| plagiotremata | <zoology> Same as Lepidosauria. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Slanting +, a hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| plagiotropic | <botany> Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line. Origin: Gr. Aslant + to turn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plague | 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. "Thus were they plagued And worn with famine." (Milton) 2. To vex; to tease; to harass. "She will plague the man that loves her most." (Spenser) Synonym: To vex, torment, distress, afflict, harass, annoy, tease, tantalize, trouble, molest, embarrass, perplex. Origin: Plagued; Plaguing. 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. "And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail." (Wyclif) "The different plague of each calamity." (Shak) 2. <medicine> An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. "A plague upon the people fell." Cattle plague. See Rinderpest. Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. Origin: L. Plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr, fr. To strike; cf. L. Plangere to strike, beat. Cf. Plaint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plague bacillus | The bacterial cause of the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the black death) and later in the middle ages decimated europe. The effects of the plague are described in the nursery rhyme we all fall down. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of fleas that have fed on infected animals, mostly rodents. Plague occurs in the u.s. It is treatable with antibiotics but, if not treated promptly, can promptly lead to death. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague pneumonia | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chill, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, and high fever. Synonym: plague pneumonia, pulmonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plague septicaemia | Infection with the plague organism, Yersinia pestis, with blood-stream infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plague vaccine | A suspension of killed yersinia pestis used for immunizing people in enzootic plague areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague, black | In the 14th century the victims of the black plague had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous haemorrhage) which made darkened ( blackened ) their bodies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague, bubonic | The most common form of the plague named for the characteristic buboes which are enlarged lymph nodes ( swollen glands ) in the groin that aretender and painful. Lymph nodes may be similarly affected in the armpits (axillae), neck and elsewhere. Other features of the bubonic plague include headache, fever, chills, and weakness. The odd word bubo comes from the greek boubon meaning groin or swollen groin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague, great | The Great Plague that swept London in 1665 was probably not really the plague but rather typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague, sylvatic | Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the united states. Sylvatic has to do with sylvan, the woods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plaice | <zoology> A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. Alternative forms: plaise] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. Origin: F. Plaise, plais, prob. Fr. L. Platessa flatish, plaice. See Place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plaid | 1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland. 2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern. Origin: Gael. Plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. Fr. Peallaid a sheepskin, fr. Peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plain | To lament; to bewail; to complain. "We with piteous heart unto you pleyne." (Chaucer) Origin: OE. Playne, pleyne, fr. F. Plaindre. See Plaint. 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane. "The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain." (Isa. Xl. 4) 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. "Our troops beat an army in plain fight." (Felton) 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. "'T is a plain case." 4. Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. "Plain yet pious Christians." . "The plain people." . Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. "An honest mind, and plain." Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. Plain battle, open battle; pitched battle. Plain chant, molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. Plain song. The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. A simple melody. Plain speaking, plainness or bluntness of speech. Synonym: Level, flat, smooth, open, artless, unaffected, undisguised, frank, sincere, honest, candid, ingenuous, unembellished, downright, blunt, clear, simple, distinct, manifest, obvious, apparent. See Manifest. Origin: F, level, flat, fr. L. Planus, perhaps akin to E. Floor. Cf. Llano, Piano, Plan, Plane level, a level surface. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plain film | A radiograph made without use of a contrast medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Poisoning, Plant, Plant Poisonings, Poisonings, Plant
Synonyms : Herbal Preparation, Plant Preparation, Preparation, Plant
Synonyms : Proteins, Plant
Synonyms : Plant Root Caps
Synonyms : Plant Bulbs, Plant Root
| placenta previa |
pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
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| planography |
planographic printing: the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
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| Planck's constant |
the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second
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| placental |
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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| plantae |
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
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| PLA | extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws |
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| PLA | as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks |
| PLA | windowpane oysters |
| PLA | marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell |
| PLA | the beach at a seaside resort |
| PLA | small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand |
| PLA | deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton |
| PLA | deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton |
| PLA | the act of plagiarizing |
| PLA | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech |
| PLA | copied and passed off as your own |
| PLA | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own |