| PLS | Papillon-Lefevre syndrome; polydactyly-luxation syndrome; preleukemic syndrome; primary lateral scle... |
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| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| PMA | index of prevalence and severity of gingivitis, where P = papillary gingiva, M = marginal gingiva, a... |
| PMD | Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease; posterior mandibular depth; primary myocardial disease; private medici... |
| PMDS | peristent mullerian duct syndrome; primary myelodysplastic syndrome |
| residual body | 1. <cell biology> Secondary lysosomes containing material that cannot be digested. 2. <biology> The surplus cytoplasm shed by spermatids during their differentiation to spermatozoa. Usually the cytoplasm from several spermatids connected by cytoplasmic bridges. 3. <microbiology> Surplus cytoplasm containing pigment and left over after production of merozoites during schizogony of malaria parasites. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| residual body of Regaud | The excess cytoplasm that separates from the spermatozoon during spermiogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedunculus of pineal body | See: habenula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rest body | A small mass of cytoplasm remaining after the nucleus and cytoplasm of the schizont of certain sporozoan protozoa have divided into asexual spores or merozoites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| restiform body | A lateral (larger) subdivision of the inferior cerebellar peduncle composed of a variety of fibres including, but not limited to, olivo-, reticulo-, cuneo-, trigemino-, and dorsal spinocerebellar. See: inferior cerebellar peduncle. Synonym: corpus restiforme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melon-seed body | A small fibrous loose body in the joints or tendon sheaths. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi body | <cell biology> Intracellular stack of membrane bounded vesicles in which glycosylation and packaging of secreted proteins takes place. Part of the GERL complex. Synonym: Golgi body, Golgi vesicles, dictyosome (in plants), parabasal body (in flagellate protozoa). (11 Jan 1998) |
| perineal body | central tendon of perineum |
| granuloma, foreign-body | Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (giant cells, foreign-b0dy), usually surrounded by lymphocytes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rice body | One of the small, loose body's found in hygromas, tendon sheaths, and joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ringworm of body | A fungal skin infection sometimes referred to as ringworm. Typically a scaly, red-shaped ring on the skin. Commonly seen in children. Treatment requires an antifungal cream such as clotrimazole or miconazole. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Guarnieri body | Acidophilic inclusion body found in cells infected with vaccinia virus, composed of viral particles and proteins, it is the location of virus replication and assembly. (18 Nov 1997) |
| chromaffin body | A small, roundish body containing chromaffin cells; a number of such bodies may be found retroperitoneally near the aorta and in organs such as the kidney, liver, heart, and gonads. Synonym: chromaffin body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromatin body | Barr body, condensed X chromosome in female mammalian cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Michaelis-Gutmann body | <radiology> A rounded homogenous or concentrically laminated body, 1 to 10 u in diameter, containing calcium apatite and iron; found within macrophages in the bladder wall in malakoplakia. (12 Jul 2000) |