| plummer's disease | Toxic multinodular goiter. Also called parry's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Plummer, Henry | <person> U.S. Physician, 1874-1937. See: Plummer's dilator, Plummer's disease, Plummer-Vinson syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plummer-vinson syndrome | <radiology> Iron-deficiency anaemia, oesophageal webs (symptomatic), glossitis, spoon nails, middle-aged females, increased incidence of oesophageal carcinoma, see also: oesophageal webs and rings aka: Patterson-Kelly syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| plumming | <chemical> The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. See: Plumb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumose | Like a feather, with fine hairs branching from a central main stem. (09 Oct 1997) |
| plumosite | <chemical> Same as Jamesonite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumous | 1. Having feathers or plumes. 2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles. Origin: L. Plumosus, fr. Pluma feather: cf. F. Plumeux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumula | Origin: L. See Plumule. 1. <botany> A plumule. 2. <zoology> A down feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumulaceous | <zoology> Downy; bearing down. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumular | <botany> Relating to a plumule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumularia | <zoology> Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumularian | <zoology> Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumule | The portion of an embryo that gives rise to the shoot system (as distinct from the root system) of a plant. Compare: radicle. (09 Oct 1997) |
| plumy | Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. "His plumy crest." . "The plumy trees." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbum |
Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb (L. Plumbum) and atomic number 82. A soft, heavy, toxic and malleable poor metal, lead is bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes to dull gray when exposed to air. Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, and is part of solder, pewter, and fusible alloys. Lead has the highest atomic number of all stable elements. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbum
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| Plummer's sign |
inability to step up onto a chair or to walk up steps, seen in Graves' disease and other forms of hyperthyroidism.
출처: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| Plummer-Vinson syndrome |
difficulty swallowing due to an abnormal web of tissue across the upper part of the esophagus
출처: www.american-depot.com/services/resources_gl_p.asp
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| plumose |
[plew-MOOHS] feather-like (usually referring to antennae, palps, or body hairs).
출처: members.aol.com/YESedu/glossary.html
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| plumose |
feather-like.
출처: gmbis.marinebiodiversity.ca/BayOfFundy/glossM-P.ht...
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| plum | the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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| plum | often used as combining forms |
| plum | (biology) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft |
| plum | the metal bob of a plumb line |
| plum | adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical |
| plum | examine thoroughly and in great depth |
| plum | measure the depth of something |
| plum | weight with lead |
| plum | exactly vertical |
| plum | (slang) completely |
| plum | (informal) exactly |
| plum | conforming to the direction of a plumb line |