| pladaroma | Pladarosis A soft wartlike growth on the eyelid. Origin: G. Pladaros, wet, damp, flaccid, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plafond | A ceiling, especially the ceiling of the ankle joint, i.e., the articular surface of the distal end of the tibia. Origin: Fr. Ceiling (05 Mar 2000) |
| plaga | Origin: L. Plaga a blow, a welt, a stripe. <zoology> A stripe of colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagate | <zoology> Having plagae, or irregular enlongated colour spots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiarism | Passing off as one's own the work of another without credit. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plagihedral | <chemistry> Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals. Origin: Gr. Oblique + base, seat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagio- | Oblique, slanting. Origin: G. Plagios (05 Mar 2000) |
| plagiocephalic | <anatomy> Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Origin: Gr. Oblique + the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephalism | <anatomy> Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephalous | <anatomy> Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Origin: Gr. Oblique + the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephaly | <anatomy> Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagioclase | <chemical> A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar. Origin: Gr. Oblique + to break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagionite | <chemical> A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray colour and metallic luster. Origin: Gr. Oblique. So called in allusion to its usually oblique crystallization. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostomatous | <zoology> Same as Plagiostomous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostome | <zoology> One of the Plagiostomi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |