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Plethysmographs
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains)
Plethysmography
- - The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.
Pleuropneumonia
- noun - pleurisy and pneumonia
Plexus Celiacus
- noun - a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
Plexus Dentalis
- noun - a plexus of nerves serving the teeth
Plexus Lumbalis
- noun - a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
- a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
Plexus Sacralis
- noun - a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs
Plimsoll's Mark
- - A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.
Pliny The Elder
- noun - Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
- Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
Plum-Yew Family
- noun - a family of Cephalotaxaceae