| COP | capillary osmotic pressure; change of plaster; coefficient of performance; colloid oncotic pressure;... |
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| CP | candle power; capillary pressure; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary; caudate puta... |
| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
| IPP | independent practice plan; individual patient profile; inflatable penile prosthesis; inorganic pyrop... |
| LAP | laparoscopy; laparotomy; left arterial pressure; left atrial pressure; leucine aminopeptidase; leuke... |
| pulp calculus | A calcified body found in the pulp chamber of a tooth; may be composed of irregular dentin (true denticle) or due to ectopic calcification of pulp tissue (false denticle). Synonym: denticle, pulp calcification, pulp calculus, pulp nodule, pulp stone. Origin: endo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pulp canal | <dentistry> Another name for the pulp chamber. (08 Jan 1998) |
| pulp cavity | The central hollow of a tooth consisting of the crown cavity and the root canal; it contains the fibrovascular dental pulp and is lined throughout by odontoblasts. Synonym: cavitas dentis, cavity of tooth, cavum dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp chamber | <dentistry> The very inner part of your tooth containing nerve cells and blood vessels. (08 Jan 1998) |
| pulp chips | Timber or residues processed into small pieces of wood of more or less uniform dimensions with minimal amounts of bark. (05 Dec 1998) |
| pulp horn | A prolongation of the pulp extending toward the cusp of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp nodule | A calcified body found in the pulp chamber of a tooth; may be composed of irregular dentin (true denticle) or due to ectopic calcification of pulp tissue (false denticle). Synonym: denticle, pulp calcification, pulp calculus, pulp nodule, pulp stone. Origin: endo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp of finger | The fleshy mass at the extremity of the finger. Synonym: digital pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp polyp | hyperplastic pulpitis |
| pulp stone | A calcified body found in the pulp chamber of a tooth; may be composed of irregular dentin (true denticle) or due to ectopic calcification of pulp tissue (false denticle). Synonym: denticle, pulp calcification, pulp calculus, pulp nodule, pulp stone. Origin: endo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp test | A group of thermal and electrical test's used to aid in assessment of dental pulp health. Synonym: pulp test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| putrescent pulp | A decomposed pulp, often infected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splenic pulp | The soft cellular substance of the spleen. Synonym: pulpa splenica, pulpa lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic pulp | Necrosis of the dental pulp which clinically does not respond to thermal stimulation; the tooth may be asymptomatic or sensitive to percussion and palpation. Synonym: dead pulp, nonvital pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonvital pulp | Necrosis of the dental pulp which clinically does not respond to thermal stimulation; the tooth may be asymptomatic or sensitive to percussion and palpation. Synonym: dead pulp, nonvital pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |