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Purplish PinknounMWEa pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferinoverified
Purpura HemorrhagicanounMWEpurpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsverified
Purse SeinenounMWEa seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a lineverified
Purse-String OperationnounMWEa surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant womanverified
Purslane SpeedwellnounMWENorth American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europeverified
Push-Down ListnounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down QueuenounMWEa queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StacknounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StoragenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StorenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Pussy WillownounMWEsmall willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leavesverified
put offverbMWEavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)verified
Put OptionnounMWEthe option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given dateverified
Putting SurfacenounMWEan area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf courseverified
Pyloric SphincternounMWEthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenumverified
Pyloric StenosisnounMWEnarrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenumverified
Pyloric ValvenounMWEthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenumverified
Pyloric VeinnounMWEreceives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal veinverified
Pyralid MothnounMWEusually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pestsverified
Pyramid SchemenounMWEa fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruitverified
Pyramidal BonenounMWEa wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bonesverified
Pyramidal Motor SystemnounMWEany of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cordverified
Pyramidal TractnounMWEany of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cordverified
Pyriform AreanounMWEpear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalonverified
Pyriform LobenounMWEpear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalonverified
Pyrogallic AcidnounMWEa toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developerverified
Pyroligneous AcidnounMWEa red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tarsverified
Pyrometric ConenounMWEa pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperaturesverified
Pyruvic AcidnounMWEa colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentationverified