| pagetic | Relating to or suffering from Paget's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |