| passive vasodilation | Vasodilation related to increased pressure in lumen of a vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| passive-aggressive behaviour | Apparently compliant behaviour, with intrinsic obstructive or stubborn qualities, to cover deeply felt aggressive feelings that cannot be more directly expressed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive-aggressive personality | A personality disorder in which aggressive feelings are manifested in passive ways, especially through mild obstructionism and stubbornness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive-aggressive personality disorder | A personality disorder characterised by an indirect resistance to demands for adequate social and occupational performance; anger and opposition to authority and the expectations of others that is expressed covertly by obstructionism, procrastination, stubbornness, dawdling, forgetfulness, and intentional inefficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| passivism | 1. An attitude of submission. 2. A sexual practice in which the subject is submissive to the will of the partner in behaviour that usually requires the consent of both participants (e.g., anal intercourse). See: pathic. Origin: see passive (05 Mar 2000) |
| passivity | 1. Passiveness; opposed to activity. 2. <physics> The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia. 3. <chemistry> The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity. Origin: Cf. F. Passivite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passover | A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb. Origin: Pass + over. See Pasch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passus | A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See Fit. Origin: L, a step, a pace. See Pace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |