| PAF | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; peroxisomal assembly factor; phosphodiesterase-activating factor; pl... |
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| PDQ | Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire; physician's data query; Premenstrual Distress Questionnaire; p... |
| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| PMDD | premenstrual dysphoric disorder |
| PMT | parent management training; phenol O-methyltransferase; photomultiplier tube; Porteus maze test; pre... |
| reflex symptom | A disturbance of sensation or function in an organ or part more or less remote from the morbid condition giving rise to it; e.g., muscle spasm due to joint inflammation. Synonym: sympathetic symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pathognomonic symptom | A symptom that, when present, points unmistakably to the presence of a certain definite disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gordon's symptom | The occurrence of an appreciable interval after the production of a reflex before relaxation, e.g., the leg remains up for a time after a knee jerk. Synonym: Gordon's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Griesinger's symptom | Oedema of the superficial tissues at the tip of the mastoid process in cases of thrombosis of the sigmoid sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Romberg-Howship symptom | In cases of incarcerated obturator hernia; lancinating pains along the inner side of the thigh to the knee, or down the leg to the foot; caused by compression of the obturator nerve. Synonym: Romberg's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Romberg's symptom | <clinical sign> With feet approximated, the patient stands with eyes open and then closed; if closing the eyes increases the unsteadiness, a loss of proprioceptive control is indicated, and the sign is positive. Synonym: Romberg test, Romberg's symptom, rombergism, station test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wartenberg's symptom | Intense pruritus of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumour, flexion of the thumb when the patient attempts to flex the four fingers against resistance, a "pyramid sign". (05 Mar 2000) |
| concomitant symptom | A symptom that usually but not always accompanies a certain disease, as distinguished from a pathognomonic symptom. Synonym: assident symptom, concomitant symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constitutional symptom | A symptom indicating a systemic effect of a disease; e.g., weight loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haenel's symptom | Absence of sensation on pressure of the eyeball in tabes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pratt's symptom | Rigidity in the muscles of an injured limb, which precedes the occurrence of gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presenting symptom | The complaint offered by the patient as the main reason for seeking medical care; usually synonymous with chief complaint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sklowsky symptom | The rupture of a varicella vesicle on very slight pressure with the finger, greater pressure being necessary to break the vesicles of smallpox, herpes, or other affections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurologic symptom | Neurologic symptoms can be variable. Examples include: numbness, tingling, hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity), paralysis, localised weakness, dysarthria (difficult speech), aphasia (inability to speak), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), diplopia (double vision), amaurosis fugax (temporary loss of vision in one eye) difficulty walking, incoordination, tremor, seizures, confusion, lethargy, dementia, delirium and coma. All the above can be symptoms of stroke. (27 Sep 1997) |
| subjective symptom | A symptom apparent only to the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |