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Pseudohermaphroditism
Pseudohermaphroditism Hermaphroditism. The prefix was once used to denote the fact that the gonads were not hermaphroditically mixed (ovarian plus testicular tissue) as in true hermaphroditism, but were either testicular (male pseudohermaphroditism) or ovarian (female pseudohermaphroditism). In modern usage, the preferred terms are male, female, and true hermaphroditism. Agonadal hermaphroditism is a fourth form.
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Hermaphroditism
Having genital attributes of both sexes. Some invertebrates are simultaneous hermaphrodites, and some fish are sequential hermaphrodites that change from male to female, or vice versa, once or more often in the course of a lifetime. In the human species, hermaphroditism is a form of birth defect, also known as intersexuality. It is defined as male or female hermaphroditism, if only testes or ovaries are present, respectively; as true hermaphroditism if both tissues are found as in ovotestes, and as gonadally dysgenic [dysgenetic?] when neither tissue is clearly differentiated. Human hermaphrodites do not have the complete sex organs of both sexes. A congenital condition of ambiguity of the reproductive structures so that the sex of the individual at birth is not clearly defined as exclusively male or exclusively female. The condition is named for Hermes and Aphrodite, the Greek god and goddess of love.
Gonads
Ovaries and testes.
Female
The traditional definition of female was "an individual of the sex that bears young" or "that produces ova or eggs". However, things are not so simple today. Female can be defined by physical appearance, by chromosome constitution (see Female chromosome complement), or by gender identification. Female chromosome complement: The large majority of females have a 46, XX chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including two X chromosomes). A minority of females have other chromosome constitutions such as 45,X (45 chromosomes including only one X chromosome) and 47,XXX (47 chromosomes including three X chromosomes).
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Pseudo-12
Pseudo-12 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): pseudoephedrine polistirex.
Pseudocyesis
Included in DSM-IV as one of the somatoform disorders. It is characterized by a false belief of being pregnant and by the occurrence of signs of being pregnant, such as abdominal enlargement, breast engorgement, and labor pains.
Pseudodementia
A syndrome in which dementia is mimicked or caricatured by a functional psychiatric illness. Symptoms and response of mental status examination questions are similar to those found in verified cases of dementia. In pseudodementia, the chief diagnosis to be considered in the differential is depression in an older person vs. cognitive deterioration on the basis of organic brain disease.
Pseudoephedrine hcl
Pseudoephedrine hcl 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): pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.
Pseudoephedrine hcl and chlorpheniramine maleate
Pseudoephedrine hcl and chlorpheniramine maleate 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): chlorpheniramine maleate; pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.
Pseudoephedrine hcl and triprolidine hcl
Pseudoephedrine hcl and triprolidine hcl 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): pseudoephedrine hydrochloride; triprolidine hydrochloride.
Pseudoephedrine hcl-chlorpheniramine maleate
Pseudoephedrine hcl-chlorpheniramine maleate 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): chlorpheniramine maleate; pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.
Pseudogout
Acute joint inflammation caused by crystals of calcium pyrophosphate.
Pseudohermaphrodite
Synonym for hermaphrodite when the gonads are either both testes or both ovaries.
Pseudomembranous colitis
Severe irritation of the colon caused by Clostridium difficile bacteria. Occurs after taking oral antibiotics, which kill bacteria that normally live in the colon.
Pseudostrabismus
A child's eyes appear to be out-of-alignment, and usually one eye appears to turn in. In infants this appearance is especially noticeable when there is excessive skin on either side of the nose that covers the inner corner of each eye. As the child looks to one side, part of the eye disappears under this skin and looks crossed. This condition is common in Asian - Americans.
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Progestogen
A synthetic type of progesterone
Prosthetics
The field of knowledge relating to prostheses.
Prosthetic testis
An artificial testis made of a soft silicone compound and surgically implanted for cosmetic effect into an empty scrotum.
Prurient
Itching, longing, or having a desire, in particular a desire that meets with moral disapproval because of the quality of the lasciviousness or lewdness attributed to it.
Pseudohermaphrodite
Synonym for hermaphrodite when the gonads are either both testes or both ovaries.
Pseudohermaphroditism
Psychiatric
Pertaining to the medical specialty that deals with mental disorder.
Psychic
pertaining to the mind and its ideas and images.
Psychodynamics
Changes in recognition, recall, imagery, ideation, or other mental processes that take place in synchrony with other processes manifested within or via the behavior of a living organism, and that are presumed to have a governing or determining effect.
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The branch of knowledge that deals with the two-way relationship between mental functioning and endocrine or hormonal functioning.
Psychogenic
In psychological and psychiatric theory, the principle that some mental symptoms or syndromes can be explained mentally, i.e., psycho- logically without reference to the brain, the nervous system, or any other functional system of the body such as the endocrine system, immune system, or genetic code.
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