of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
presymptomatic
Adjective
of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
precancerous
Adjective
of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
paramedical
Adjective
of or denoting a person who assists physicians and nurses or is trained physicians and nurses in their activities
paramedical
Noun
a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
precordial
Adjective
in front of the heart
predestinarian
Adjective
of or relating to predestination
predestinarian
Noun
anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
paranasal
Adjective
adjacent to the nasal cavities
parhelic
Adjective
relating to or resembling a parhelion
prelapsarian
Adjective
of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
parheliacal
Adjective
relating to or resembling a parhelion
premenstrual
Adjective
of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation
parous
Adjective
having given birth to one or more viable children
presentational
Adjective
of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy)
parotid
Adjective
relating to or located near the parotid gland
pressor
Adjective
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
pressor
Noun
any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs
paroxysmal
Adjective
accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms
paschal
Adjective
of or relating to Passover or Easter
prodromal
Adjective
symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
passerine
Adjective
relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
passerine
Noun
perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch
prodromic
Adjective
symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
professorial
Adjective
relating to or characteristic of professors
prolusory
Adjective
of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion
Pauline
Adjective
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
propagative
Adjective
characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
peacekeeping
Adjective
of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
peacekeeping
Noun
the activity of keeping the peace with military forces, especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations
prostate
Adjective
relating to the prostate gland
prostate
Noun
a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra
peaty
Adjective
of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
prostatic
Adjective
relating to the prostate gland
perigonal
Adjective
of or relating to a perigone
prosthetic
Adjective
relating to or serving as a prosthesis
prosthetic
Adjective
of or relating to prosthetics
perithelial
Adjective
of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels