Medical terms beginning with P

A medical doctor who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

Mind and body do not run in separate lanes, which is why an evaluation weighs the psychological account alongside the physical one.

A specialist who can talk with patients and their families about emotional and personal matters, and can help them make decisions.

Loss of insight is what makes psychosis distinctive, since the experiences feel entirely real from the inside rather than obviously mistaken.

Describes the psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of human activity, such as the care of people with a disease.

A drug class named for what it does to alertness, familiar from coffee at one end and controlled prescriptions at the other.

Treatment of mental, emotional, personality, and behavioral disorders using methods such as discussion, listening, and counseling.

Seed husks that soak up water and turn stool into a soft gel, working by physics rather than by prodding the bowel.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer, including certain types of lung, pancreas, and brain cancer.

PTC uses a needle placed through the liver to inject contrast and x-ray the bile ducts, most often to locate a blockage.

A procedure to drain bile to relieve pressure in the bile ducts caused by a blockage.

The letters record where it was found rather than what it does, and its real target is a fat, not a protein.

A protein that helps control many cell functions, including cell division and cell death.

PTH is a hormone that raises blood calcium by acting on bone, kidney, and the intestine, with abnormal levels signaling gland disease.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Epstein-Barr virus sits behind most cases, held in check by an immune system that transplant medication has deliberately turned down.

Ptosis is a drooping of the upper eyelid that can be present from birth or develop later from nerve, muscle, or structural causes.

An anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress, such as military combat, violent assault, natural disaster, or other life-threatening events.

A cancer vaccine containing plasmid DNA encoding human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) (pTVG-HP) with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

Puberty is the hormonally driven stage of physical development that transitions a child's body toward adult reproductive capability.