| PAN | periarteritis nodosa; periodic alternating nystagmus; peroxyacylnitrate; polyarteritis nodosa; posit... |
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| PAS | para aminosalicylate; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and... |
| PASH | periodic acid-Schiff hematoxylin |
| PASM | periodic acid-silver methenamine |
| PAST | periodic acid-Schiff technique |
| PMS | Periodic movements in sleep |
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| PSD | Periodic synchronous discharges |
| crutch paralysis | A form of pressure paralysis affecting the arm, and caused by compression of the brachial plexus or radial nerve by the crosspiece of a crutch. Synonym: crutch palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posticus paralysis | Paralysis of the posterior cricothyroid muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pott's paralysis | Paralysis of the lower part of the body and the extremities, due to pressure on the spinal cord as the result of tuberculous spondylitis. Synonym: Pott's paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pressure paralysis | Paralysis due to compression of a nerve, nerve trunk, or spinal cord. Synonym: pressure palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive bulbar paralysis | Progressive weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the tongue, lips, palate, pharynx, and larynx, usually occurring in later life; most often caused by motor neuron disease. Synonym: bulbar palsy, bulbar paralysis, Duchenne's disease, Erb disease, glossolabiolaryngeal paralysis, glossolabiopharyngeal paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudobulbar paralysis | Paralysis of the lips and tongue, simulating progressive bulbar paralysis, but due to supranuclear lesions with bilateral involvement of the upper motor neurons; characterised by speech and swallowing difficulties, emotional instability, and spasmodic, mirthless laughter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory paralysis | Loss of sensation; anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleep paralysis | <neurology, physiology> A condition that occurs in REM stage sleep. There is no movement of the skeletal muscles in this stage of sleep. See: REM stage sleep. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hysterical paralysis | A psychosomatic numbness of a limb sometimes to the point of paralysis. See: hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spastic spinal paralysis | A type of cerebral palsy in which there is bilateral spasticity, with the lower extremities more severely affected. Compare: flaccid paralysis. Synonym: Erb-Charcot disease, infantile diplegia, Little's disease, spastic spinal paralysis, tabes spasmodica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinal paralysis | Loss of motor power due to a lesion of the spinal cord. Synonym: myeloparalysis, myeloplegia, rachioplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supranuclear paralysis | Paralysis due to lesions above the primary motor neurons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diphtheritic paralysis | <otolaryngology> Paralysis affecting the uvula most frequently, but also any other muscle, due to toxic neuritis; usually appears in the second or third week following the beginning of the attack of diphtheria. Synonym: diphtheritic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diver's paralysis | Lay term for decompression sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duchenne-Erb paralysis | A type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder girdle (deltoid, biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis muscles) due to a lesion of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus or of the roots of the fifth and sixth cervical roots. Synonym: Duchenne-Erb paralysis, Erb paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |