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PYRIDOSTIGMINE

U.S. trade name: Mestinon, this drug is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.

PRESENILE DEMENTIA

When a patient begins suffering

PRESSURE SENSE

The physical sensation of pressure manifested in the body or on the skin.

PRETEST SENSITIZATION

A phenomena that could have an effect (and to what extent) on a subject when the actual treatment commences.

PRIDE

A conscious emotion characterized by the attainment of a goal and that accomplishment resulting in recognition and approval from others

PRIMARY ATTENTION

Requiring no conscious effort on an individual's part, primary attention is the attention one shows to a powerful stimulus. i.e.

PRIMARY EMOTION

Universally accepted and recognized emotions. These include love, hate, joy and surprise.

PRIMARY MICROCEPHALY

A birth disorder primarily evidenced only by microcephaly. The face, while normal-sized, is accompanied by a small cranial cavity with

PRIMARY SKIN SENSES

Like primary colors, primary skin senses are the basic senses felt by the skin. They are: heat, cold, pressure and

PRIMITIVE

An adjective for belonging to the earliest stages of development in a particular field. It is possible to be described

PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATION

Principled negotiations have as their goal an honest and fair resolution of an issue regardless of interpersonal relations between the

PRIVILEGED ACCESS

The ability of an individual to experience their relationship with their private, subjective experiences. Those experienced being accessible only to

PROBAND

Also called the index case, the proband is the individual in a family whose genetic disorder forms the center from

PROBLEMS IN LIVING

Those concrete and identifiable problems patients with chronic mental conditions face in daily life. These could include problems keeping a

PROCESS RESEARCH

Process research looks at the process used in various psychological mechanisms of psychotherapy in relation to their influence on the

PRODUCTIVE ORIENTATION

Psychoanalytically, a description of a personality possessed by an individual who is able to develop and apply their potential without

PROFILE MATCHING SYSTEM

A technique used in personnel hiring where an applicant's characteristics are compared to those of the ideal or typical employee

PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH

When operating properly, programmed cell death is a process that allows surplus tissue cells to die and be disposed. Also,

PROJECTED JEALOUSY

Behavior characterized by unfaithful partners, or those partners who would be unfaithful if given the opportunity projecting that infidelity onto

PRONATION

Pronation is an action in movement. Pronation of the foot occurs when the sole is outward-facing and the outer margin