PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE
an uncommon, progressive degenerative disorder of the CNS characterized by non-deliberate, swift eye motions, muscular incoordination, and spasticity. It is…
PENDULAR KNEE JERK
an irregular knee-jerk reflex seen in clients with a lesion of the cerebellum, wherein the leg keeps moving frequently following…
PENDULUM PROBLEM
a Piagetian job utilized to evaluate mental growth. The involved party is asked to work out what oversees the velocity…
PENETRANCE
noun. with regard to genetics, the degree to which the impacts of an allele are cultivated in the people retaining…
PENETRATING HEAD INJURY
a head trauma wherein an object, like a knife penetrates the brain.
PENETRATION
the introduction of the penis into the vagina. In the U.S., legal definitions in instances of rape or illicit sex…
PENETRATION RESPONSE
a reaction in a projective test which can be comprehended to consist of an implication of weakness or penetrability. Such…
PENILE PROSTHESIS
an implanted tool which is utilized to regenerate male carnal potency. Such tools are commonly either constructed of malleable material…
PENIS ENVY
with regard to the classic psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the hypothesized favoring of girls and women to have a…
PENNHURST CONSENT DECREE
a judicial decree mandating the closure of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the moving of…
PENROSE TRIANGLE
a 3-D impossible shape consisting of three bars, each at right angle to the adjacent bar, which seem to make…
PENTOBARBITAL
noun. a short-to intermediate-acting barbiturate previously in common utilization as a sedative and hypnotic drug. American brand name: Nembutal.
PEOPLE-FIRST LANGUAGE
linguistics which place an individual before their handicap by depicting what an individual has rather than equating the person with…
PEPSINOGEN
the precursor of pepsin, a proteolytic enzyme required for protein synthesis. It is dispersed by the stomach's gastric glands and…