| Paget, Sir James | <person> English surgeon, 1814-1899. See: Paget's cells, Paget's disease, extramammary Paget disease, Paget-von Schrotter syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Paget-Eccleston stain | <technique> An aldehyde-thionin-PAS-orange G staining technique modified to identify seven different cell types in the anterior pituitary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paget-von Schrotter syndrome | <syndrome> Stress thrombosis or spontaneous thrombosis of the subclavian or axillary vein; a thoracic-outlet syndrome. Synonym: effort-induced thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pagetic | Relating to or suffering from Paget's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pagetoid | Resembling or characteristic of Paget's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pagetoid cells | Atypical melanocytes resembling Paget's cells, found in some cutaneous melanomas of the superficial spreading type. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pagetoid reticulosis | A benign localised form of lymphoma with solitary or closely grouped cutaneous tumours consisting of predominantly epidermal infiltration of mononuclear cells resembling those found in mycosis fungoides. Synonym: pagetoid reticulosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pagina | Origin: L. <botany> The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pagoda cell | <biology> Ganglion cells, from the central nervous system of a leech, with a spontaneous firing pattern that can look a little like a pagoda on an oscilloscope. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pagodite | <chemical> Agalmatolite; so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pagophagia | Compulsive and repeated ingestion of ice; sometimes associated with iron deficiency anaemia. Origin: G. Pagos, frost, + phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| paguma | <zoology> Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pagurian | <zoology> Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit. Origin: L. Pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| PAH | <abbreviation> P-aminohippuric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| PahA dioxygenase | <enzyme> Converts polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pah) to the corresponding cis-dihydrodiol in the pah degradation pathway of pseudomonas putida; genbank d16629 Registry number: EC 1.13.11.- Synonym: paha gene product (26 Jun 1999) |