| primary narcissism | In psychoanalysis, the original psychic energy embodied or invested in the ego. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| primary neurasthenia | A form of nervous exhaustion appearing in the adolescent period. Synonym: primary neurasthenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin | A rare malignant cutaneous tumour seen in sun-exposed skin of elderly patients composed of dermal nodules of small round cells with scanty cytoplasm in a trabecular pattern; the tumour cells contain cytoplasmic dense core granules resembling neurosecretory granules seen in Merkel cells. Synonym: primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, trabecular carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary neuronal degeneration | <disease> A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterised by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language. The cause of nerve cell death is unknown but the cells are recognised by the appearance of unusual helical protein filaments in the nerve cells (neurofibrillary tangles) and by degeneration in cortical regions of brain, especially frontal and temporal lobes. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. (22 May 1997) |
| primary nodule | A lymphatic nodule having small lymphocytes and lacking a germinal centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary nondisjunction | Nondisjunction occurring in a previously normal cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary nursing care | The primary responsibility of one nurse for the planning, evaluation, and care of a patient throughout the course of illness, convalescence, and recovery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary oocyte | <cell biology, gynaecology> The enlarging ovum before maturity is reached, as opposed to the secondary oocyte or polar body. (18 Nov 1997) |
| primary organiser | The organiser situated on the dorsal lip of the blastopore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary ovarian follicle | An ovarian follicle before the appearance of an antrum; marked by developmental changes in the oocyte and follicular cells so that the latter form one or more layers of cuboidal or columnar cells; the follicle becomes surrounded by a sheath of stroma, the theca. Synonym: folliculus ovaricus primarius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary palate | In the early embryo, the mesoderm-filled shelf, formed from the medial nasal process, that anteriorly separates the oral cavity below from the primitive nasal cavities above. Synonym: primitive palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary pentosuria | essential pentosuria |
| primary pigmentary degeneration of retina | A hereditary disorder of the retina mainly affecting photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium; a miscellaneous category including Friedreich's ataxia, Refsum's disease, and abetalipoproteinaemia. Synonym: primary pigmentary degeneration of retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary point of ossification | This is the first site where bone begins to form in the shaft of a long bone or in the body of an irregular bone. Synonym: punctum ossificationis primarium, primary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary prevention | Prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations through promotion of health, including mental health, and specific protection, as in immunization, as distinguished from the prevention of complications or after-effects of existing disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary |
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" chief(a): most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets" a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing elementary: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" primary coil: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" basal: of primary importance
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| primary abutment |
a tooth used for direct support of a denture.
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| primary cause |
the principal factor contributing to the production of a specific result.
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| primary degenerative dementia |
severe loss of intellectual function of no discernible cause; it generally denotes dementia of the Alzheimer type but may be used for that associated with Pick's disease.
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| primary infertility |
infertility occurring in patients who have never conceived.
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| PRIM | an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 |
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| PRIM | the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest |
| PRIM | a number that has no factor but itself and 1 |
| PRIM | the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available |
| PRIM | (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed |
| PRIM | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| PRIM | any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited |
| PRIM | an introductory textbook |
| PRIM | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| PRIM | having existed from the beginning |
| PRIM | an anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor |
| PRIM | (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time |