| Pseudomonas stutzeri | A species found in soil and water, frequently in clinical specimens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pseudomonas vesicularis | A species found in the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) and in water from a stream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomonomolecular | <biochemistry> Referring to a reaction whose rate appears to be dependent on the concentration of only one substrate; usually due to a constant, saturating level of the other compounds. Synonym: pseudomonomolecular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomorph | 1. An irregular or deceptive form. 2. <chemistry> A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution. See: Pseudomorphous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudomorphism | <chemistry> The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudomorphous | Not having the true form. Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization. Origin: Gr.; false + form: cf. F. Pseudomorphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudomucinous cyst | A cyst containing a gelatinous fluid, formerly thought to differ significantly from mucin, occurring especially in the ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomycelium | A mycelium-like mass of pseudohyphae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomyopia | A condition simulating myopia and due to spasm of the ciliary muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomyxoma | A gelatinous mass resembling a myxoma but composed of epithelial mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomyxoma peritonei | <radiology> Rupture of: ovarian pseudomucinous cystadenoma, appendicial mucocele, mucinous material in peritoneum, with or without diffuse abdominal calcification (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudonarcotic | Inducing sleep by reason of a sedative effect, but not directly narcotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudonavicella | Origin: NL. <zoology> Same as Pseudonavicula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudonavicula | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. False + NL. Navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular. <zoology> One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudoneoplasm | 1. <oncology> An enlargement of nonneoplastic character which clinically resembles a true neoplasm so closely as to often be mistaken for such. 2. A condition, commonly associated with obesity in young females, of cerebral oedema with narrowed small ventricles but with increased intracranial pressure and frequently papilledema. Synonym: pseudoneoplasm. (05 Mar 2000) |