| pigm | pigment, pigmented |
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| PPCRA | pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy |
| PPM | permanent pacemaker; phosphopentomutase; physician practice management; pigmented pupillary membrane... |
| PPNAD | primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease |
| PRE | photoreacting enzyme; physician's report of examination; pigmented retinal epithelium; preplacement ... |
| epidermal ridge count | An index of the frequency of sweat pores on the fingertips by enumeration along a set of arbitrarily defined lines; a classic example of a galtonian trait determined almost exclusively by genetic factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epidermal ridges | Ridges of the epidermis of the palms and soles, where the sweat pores open. Synonym: cristae cutis, skin ridges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villonodular pigmented tenosynovitis | A condition resembling pigmented villonodular synovitis but arising in periarticular soft tissue rather than in joint synovia; occurs most commonly in the hands. Synonym: villonodular pigmented tenosynovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinal pigmented epithelial cell | See: pigmented retinal epithelium, retina. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pigmented | <biology> Coloured; specifically, filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pigmented ameloblastoma | A benign neoplasm of neuroectodermal origin that most often involves the anterior maxilla of infants in the first year of life. It presents clinically as a rapidly growing blue-black lesion producing a destructive radiolucency; histologically, it is characterised by small round undifferentiated tumour cells interspersed with larger polyhedral melanin-producing cells arranged in an alveolar configuration. Synonym: melanoameloblastoma, pigmented ameloblastoma, pigmented epulis, progonoma of jaw, retinal anlage tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans | An uncommon variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans containing heavily pigmented dendritic melanocytes scattered between spindle cells of the tumour. Synonym: Bednar tumour, storiform neurofibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented epulis | A benign neoplasm of neuroectodermal origin that most often involves the anterior maxilla of infants in the first year of life. It presents clinically as a rapidly growing blue-black lesion producing a destructive radiolucency; histologically, it is characterised by small round undifferentiated tumour cells interspersed with larger polyhedral melanin-producing cells arranged in an alveolar configuration. Synonym: melanoameloblastoma, pigmented ameloblastoma, pigmented epulis, progonoma of jaw, retinal anlage tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented keratic precipitates | Precipitate's that occur in eyes with brown irides or after prolonged inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented layer of ciliary body | The continuation of the pigment layer of the retina onto the posterior aspect of the ciliary body. Synonym: pigmented layer of ciliary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented layer of iris | The double layer of pigmented epithelium on the posterior surface of the iris. Synonym: pigmented layer of iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented layer of retina | The outer layer of the retina, consisting of pigmented epithelium. Synonym: ectoretina, stratum pigmenti bulbi, stratum pigmenti retinae, tapetum nigrum, tapetum oculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented liver | A liver that contains pigment, such as occurs in Dubin-Johnson syndrome, haemochromatosis, long-standing malaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented part of retina | pigmented part of retina |
| pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatosis | An eruption comprised of lichenoid papules variously pigmented from the haemosiderin of the associated purpura; found on the legs, usually in men over 40 years of age. Synonym: Gougerot and Blum disease. (05 Mar 2000) |