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Panniculitits
Panniculitits A rare, multifactorial inflammatory condition involving subcutaneous fat.
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Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Subcutaneous
Below the skin.
Fat
A major energy source for animals and humans. Fat contains nine calories per gram.
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Panniculus
A layer of membrane.
Pannus
A vascular tissue which arises in a rheumatoid joint at the junction between articular cartilage, synovium and capsule. May adhere to joint surface and extend across it.
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Pretectal area
Midbrain area just rostral to the superior colliculus. Receives input from the optic tract. Projects bilaterally to the preganglionic parasympathetic neurons of the accessory oculomotor nucleus. Mediates pupillary light reflexes.
Principle of univariance
The absorbtion of a long wavelength (low frequency, low energy) quantum has the same effect on a receptor as the absorbtion of a short wavelength (high frequency, high energy) quantum. It is the probability of absorption that changes photoreceptor sensitivity.
Prosopagnosia
A loss of the ability to identify members of complex categories such as faces.
Psychophysical function
A plot showing the variation in threshold (e.g. the dimmest light required for response) with some stimulus dimension (e.g. wavelength).
Posterior parietal cortex
Concerned with the perception of the spatial relations among objects.
Panniculitits
Panniculus
A layer of membrane.
Papillary
Having small nipple-shaped projections.
Papilloma
The common wart; a benign tumor derived from epithelium. They are caused by papillomaviruses.
Papules
A small circumscribed, solid, elevated lesion of the skin.
Parauterine
Beside the uterus.
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