Medical terms beginning with P

A skin disease marked by scaly or thickened patches on the skin and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic.

Growths on an internal lining that are not cancer, removed because a fraction of them would eventually have become cancer.

Research using animals to find out if a drug, procedure, or treatment is likely to be useful.

(Other name for: acarbose)

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and the thymus gland.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

A type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and spleen.

(Other name for: prednisone)

Eye drops, oral liquids and tablets all exist, and the palatable liquids are why it is so common in children.

Longer courses are wound down in steps rather than stopped outright, because the body pauses its own cortisol production.

Change the front of a term and the organ stays the same while the meaning flips from too much to too little.

Designed around the shape of a calming brain chemical, yet it works nowhere near that chemical's receptors.

Counted in weeks from a date that precedes conception, so the number in a scan report runs about two weeks ahead of the biology.

The trigger shot of fertility treatment: an injected pregnancy hormone borrowed because it fits the receptor that normally releases an egg.

(Other name for: troglitazone)

A group of diseases in which the bone marrow does not make enough healthy blood cells.

(Other name for: prednisolone)

A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer.

Premarin is a brand name hormone medication supplying a mixture of estrogens used to relieve menopausal symptoms and related conditions.