Medical terms beginning with P

Having to do with the time before menopause.

A phase of mycosis fungoides in which a patient has areas of red, scaly, itchy skin on areas of the body that are usually not exposed to sun.

Part instruction and part legal document, a prescription records exactly what was ordered and by whom, and stays in the record long afterward.

The area in front of the trachea (windpipe).

The area in the front part of the chest between the lungs.

Work done before illness appears, or early enough in its course that far less damage follows.

Preventive measures, such as vaccines, screening tests, and risk-reducing lifestyle changes, aim to stop a disease from developing rather than treat it afterward.

Surgery to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by removing one or both breasts before disease develops.

(Other name for: ziconotide)

Prilosec is the brand name for omeprazole, a medication that reduces stomach acid production to treat and prevent related digestive conditions.

Knowing a person across years is the working advantage, since a change from someone's own baseline is often the earliest signal available.

A primary care doctor manages a person's overall health over time, providing preventive care and coordinating referrals to specialists as needed.

The doctor who sees a problem before it has a name, and who decides which specialist, if any, should see it next.

Cancer that forms in the lymph tissue of the brain, spinal cord, meninges (outer covering of the brain), or eye (called ocular lymphoma).

A rare, aggressive (fast-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma marked by an abnormal build-up of fluids in a body cavity.

The main result that is measured at the end of a study to see if a given treatment worked (e.g., the number of deaths or the difference in survival between the treatment group and the control group).

A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.

Initial treatment used to reduce a cancer.

Initial treatment used to reduce a cancer.

One of a group of cancers that develop from the same type of early cells, and share certain biochemical and genetic features.