| |
| pacemaker
| 1: a part of the body, such as the mass of muscle fibers
of the sinoatrial node, that sets the pace or rhythm of physiological
activity; 2: any of several usually miniaturized and surgically
implanted electronic devices used to stimulate or regulate contractions
of the heart muscle Jump
the Shark 9X15 |
| pachyemia
| pachy-: thickened; emia: of the blood; literally, thickening
of the blood Pusher
3X17 |
| Paget's
Carcinoma | Paget's disease of the vulva is an eczematoid
lesion characterized by large pale epidermal cells. In about
20% of the cases, Paget's disease is associated with synchronous
or metachronous adenocarcinoma in the vulva, breast, or Bartholin's
glands. Sein
und Zeit 7X10 |
| palate
| the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the
nasal cavity This Is
Not Happening 8X14 |
| palpate
| to examine by touch especially medically Beyond
the Sea 1X12 |
| pancreas
| a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes
digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon Sleepless
2X04 |
| panel
| a set group of medical tests that are always ordered
together. Via Negativa 8X07 |
| panspermia
| the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout
the universe in the form of germs or spores Biogenesis
6X22 More
info on Panspermia |
| paralysis
| 1: complete or partial loss of function especially
when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body;
2: loss of the ability to move Fresh
Bones 2X15 4-D 9X05 |
| paralytic
| 1: affected with or characterized by paralysis; 2:
of, relating to, or resembling paralysis Eve
1X10 |
| paranoia
| 1: a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions
of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations; 2:
a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive
or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others Blood
2X03 Unusual
Suspects 5X01 Closure
7X11 Via Negativa
8X07 Three
Words 8X18 Nothing
Important Happened Today II 9X02 Release
9X16 |
| paraplegia
| paralysis of the lower half of the body with involvement
of both legs Miracle
Man 1X17 |
| parapsychology
| the study of the evidence for psychological phenomena,
such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis, that are
inexplicable by science Sunshine
Days 9X18 |
| parasite,
parasitic | 1: an organism living in, with, or on another
organism in parasitism; 2: something that resembles a biological
parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support
without making a useful or adequate return Ice
1X07 F.
Emasculata 2X23 Never
Again 4X13 Roadrunners
8X05 |
| parasitoid
| an insect and especially a wasp that completes its
larval development within the body of another insect eventually
killing it and is free-living as an adult F.
Emasculata 2X23 |
| parenteral
| pharmacology nutrition not through the alimentary
canal but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous,
intramuscular, intraorbital, intracapsular, intraspinal, intrasternal,
intravenous, etc. Daemonicus
9X03 |
| parietal
lobe | the middle division of each cerebral hemisphere
that contains an area concerned with bodily sensations Terms
of Endearment 6X06 |
| pathogen
| a specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus)
of disease Teliko
4X04 Medusa 8X13 |
| pathology
| 1: scientific study of the nature of disease and its
causes, processes, development, and consequences; pathobiology;
2: the anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease:
the pathology of cancer Daemonicus
9X03 |
| pathologist
| a specialist in pathology; specifically : one who interprets
and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body
fluids Born Again 1X21 DeadAlive
8X15 |
| PCP,
phencyclidine | a piperidine derivative C17H25N
used especially as a veterinary anesthetic and sometimes illicitly
as a psychedelic drug -- called also angel dust Rush
7X06 |
| PCR
| polymerase chain reaction Small
Potatoes 4X20 Christmas
Carol 5X05 William
9X17 |
| pellagra
| a disease marked by dermatitis, gastrointestinal disorders,
and central nervous symptoms and associated with a diet deficient
in niacin Small
Potatoes 4X20 |
| pentobarbital
| an anticonvulsant and anaesthetic, usually used as
the sodium or calcium salt Audrey
Pauley 9X13 |
| pepsin
| 1: a protease of the stomach that breaks down most
proteins to polypeptides; 2: a preparation containing pepsin
that is obtained from the stomach especially of the hog and
is used especially as a digestive 2shy
3X06 Field Trip 6X21 |
| pericarditis
| inflammation of the pericardium all
things 7X17 |
| periodicity
| the quality or state of being periodical, or regularly
recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants Improbable
9X14 |
| personality
| 1 a : the quality or state of being a person b : personal
existence 2 a : the condition or fact of relating to a particular
person; specifically : the condition of referring directly to
or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual b
: an offensively personal remark 3 : the complex of characteristics
that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group; especially
: the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics Chimera
7X16 |
| perspiration
| 1 : the action or process of perspiring; 2: a saline
fluid secreted by the sweat glands Medusa
8X13 |
| pervasive
| to become diffused throughout every part of Leonard
Betts 4X14 Elegy
4X22 |
| PET
scan | Positron emission tomography (PET) uses nuclei
that decay by releasing a positron (+), the antimatter equivalent
of an electron. Positrons rapidly interact with surrounding
electrons, resulting in their conversion into two photons whose
paths are 180° apart. Ring detector systems encircling the positron-emitting
source coincidently detect the two photons to localize the source.
These systems are much more sensitive than conventional nuclear
medicine cameras, have higher spatial resolution, and can give
quantitative rather than qualitative data regarding the radiopharmaceutical
distribution in the body. Unruhe
4X02 Teliko 4X04 Redux
II 5X03 |
| petechia
| A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the
skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and
often seen in typhus Trust
No 1 9X08 |
| petri
dish | a small shallow dish of thin glass or plastic
with a loose cover used especially for cultures in bacteriology
El Mundo Gira
4X11 |
| petrous
| of, relating to, or constituting the exceptionally
hard and dense portion of the human temporal bone that contains
the internal auditory organs Drive
6X02 The Beginning
6X01 |
| pharmacist
| a person licensed to engage in pharmacy, or dispense
drugs and controlled substances Red
Museum 2X10 |
| phenobarbital
| a crystalline barbiturate C12H12N2O3
used as a hypnotic and sedative Roadrunners
8X05 |
| phenytoin
| antiepileptic drug The
Sixth Extinction 7X03 Amor
Fati 7X04 |
| pheromones
| a chemical substance that is produced by an animal
and serves especially as a stimulus to other individuals of
the same species for one or more behavioral responses Genderbender
1X13 Lord of the
Flies 9X06 |
| phobia,
phobic | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical
fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation Blood
2X03 |
| photosensitivity
| sensitive or sensitized to the action of radiant energy 3
2X06 Alpha 6X16 |
| physiological
| 1 : of or relating to physiology 2 : characteristic
of or appropriate to an organism's healthy or normal functioning Tooms
1X20 Aubrey
2X12 William 9X17 |
| pica
| an abnormal desire to eat substances (as chalk or ashes)
not normally eaten Sanguinarium
4X06 |
| pigment
| a coloring matter in animals and plants especially
in a cell or tissue Teliko
4X04 |
| pineal
gland | a small usually conical appendage of the brain
of all craniate vertebrates that functions primarily as an endocrine
organ and that in a few reptiles has the essential structure
of an eye Terma
4X10 Vienen 8X16 |
| pituitary
gland | a small oval endocrine organ that is attached
to the infundibulum of the brain, consists of an epithelial
anterior lobe joined by an intermediate part to a posterior
lobe of nervous origin, and produces various internal secretions
directly or indirectly impinging on most basic body functions Teliko
4X04 |
| placenta
| the vascular organ in mammals except monotremes and
marsupials that unites the fetus to the maternal uterus and
mediates its metabolic exchanges through a more or less intimate
association of uterine mucosal with chorionic and usually allantoic
tissues; also: an analogous organ in another animal Empedocles
8X17 |
| plague
| an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality Ice
1X07 |
| plaque
| a histopathologic lesion of brain tissue that is characteristic
of Alzheimer's disease and consists of a cluster of degenerating
nerve endings and dendrites around a core of amyloid Theef
7X14 |
| plasma
| a: the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk as distinguished
from suspended material; b: the juice that can be expressed
from muscle Born
Again 1X21 End
Game 2X17 Daemonicus
9X03 Sunshine
Days 9X18 |
| plasmapheresis
| a process for obtaining blood plasma without depleting
the donor or patient of other blood constituents (as red blood
cells) by separating out the plasma from the whole blood and
returning the rest to the donor's or patient's circulatory system S.R.
819 6X10 |
| plastic
surgery | surgery concerned with the repair, restoration,
or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen body
parts Dreamland
6X04 |
| platyhelminthis
| any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied
usually much flattened acoelomate worms (as the planarians,
flukes, and tapeworms) The
Host 2X02 |
| pneumothorax,
tension pneumothorax | A check-valve mechanism in a bronchopleural
fistula allows air to enter but not leave the pleural space,
causing pressure in the space to rise above atmospheric pressure.
The result is lung collapse and mediastinal shift to the opposite
side, which may severely compromise pulmonary and cardiac function
The Erlenmeyer
Flask 1X23 Leonard
Betts 4X14 |
| poison
| a substance that through its chemical action usually
kills, injures, or impairs an organism S.R.
819 6X10 Salvage
8X10 Jump the Shark 9X15 |
| polio,
poliomyelitis | an acute infectious disease caused by
the poliovirus and characterized by fever, motor paralysis,
and atrophy of skeletal muscles often with permanent disability
and deformity and marked by inflammation of nerve cells in the
anterior gray matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord
(also called infantile paralysis) Theef
7X14 |
| polycythemia
| a condition marked by an abnormal increase in the number
of circulating red blood cells Colony
2X16 |
| polydactyl
| the condition of having more than the normal number
of fingers or toes All
Souls 5X17 Patience
8X04 |
| polygenic
| Genetic disorders resulting from the combined action
of alleles of more than one gene (e.g., heart disease, diabetes,
and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they
depend on the simultaneous presence of several alleles; thus
the hereditary patterns are usually more complex than those
of single- gene disorders. Compare single- gene disorders. Home
4X03 |
| polymerase
chain reaction | any of several enzymes that catalyze
the formation of DNA or RNA from precursor substances in the
presence of preexisting DNA or RNA acting as a template Small
Potatoes 4X20 |
| porphyria
| any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of
porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins
in the urine 3 2X06
|
| porous
| 1a: possessing or full of pores; b: containing vessels;
2a: permeable to fluids; b: permeable to
outside influences; 3: capable of being penetrated The
X-Files: Fight the Future |
| porphyria
| A group of disorders cause by deficiencies of enzymes
of the heme biosynthetic pathway, often presenting with sensitivity
to light. Bad
Blood 5X12 |
| post-traumatic
stress | a psychological reaction occurring after a highly
stressing event that is usually characterized by depression,
anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of
reminders of the event Sleepless
2X04 |
| postmortem
| done, occurring, or collected after death Pilot
1X79 Kaddish
4X12 Leonard
Betts 4X14 Patience
8X04 DeadAlive
8X15 Daemonicus
9X03 Hellbound
9X04 Jump the Shark
9X15 The Truth
9X19/20 |
| postoperative
| happening or done after a surgical operation Daemonicus
9X03 |
| potassium
| a silver-white soft light low-melting univalent metallic
element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in
nature especially combined in minerals Miracle
Man 1X17 D.P.O.
3X03 |
| potassium
chloride | a crystalline salt KCl occurring as a mineral
and in natural waters and used especially as a fertilizer Leonard
Betts 4X14 |
| potassium
cyanide | a very poisonous crystalline salt KCN used
especially in gold and silver extraction from ore Miracle
Man 1X17 |
| predation
| 1 : the act of preying or plundering. specifically
the consuming of a corpse that interferes with pathological
assessment of the corpse; 2: a mode of life in which food is
primarily obtained by the killing and consuming of animals Patience
8X04 Release
9X16 |
| Prednisone
| Prednisone tablets contain prednisone which is a glucocorticoid all
things 7X17 |
| pregnant,
pregnancy | the carrying of young in the uterus Trevor
6X17 Chimera 7X16 Requiem
7X22 Within 8x01 Without
8X02 Roadrunners
8X05 Per Manum
8x08 DeadAlive
8X15 Vienen 8X16 Essence
8X20 Existence
8X21 Nothing Important Happened
Today 9x01 Nothing
Important Happened Today II 9X02 |
| prenatal
| 1: occurring, existing, or performed before birth;
2: providing or receiving
prenatal medical care Terms
of Endearment 6X06 Essence
8X20 |
| priapic,
priapism | painful, persistent, and abnormal erection,
unaccompanied by sexual desire or excitation Je
Souhaite 7X21 |
| primate
| any of an order (Primates) of mammals comprising humans,
apes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers) The
Host 2X02 |
| prion
| a protein particle that lacks nucleic acid and is sometimes
held to be the cause of various infectious diseases of the nervous
system (as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) Our
Town 2X24 |
| progeria
| rare disease which cause young children to age rapidly,
fatal before the age of ten in most cases Young
at Heart 1X15 |
| progesterone
| a female steroid sex hormone C21H30O2
that is secreted by the corpus luteum to prepare the endometrium
for implantation and later by the placenta during pregnancy
to prevent rejection of the developing embryo or fetus Emily
5X07 |
| prognosis
| the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual
course of disease or peculiarities of the case Apocrypha
3X16 Audrey
Pauley 9X13 |
| prosthesis,
prosthetic | an artificial device to replace a missing
part of the body Young
at Heart 1X15 The
Goldberg Variation 7X02 |
| protein
| 1: any of numerous naturally occurring extremely complex
substances that consist of amino-acid residues joined by peptide
bonds, contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen,
usually sulfur, and occasionally other elements (as phosphorus
or iron), and include many essential biological compounds (as
enzymes, hormones, or immunoglobulins); 2: the total nitrogenous
material in plant or animal substances Pilot
1X79 DØd
Kalm 2X19 Herrenvolk
4X01 Lord of the
Flies 9X06 |
| proximal
| 1: next to or nearest the point of attachment or origin,
a central point, or the point of view; especially : located
toward the center of the body -- compare DISTAL; 3: of, relating
to, or being the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth This
Is Not Happening 8X14 |
| psychiatry
| a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional,
or behavioral disorders The
Field Where I Died 4X05 Sanguinarium
4X06 |
| psychic
| 1: capable of extraordinary mental processes, such
as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy; 2: of or relating
to such mental processes. Daemonicus
9X03 |
| psychokinesis
| movement of physical objects by the mind without use
of physical means Shadows1X05 Aubrey
2X12 Sunshine
Days 9X18 |
| psychology,
psychological, psychiatric | 1: the science of mind and
behavior; 2 a: the mental or behavioral characteristics of an
individual or group; b: the study of mind and behavior in relation
to a particular field of knowledge or activity; 3: a treatise
on psychology - psy·chol·o·gist /-jist/ noun Pilot
1X79 Aubrey 2X12 Quagmire
3X22 Bad Blood
5X12 4-D 9X05 Scary
Monsters 9X12 Audrey
Pauley 9X13 Improbable
9X14 Release 9X16 |
| psychosis,
psychotic | fundamental mental derangement (as schizophrenia)
characterized by defective or lost contact with reality Pilot
1X79 Anasazi
2X25 WOTC 3X12 Unusual
Suspects 5X01 Patience
8X04 |
| puberty
| 1: the condition of being or the period of becoming
first capable of reproducing sexually marked by maturing of
the genital organs, development of secondary sex characteristics,
and in the human and in higher primates by the first occurrence
of menstruation in the female; 2: the age at which puberty occurs
often construed legally as 14 in boys and 12 in girls Invocation
8X06 Lord of the
Flies 9X06 |
| pulse
| palpated heart rate Beyond
the Sea 1X12 all
things 7X17 The X-Files: Fight
the Future |
| pulmonary
| relating to, functioning like, or associated with the
lungs Miracle
Man 1X17 Irresistible
2X13 Brand X 7X18 |
| puncture
| a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing Pilot
1X79 |
| pupae
| an intermediate usually quiescent stage of a metamorphic
insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) that occurs between the larva
and the imago, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or protective
covering, and undergoes internal changes by which larval structures
are replaced by those typical of the imago Post-Modern
Prometheus 5X06 |
| pupil
| the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye WOTC
3X12 |
| pustule
| 1: a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing
pus and having an inflamed base; 2: a small often distinctively
colored elevation or spot resembling a blister or pimple F.
Emasculata 2X23 |
