| PRH | past relevant history; prolactin releasing hormone |
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| PSH | past surgical history; postspinal headache |
| Px | past history; physical examination; pneumothorax; prognosis |
| pasteurization | The heating of milk, wines, fruit juices, etc., for about 30 minutes at 68캜 (154.4캟) whereby living bacteria are destroyed, but the flavor or bouquet is preserved; the spores are unaffected, but are kept from developing by immediately cooling the liquid to 10캜 (50캟) or lower. See: sterilization. Origin: L. Pasteur (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pastia | C., 20th century Roumanian physician. See: Pastia's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pastia's sign | <clinical sign> The presence of pink or red transverse lines at the bend of the elbow in the preeruptive stage of scarlatina; they persist through the eruptive stage and remain as pigmented lines after desquamation. Synonym: Thomson's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pastil | Pastille 1. A small mass of benzoin and other aromatic substances to be burned for fumigation. Synonym: troche. Origin: Fr. Pastille; L. Pastillus, a roll (of bread), dim. Of panis, bread Sabouraud's pastils, disks containing barium platinocyanide which undergo a colour change when exposed to X-rays; previously used to indicate the administered dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pastille | 1. <pharmacology> A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. 2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche. 3. See Pastel, a crayon. Origin: F. Pastille, L. Pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pastor | 1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically, a minister having the charge of a church and parish. 3. <zoology> A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts. Origin: L, fr. Pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. Pabulum, Pasture, Food. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pastoral | 1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff, a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier. Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors. Origin: L. Pastoralis: cf. F. Pastoral. See Pastor. 1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic. "A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life." (Rambler) 2. A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterised by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. 3., a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pastoral care | Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pastoral counseling | The use of psychotherapeutic methods by members of the clergy, members of a religious community, and/or lay therapists for parishioners seeking help with personal problems. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pasteurize |
heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk"
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| pastern bone |
either of two bones of the horse's foot just proximal to the hoof: the large pastern bone is the first phalanx and the small pastern bone (called also coronary b.) is the second phalanx.
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| pastern joint |
the joint between the short and long pastern bones of a horse, the second most distal of the leg joints.
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| paste |
According to physicist David A. Weitz, a paste is a substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid. Pastes typically consist of a suspension of small particles in a background fluid. The small particles are jammed together like grains of sand on a beach, forming a disordered, glassy or amorphous structure, and giving pastes their solid-like character. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste
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| Pasteurella pestis |
Yersinia pestis is a species of rod-shaped bacterium, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is the infectious agent of bubonic plague, and can also cause pneumonic plague and septicemic plague. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurella_pestis
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| PAST | hit with the fists |
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| PAST | a composition of flat object on a board or other backing |
| PAST | stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper |
| PAST | affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste |
| PAST | any of various pale or light colors |
| PAST | delicate and pale in color |
| PAST | lacking in body or vigor |
| PAST | resembling paste in color |
| PAST | an adhesive label |
| PAST | a workman who pastes |
| PAST | the part between the fetlock and the hoof |
| PAST | Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960) |