| PICC line | <equipment> A catheter inserted into an arm vein and used for periods of up to three months. This catheter does not need to be surgically implanted and can be inserted at home by a trained nurse. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| piccadilly | A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, worn by men in the 17th century. Origin: OF. Piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. Fr. Sp. Picado, p.p. Of picar to prick. See Pike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Picchini | Luigi, late 19th century Italian physician. Synonym: Picchini's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Picchini's syndrome | <syndrome> A form of polyserositis involving the three great serosae in contact with the diaphragm, sometimes also the meninges, tunica vaginalis testis, synovial sheaths, and bursae, caused by the presence of a trypanosome. Synonym: Picchini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| picea | <botany> A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the firs. Origin: L, the pitch pine, from pix, picis, pitch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| picene | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon (CH) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance. See: Piceous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pichey | <zoology> A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo. Alternative forms: pichiy. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pichia | Yeast-like ascomycetous fungi of the family saccharomycetaceae, order endomycetales isolated from exuded tree sap. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pichiciago | <zoology> A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. Alternative forms: pichyciego. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pichinde virus | A species of arenavirus, one of the tacaribe complex viruses, causing a fatal infection in the cricetine rodent oryzomys albigularis. Asymptomatic laboratory infection in humans has been reported. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pichurim bean | <botany> The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, sometimes used medicinally. Synonym: sassafras nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pici | <ornithology> A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wry necks. Origin: NL, fr. L. Picus a woodpecker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| picibanil | <chemical> A lyophilised preparation of a low-virulence strain (su) of streptococcus pyogenes (s. Haemolyticus), inactivated by heating with penicillin G. It has been proposed as a noncytotoxic antineoplastic agent because of its immune system-stimulating activity. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent. Chemical name: Picibanil (12 Dec 1998) |
| piciform | <zoology> Of or pertaining to Piciformes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| piciformes | <ornithology> A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups. Origin: NL. See Picus, and -Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |