| PT | pain threshold; parathormone; parathyroid; paroxysmal tachycardia; part time; patient; pericardial t... |
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| AHSP | AIDS Health Services Program [of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] |
| LWS | Lowry-Wood syndrome |
| RWJF | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| pine | 1. <botany> Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus. There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine (P. Strobus), the Georgia pine (P. Australis), the red pine (P. Resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine (P. Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. Ground pine. <botany> Any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvae bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc. Pine wool, a fibre obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts. Synonym: pine-needle wool, and pine-wood wool. Origin: AS. Pin, L. Pinus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pine-crowned | Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pine-needle oil | A volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh leaf of Pinus mugo; has been used by inhalation and spray in catarrhal affections of the air passages, and locally in rheumatism; also used as a flavoring and in perfumery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pine oil | The volatile oil from the wood of Pinus palustris and other species of Pinus; used as a deodorant and disinfectant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pine tar | Obtained by the destructive distillation of the wood of Pinus palustris and other species of Pinus; used internally as an expectorant, and externally in the treatment of skin diseases. Synonym: liquid pitch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white pine | The dried inner bark of Pinus strobus, used as an ingredient in cough syrups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slash pine | <botany> A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; so called because it grows in "slashes." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oil of dwarf pine needles | Volatile oil from the fresh leaves of Pinus montana (family Pinaceae). Pleasant pine odour; used as a pharmaceutical aid (flavor and perfume). Has been used as an expectorant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambert pine | <botany> The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. Origin: So called from Lambert, an English botanist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aloes wood | See Agalloch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amboyna wood | A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bethabara wood | <botany> A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brazil wood | 1. The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; so called before the discovery of America. 2. A very heavy wood of a reddish colour, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. Crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. Origin: OE. Brasil, LL. Brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. Brasil, Pr. Bresil, Pr. Bresil); perh. From Sp. Or Pg. Brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. Vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its colour; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cedar wood oil | Volatile oil obtained from the wood of Juniperus virginiana (family Pinaceae); used as an insect repellent, in perfumery, and as a clearing agent in microscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gopher wood | A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Origin: Heb. Gopher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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