| pyramidal |
Term applied to descending motor pathways from the brain which provide the nerve supply to different mucle groups; pyramidal signs of disease include opisthotonus, head retroflexion, spasticity, and trismus (tightening of jaw muscles).
Ãâó: www.lsdn.com/glance_glossary.shtml
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| pyrimidine |
the nitrogenous bases, cytosine, thymine, and uracil, found in DNA or RNA.
Ãâó: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199264724/studen...
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| pyloric stenosis |
Abnormal narrowing of the opening between the stomach and small intestine
Ãâó: glenlivet.mph.ed.ac.uk/endo/private/glossary.htm
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| pyloric stenosis |
Narrowing (stenosis) of the outlet of the stomach so that food cannot pass easily from the stomach into the duodenum (intestine), resulting in feeding problems and projectile vomiting. The obstruction can be corrected by a relatively simple surgical procedure.
Ãâó: www.providence.org/alaska/tchap/glossary/P.htm
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| pyrophosphate arthropathy |
Joint disease resulting from pyrophosphate deposition in joints. It has inflammatory and degenerative components.
Ãâó: www.ilar.org/Glossary/Glossary_p.htm
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