| Pudenz | Robert H., U.S. Neurosurgeon, *1911. See: Heyer-Pudenz valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pudic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation. Origin: L.pudicus modest, fr. Pudere to be ashamed: cf. F. Pudique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pudic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Formed by fibres from the ventral primary rami of the second, third, and fourth sacral spinal nerves; it exits the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen, passes posterior to the sacrospinous ligament, and accompanies the internal pudendal artery, into the perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen; it gives off inferior rectal nerves, then courses through the pudendal canal in the lateral wall of the ischiorectal fossa, terminating as the dorsal nerve of the penis or of the clitoris. Synonym: nervus pudendus, plexus pudendus nervosus, pudic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudical | <anatomy> Pudic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Pudlak | P., 20th century Czech physician. See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudu | <zoology> A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pueblo | A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and new Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. <ethnology> Pueblo Indians, any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuni, the Keran, and the Tewan. Origin: Sp, a village, L. Populus people. See: People. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| puerile | Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. "The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents." (De Quincey) Synonym: Youthful, boyish, juvenile, childish, trifling, weak. See: Youthful. Origin: L. Puerilis, fr. Puer a child, a boy: cf. F. Pueril. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| puerile respiration | An exaggeration of the normal respiratory sounds, heard in children and in adults after exertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerpera | A woman who has just given birth. Origin: L., fr. Puer, child, + pario, to bring forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal | Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever. Origin: L. Puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. Puerperal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| puerperal convulsions | Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. Synonym: puerperal convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal disorders | Disorders or diseases associated with the six-to-eight-week period immediately following labour and delivery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puerperal eclampsia | Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. Synonym: puerperal convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal fever | Postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. (05 Mar 2000) |