| pellucid zone | <cell biology, gynaecology> A translucent, elastic, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of many mammals. (11 May 1997) |
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| pelma | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. <zoology> The under surface of the foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelmatic | Relating to the sole of the foot. Origin: G. Pelma, sole (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelmatogram | An imprint of the sole of the foot, made by resting the inked foot on a sheet of paper, or by pressing the greased foot on a plaster of Paris paste. Origin: G. Pelma (pelmat-), sole of the foot, + gramma, a picture (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelopathy | Synonym: pelotherapy. Origin: G. Pelos, mud, + pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelopium | <chemistry> A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium. Origin: NL, fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peloria | <botany> Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity. Origin: NL, from Gr. Monstrous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peloric | <botany> Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelotherapy | Application of peloids, such as mud, peat, or clay, to all or part of the body. Synonym: pelopathy. Origin: G. Pelos, mud, + therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelt | 1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. "The children billows seem to pelt the clouds." (Shak) 2. To throw; to use as a missile. "My Phillis me with pelted apples plies." (Dryden) Origin: OE. Pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. Pultare, equiv. To pulsare (v. Freq. Fr. Pellere to drive), and E. Pulse a beating. 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. "Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes." (Fuller) 2. The human skin. 3. <veterinary> The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast. Origin: Cf. G. Pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. Pelice, F. Pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. Shortened fr. Peltry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelta | Origin: L, a shield, fr. Gr. 1. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped. 2. <botany> A flat apothecium having no rim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peltate | <botany> Of a leaf, having the stalk attached to the lower surface of the blade, not to the margin (also applied, in the same sense, to other stalked structures). (09 Oct 1997) |
| peltated | <botany> Shield-shaped; scutiform; having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; said of a leaf or other organ. Pel"tately. Origin: Cf. F. Pelte. See Pelta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peltation | Protection provided by inoculation with an antiserum or with a vaccine. Origin: L. Pelta, a light shield, fr. G. Pelte (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelter | A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. "Let such pelters prate." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pellet |
A pellet is the term for a non-spherical projectile designed to be fired from an air gun. Pellets differ from bullets used in firearms because of the difference in pressures encountered; firearms operate at pressures of thousands of atmospheres, while airguns operate at pressures as low as 50 atmospheres. ...
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| pelvic inflammatory disease |
Pelvic inflammatory disease (or disorder) (PID) is a generic term for infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries as it progresses to scar formation with adhesions to nearby tissues and organs. This may lead to tissue necrosis with/or without abscess formation. Pus can be released into the peritoneum. 2/3 of patients with laparoscopic evidence of previous PID were not aware they had had PID (Cecil's 5th ed). ...
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| pelvic exenteration |
Surgery to remove the lower colon, rectum, and bladder, and create openings (stomata) through which urine and stool are passed out of the body. In women, the cervix, vagina, ovaries, and nearby lymph nodes are also removed.
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| pelvis |
The lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones.
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| pelvic diameter |
any diameter of the pelvis.
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| PEL | herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers |
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| PEL | (of language) transparently clear |
| PEL | transmitting light |
| PEL | passing light without diffusion or distortion |
| PEL | free from obscurity and easy to understand |
| PEL | in a clear and lucid manner |
| PEL | passing light without diffusion or distortion |
| PEL | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
| PEL | spadefoot toads |
| PEL | the southern peninsula of Greece |
| PEL | of or relating to Peloponnesus |
| PEL | the southern peninsula of Greece |