propagule
A reproductive particle released by an organism in order to propagate itself, by means such as dispersal or infection, to the next stage in its life cycle. E.g., seeds, spores, endospores, microbial cysts, etc.

propagules
plural of propagule

propho
Prophylaxis from venereal disease.

prophylactorium
A clinic that specializes in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

prophylaxies
plural of prophylaxy

prophylaxis
Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.

prophylaxy
Archaic form of prophylaxis.

proposita
The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

propositae
plural of proposita

propositi
plural of propositus

propositus
The first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

proposituses
plural of propositus

proptosis
exophthalmos

prosopometamorphopsia
A disorder of facial perception, in which the patient perceives people's faces as distorted, often with morbid affective features.

prosphysis
A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.

prostasphere
A spherical cluster of prostate cancer cells

prostaspheres
plural of prostasphere

prostatism
Any of various minor disorders of the prostate gland, typically causing obstructed urination; also called lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

prostatisms
plural of prostatism

prostatites
plural of prostatitis

prostatitides
plural of prostatitis

prostatitis
Inflammation of the prostate.

prostatosphere
A spherical cluster of prostate cancer stem cells

prostatospheres
plural of prostatosphere

proteosis
An infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Proteus.

protospore
A uninucleate body from which a spore develops

protospores
plural of protospore

protothecosis
Infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.

protozoonoses
plural of protozoonosis

protozoonosis
infection by protozoans

protozooses
plural of protozoosis

protozoosis
infection with a protozoan

proventriculitis
inflammation of the proventriculus

pruritis
Misspelling of pruritus.

pruritus
Itching; especially, severe itching of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma, etc.

prurituses
plural of pruritus

psammoma
A brain tumour containing concretions resembling grains of sand

psammomas
plural of psammoma

psammomata
plural of psammoma

pseudallescheriasis
A fungal infection caused by Pseudallescheria species.

pseudarthroses
plural of pseudarthrosis

pseudarthrosis
A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture
A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery
A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint

pseudoacanthosis
an apparent acanthosis

pseudoainhum
Amniotic band constriction: a congenital disorder caused by entrapment of fetal parts (usually a limb or digits) in fibrous amniotic bands while in utero.

pseudoanemia
Any of various states that may be mistaken for anemia, which usually fall into the classes of (a) hemodilution that is physiologic rather than pathologic and (b) pallor of mucous membranes with nonanemic causes.

pseudoangiomatosis
A proliferation of pseudoangiomas, i.e. angioma-like papules.

pseudoappendicitis
A condition mimicking appendicitis, sometimes associated with enteric infection by Yersinia, Campylobacter, Salmonella, or other bacteria.

pseudoarthroses
plural of pseudoarthrosis

pseudoarthrosis
Alternative form of pseudarthrosis.

pseudoatrophy
Apparent atrophy

pseudoblepsis
false sight; hallucination

pseudobubo
A subcutaneous granuloma resembling a bubo.

pseudocapsule
A structure, similar to a capsule, that surrounds some carcinomas

pseudocapsules
plural of pseudocapsule

pseudocellulitis
Any skin disease that shares characteristics with cellulitis

pseudochylothoraces
plural of pseudochylothorax

pseudochylothorax
A cholesterol-rich pleural effusion associated with chronic inflammatory disorders.

pseudocoma
The neurological disorder more commonly referred to as locked-in syndrome.

pseudocomas
plural of pseudocoma

pseudocowpox
A viral disease of cattle, whose symptoms include ring or horseshoe scabs on the teats.

pseudocoxalgia
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

pseudodeficiencies
plural of pseudodeficiency

pseudodeficiency
An apparent deficiency

pseudodiphtheria
Any of several infections, such as pharyngitis or tonsillitis, that resemble diphtheria but are caused by a different microorganism.

pseudodiverticula
plural of pseudodiverticulum

pseudodiverticulum
A pouch that extends along the wall of the intestine from a tumour of smooth muscle

pseudoepidemic
An outbreak of a disease that has some characteristics of an epidemic but has no obvious physical cause

pseudoepidemics
plural of pseudoepidemic

pseudoepistaxis
Blood flow exiting the nostrils that is not due to a true nosebleed, that is, not truly originating from the nasal cavity; examples include blood coughed up through the airway and ending up in the nasal cavity, then dripping out.

pseudoerythrocytosis
Transiently high erythrocyte count (RBC count) that does not represent erythrocytosis despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (out of clinical context, ignoring hemoconcentration). Also called relative erythrocytosis, relative polycythemia, or Gaisböck syndrome.

pseudoexacerbation
A sudden relapse in cases of multiple sclerosis, brought on by certain factors such as elevated temperature.

pseudoexacerbations
plural of pseudoexacerbation

pseudofarcy
epizootic lymphangitis, a disease of horses

pseudofault
A feature resembling a fault but resulting from other factors such as weathering or the spreading of ridges.

pseudofaults
plural of pseudofault

pseudofever
A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever.

pseudofevers
plural of pseudofever

pseudofollicle
A structure, in some malignant lymphomas, morphologically and immunologically similar to a follicle.

pseudofollicles
plural of pseudofollicle

pseudoglanders
melioidosis

pseudoglioma
inflammation of the eye that resembles glioma of the retina

pseudograsserie
A disease of the gypsy moth, caused by a coccobacillus, with symptoms resembling those of grasserie.

pseudohalitosis
The delusion that one has bad breath.

pseudohemophilia
Any of several disorders of prolonged blood clotting time, seeming clinically similar to the hemophilias, but pathophysiologically different therefrom, without the same clotting factor derangements as found therein; at least some of these disorders are types of von Willebrand disease, and nowadays would be called and diagnosed thus.

pseudohemophilias
plural of pseudohemophilia (denoting types of the uncountable sense)

pseudohernia
An abdominal wall bulge that may be mistaken for a hernia.

pseudohernias
plural of pseudohernia

pseudohyperkalaemia
Alternative form of pseudohyperkalemia.

pseudohyperkalemia
Falsely elevated serum potassium level, usually due to preanalytical error or blood cell disorders.

pseudohyperkalemias
plural of pseudohyperkalemia

pseudoinvasion
An apparent invasion (of carcinomas)

pseudoinvasions
plural of pseudoinvasion

pseudokidney
A reniform intussusception visible in the imaging of some colon cancers

pseudokidneys
plural of pseudokidney

pseudolobule
A structure, resembling a lobule, found in hepatic fibrosis.

pseudolobules
plural of pseudolobule

pseudolymphoma
cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia; a benign cutaneous disorder characterized by collections of lymphocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells in the skin

pseudolymphomas
plural of pseudolymphoma

pseudolymphomata
plural of pseudolymphoma

pseudomass
A constriction, typically of an airway, that has the appearance of a mass

pseudomycosis
An infectious disease with ulceration resembling mycosis.

pseudomyxoma
A cancer that has some characteristics of a myxoma