| PCC | Pasteur Culture Collection; percutaneous cecostomy; pheochromocytoma; phosphate carrier compound; pl... |
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| PCIC | Poison Control Information Center |
| PI | first meiotic prophase; isoelectric point; pacing impulse; package insert; pancreatic insufficiency;... |
| pois | poison, poisoning, poisoned |
| WHHHIMP | Wernicke encephalopathy/withdrawal, hypertensive encephalopathy, hypoglycemia, hypoxemia, intracrani... |
| eating epilepsy | Epileptic, often generalised, seizures provoked by eating; a type of reflex epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| feeding and eating disorders of childhood | Mental disorders related to feeding and eating that are usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fish poison | A toxic principle in certain fishes. Synonym: fish poison. Origin: ichthyo-+ G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000) |
| flesh-eating bacteria | A strain of Group A streptococcus which, in severe cases, can destroy tissue as fast as surgeons can cut it out. The rapid destruction of tissue caused by these bacteria is localised, so it is unlikely to be caused by a general overstimulation of the immune system by, for example: superantigen exotoxin A. Instead, the invasive strains of strep A probably have other toxin such as exotoxin B, an enzyme (i.e. A cysteine protease) that destroys tissue by breaking down protein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fugu poison | A poison in the roe and other parts of various species of Diodon, Triodon, and Tetradon, fishes of eastern Asiatic waters. Synonym: fish poison. Origin: Jap. Fugu, a poisonous fish (05 Mar 2000) |