| PO | by mouth, orally [Lat. per os]; parieto-occipital; parietal operculum; period of onset; perioperativ... |
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| p/o | postoperative |
| POC | particulate organic carbon; point of care; postoperative care; probability of chance; product of con... |
| POD | peroxidase; place of death; podiatry; polycystic ovary disease; pool of doctors; postoperative day; ... |
| POE | pediatric orthopedic examination; physician order entry; point of entry; polyoxyethylene; postoperat... |
| Bochdalek's hernia | Absence of the pleuroperitoneal membrane (usually on the left) or an enlarged Morgagni's foramen which allows protrusion of abdominal viscera into the chest. Synonym: Bochdalek's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| caecal hernia | A hernia containing caecum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radical operation for hernia | An operation by which the hernia is not only reduced, but the hernial defect is also repaired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malgaigne's hernia | Infantile inguinal hernia prior to the descent of the testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pannicular hernia | The escape of subcutaneous fat through a gap in a fascia or an aponeurosis. Synonym: fatty hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastroesophageal hernia | A hiatal hernia into the thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantaloon hernia | An inguinal hernia that involves both an indirect and a direct component. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Velpeau's hernia | Femoral hernia in which the intestine is in front of the blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraduodenal hernia | A type of internal hernia, resulting from abnormal or incomplete midgut rotation, which involves one of several paraduodenal spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraesophageal hernia | A non-sliding hernia through or adjacent to the oesophageal hiatus of the diaphragm; most commonly contains stomach and other abdominal viscera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraesophageal hiatal hernia | <radiology> Rolling hiatal hernia, parahiatal hernia, 1% of hiatal hernias, portion of stomach superiorly displaced into the thorax with the oesophagogastric junction remaining in the subdiaphragmatic position Findings: cardia in normal position, herniation of portion of the stomach anterior to oesophagus, frequently nonreducible, may be associated with gastric ulcer of lesser curvature at level of diaphragmatic hiatus (12 Dec 1998) |
| parahiatal hernia | A hernia through the diaphragm that occurs at a point separate from the oesophageal hiatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral hernia | An abdominal incisional hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraperitoneal hernia | A vesical hernia in which only a part of the protruded organ is covered by the peritoneum of the sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasaccular hernia | A hernia in which an abdominal viscus forms part of the sac. Synonym: extrasaccular hernia, parasaccular hernia, slipped hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |