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Pediatrician
Pediatrician A physician who specializes in treating infants and children up to adolescence.
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Physician
A doctor. An authorized practitioner of medicine.
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Pediamycin
Pediamycin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): erythromycin ethylsuccinate.
Pediamycin 400
Pediamycin 400 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): erythromycin ethylsuccinate.
Pediapred
Pediapred is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): prednisolone sodium phosphate.
Pediatric advil
Pediatric advil is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): ibuprofen.
Pediatric dentistry
Dental specialty focusing on treatment of children.
Pediatric Endocrinologist
A doctor who sees and treats children with problems of the endocrine glands; diabetes is an endocrine disorder. |See also: Endocrine glands.
Pediatric lta kit
Pediatric lta kit is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): lidocaine hydrochloride.
Pediatric ophthalmology
The branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the child’s eye.
Pediatrics
The branch of medicine that deals with the development and care of infants and children.
Pediazole
Pediazole is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): erythromycin ethylsuccinate; sulfisoxazole acetyl.
Pediculosis
Infestation with lice.
Pediotic
Pediotic is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): hydrocortisone; neomycin sulfate; polymyxin b sulfate.
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Or preimplantation screening. Before an in vitro-fertilized embryo is implanted in a woman's uterus, it can be screened for specific genetic mutations that are known to cause particular genetic diseases or for chromosomal abnormalities. One or more cells are removed from the preimplantation embryo for testing.
Prenatal diagnosis
Detection of abnormalities and disease conditions while a fetus is developing in the uterus. Many techniques for prenatal diagnosis, such as chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, require sampling placental tissue or fetal cells found in the amniotic fluid or fetomaternal circulation. Others, such as ultrasonography, can be performed without cell or tissue samples.
Pronuclei
See Pronucleus.
Pronucleus
Plural: pronuclei. Refers to the haploid nucleus of egg or sperm prior to fertilization, and immediately after fertilization, before the sperm and egg nuclei have fused into a single diploid nucleus.
Peak day
The last day your cervical mucus has the consistency of egg white; usually coincides with the beginning of a temperature spike.
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Pelvic adhesions
Scar tissue from laparoscopic surgery, a cesarean section, dilation and curettage, other surgery, or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or other infections that can obstruct the reproductive organs.
Pelvic floor muscles
The muscles at the base of the pelvis that support the bladder, uterus, vagina, and rectum. These muscles can be strengthened by doing Kegel exercises, which involve the repeated tightening and releasing of the muscle group.
Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling
A genetic test that screens blood from a fetus's umbilical cord for abnormalities.
Perinatal
Referring to the period of time before, during, and immediately after birth.
Perinatal asphyxia
When a fetus or baby has too little oxygen in the blood before, during, or after birth.
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