| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
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| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); ½ÉÀüµµ = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| IDA | 1) Imino-Diacetic Acid 2) Iron Deficiency Anemia &nb... |
| FAP | familial adenomatous polyposis; familial amyloid polyneuropathy; fatty acid polyunsaturated; fatty a... |
| LP | labile peptide; labile protein; laboratory procedure; lactic peroxidase; lamina propria; laryngophar... |
| PPP | Platelet Poor Plasma |
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| PM | poor metaboliser |
| PM | poor |
| poor | 1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people. 2. So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. 3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as: Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. "Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed." . Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. "His genius . . . Poor and cowardly." . Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. "A poor vessel." . Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; said of land; as, poor soil. Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. "That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day." (Calamy) 4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. "And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray." (Shak) "Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing." (Prior) 5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. "Blessed are the poor in spirit." Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. <botany> Poor man's treacle, the friar bird. The poor, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. "I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves." . Origin: OE. Poure or povre, OF. Povre, F. Pauvre, L. Pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see Paucity, Few), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See Few, and cf. Parade, Pauper, Poverty. <zoology> A small European codfish (Gadus minutus). Synonym: power cod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| poor-john | <zoology> A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. "Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare." (Sir J. Harrington) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poor-will | <zoology> A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will. Origin: So called in imitation of its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poor-willie | <zoology> The bar-tailed godwit. Origin: So called in imitation of its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poorly | 1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly. 2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business. 3. Meanly; without spirit. "Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire." (Dryden) 4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. Poorly off, not well off; not rich. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poorly compliant bladder | A bladder that has high pressure at low volumes in the absence of detrusor activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite | amorphous hydroxyapatite |
| poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma with nodular or diffuse lymph node or bone marrow involvement by large lymphoid cells. Synonym: follicular predominantly small cleaved cell lymphoma, nodular histiocytic lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poorly drained soil | <ecology> A condition in which water is removed form the soil so slowly that the soil is saturated periodically during the growing season or remains wet for long periods greater than 7 days. (09 Oct 1997) |
| whip-poor-will | <zoology> An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. Alternative forms: whippowil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| poor | deserving or inciting pity |
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| poor | yielding little by great labor |
| poor | unsatisfactory |
| poor | low in degree |
| poor | having little money or few possessions |
| poor | badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances |
| poor | characterized by or indicating lack of money |
| poor | not sufficient to meet a need |
| poor | moderate to inferior in quality |
| poor | box for collecting alms, especially one in a church |
| poor | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments) |
| poor | someone you feel sorry for |
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