| philiater | Rarely used term for one interested in the study of medicine. Origin: G. Philos, fond, + iatreia, practice of medicine (05 Mar 2000) |
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| philip | <zoology> The European hedge sparrow. The house sparrow. Called also phip. Origin: So called from their notes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Philip's glands | Enlarged deep gland's just above the clavicle, found in children with pulmonary tuberculosis and occasionally in others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Philippe | Claudien, French pathologist, 1866-1903. See: Philippe's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Philippe's triangle | See: semilunar fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Philippine haemorrhagic fever | Severe arbovirus infection with haemorrhagic manifestations, considerable mortality, probably due to mosquito borne dengue virus; seen in tropical and subtropical urban areas of southeast Asia, South Pacific, Australia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| philippium | <chemistry> A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite. Origin: NL. So named from Philippe Plantamour, of Geneva, Switzerland. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| philistine | 1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. 2. A bailiff. 3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. Origin: L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishthi, pl. Phlishthim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Phillips | Charles, French urologist, 1809-1871. See: Phillips' catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Phillips' catheter | A catheter with a filiform guide for the urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phillipsite | <chemical> A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; called also christianite. Origin: So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Phillipson's reflex | A contraction of the extensors of the knee when the extensors of the opposite knee are inhibited. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phillygenin | <chemistry> A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin. Origin: Phillyrin + -gen + -in. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phillyrea | <botany> A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phillyrin | <chemistry> A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |