| passive learning | Learning without a direct attempt. Synonym: passive learning. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| passive length-tension curve | The relationship between passive tension and preload (rest length) for a muscle at rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive medium | A medium that produces no change in the specimens placed in it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive movement | Movement imparted to an organism or any of its parts by external agency; movement of any joint effected by the hand of another person, or by mechanical means, without participation of the subject himself. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive prophylaxis | Use of an antiserum from another person or animal to provide temporary (a week to 10 days) protection against a specific infectious or toxic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive transference | The passage of an immunity or allergic susceptibility by the injection of serum of an animal or individual who has acquired an active immunity to the disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive transport | <biochemistry, physiology> The movement of a substance, usually across a plasma membrane, by a mechanism that does not require metabolic energy. See: active transport, transport protein, facilitated diffusion, ion channels. (18 Nov 1997) |
| passive tremor | A coarse, rhythmic tremor, 3-5 Hz frequency, usually confined to hands and forearms, that appears when the limbs are relaxed, and disappears with active limb movements; characteristic of Parkinson disease. Synonym: passive tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive vasoconstriction | Reduced caliber of a vessel caused by decreased intraluminal pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive vasodilation | Vasodilation related to increased pressure in lumen of a vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| pastille |
cough drop: a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
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| Pasteur |
French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
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cough drop: a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
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| pasteurize |
heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk"
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| Paspalum |
dallisgrass: tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
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| PAS | (military) a written leave of absence |
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| PAS | eliminate from the body |
| PAS | come to pass |
| PAS | pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
| PAS | disappear gradually |
| PAS | transmit information |
| PAS | grant authorization or clearance for |
| PAS | guide or pass over something |
| PAS | pass into a specified state or condition |
| PAS | travel past, as of a vehicle |
| PAS | go across or through |
| PAS | pass by |