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.

Pulmonary findings and conditions concern the lungs and their airways, spanning normal respiratory function to serious lung disease.

Breathlessness that worsens on lying flat is the classic clue, because fluid redistributes toward the lungs when a person lies down.

A test used to measure how well the lungs work.

Education about behavior and lifestyle changes to help patients with chronic lung disease decrease breathing problems, return to daily activities, and improve quality of life.

The doctor called in when breathlessness, a cough or an abnormal chest scan outlasts what general medicine can explain.

A type of lung cancer that begins in the upper part of a lung and spreads to nearby tissues such as the ribs and vertebrae.

A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the lungs.

(Other name for: dornase alfa inhalation solution)

A pump is a device that delivers a controlled amount of fluid at a set rate, used for drugs, nutrients, or other body fluids.

Removal of a small disk-shaped sample of tissue using a sharp, hollow device.

Not a structure but an absence: a hole whose width two opposing muscles adjust, and one of the most watched signs in an unconscious person.

Half the alphabet of the genetic code, and the reason uric acid builds up and triggers a gout attack.

(Other name for: mercaptopurine)

(Other name for: tin ethyl etiopurpurin)

Trifolium pratense.

A prairie wildflower turned cold remedy, and a case study in why trials of an herb disagree when every preparation differs.

A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

An injectable ten percent solution of rose bengal disodium, an iodinated fluorescein derivative, with potential antineoplastic and radiosensitizing activities.

An attenuated, replication-competent, oncolytic strain of Newcastle disease virus.

An embolic material composed of microspheres of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymers.

A cancer vaccine containing xenogenic DNA from rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) that encodes prostate specific antigen (PSA) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

A topical formulation consisting of a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer resin containing the macrolide sirolimus (rapamycin), produced by the organism Streptomyces hygroscopicus, with…

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A congener of pyridine 2-diazohydroxide.

A nucleoside analog.

A 9-methoxy acridine compound containing a reducible 5-nitro substituent.

Because pyridoxine is water soluble, the body does not store large reserves of it, making regular dietary intake necessary to prevent deficiency.

Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a stable salt form of vitamin B6, converted in the body into an active coenzyme needed for amino acid metabolism.

A synthetic derivative of ethyl-pyrimidine with potent antimalarial properties.

Pyrimidines are single-ring nitrogen-containing bases, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, that pair with purines to form the rungs of DNA and RNA.

A synthetic derivative of hydroxamic acid with antineoplastic properties, Pyroxamide inhibits histone deacetylases involved in transcription; induces hyperacetylation of core histones, modulating…