, kuru, scrapie, fatal familial insomnia, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (encephalopathy, bovine spongiform), transmissible mink encephalopathy, and chronic wasting disease of mule deer and elk. The literature has sometimes referred to these as unconventional slow virus diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| principle |
A fundamental law or rule as a guide to action; a rule of conduct; a fundamental motive or reason for action, especially one consciously recognized and followed. A principle is commonly formulated around a core concept based on social ethics, values, and tradition as well as on scientific knowledge. ...
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| primal |
Primal (loosely speaking) refers to physical quantities or measures.
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| priapism |
a painful, persistent erection without sexual arousal, requiring emergency treatment
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| prickly heat |
a rash involving small, red, itchy spots and a prickly sensation that usually appears where sweat builds up
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| princeps |
Also known as first citizen,Princeps was the title Augstus took upon his rise to power(and would be used by many of his sucessors). This term made the chief distinction from the word "king" because, unlike a king, the princeps was not above the people but instead was just the "first citizen" who left the real power to the senate.In actual fact, the princeps held all power and the senate just had the appearance of real power.
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| PRI | having existed from the beginning |
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| PRI | an anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor |
| PRI | (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time |
| PRI | the act of making something ready |
| PRI | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| PRI | any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited |
| PRI | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| PRI | (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time |
| PRI | of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once |
| PRI | a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms |
| PRI | a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived |
| PRI | a person who belongs to early stage of civilization |