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| P | Pain is called an unpleasant feeling, which can range from mild and localized feeling of discomfort up to an agony. There are both physical and emotional components, present in pain. The physical part of pain can results from nerve stimulation.
Pap smear is a kind of a screening test, which is conducted routinely in order to evaluate the presence of premalignant and / or cancerous condition of the cervix.
Paracervical block is the name of a local anesthetic for the conducting of cervical dilatation.
Pediatrician is a physician, who specializes in the care of infants and children.
Perinatologist is physician, who specializes in the care of high – risk pregnancies.
Pelvic is called anything, which has anything to do with the pelvis.
Pelvic exam is called the examination of the organs of the female reproductive system.
Pelvic floor is called the sling of muscle, which holds the pelvic organs in place.
Pelvimetry is the procedure, which is conducted with the aim to evaluate the size of the birth canal and / or pelvis. This procedure is able to be performed by X – ray.
Pelvis is called the lower part of the abdomen, which is located between two hip bones.
Perineum is the term, used to describe the area between the anus and genitals.
Petit mal seizure is the term, which is applied to describe the attacks, which are brief in their nature, however, may possibly cause short impairment of consciousness. As a rule it is associated with either blinking or flickering of the eyelids and / or with a mild twitching of the mouth.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a kind of congenital disorder, which bears an inherited character, and which can possibly become the reason of mental retardation.
Phosphatidyl glycerol is the name of a lipoprotein, which present when the lungs of a fetus become mature.
Phospholipids are phosphorous, which contain fat. The most important and well known phospholipids are lecithins and sphingomyelin, which play an important role in the maturation of the lungs of a fetus before the arrival.
Phototherapy is the way of treatment of jaundice, applied in case of newborn infants.
Physiologic anemia of pregnancy is called the anemia during pregnancy, which occurs in the result of an increase in the amount of plasma in the blood compared to the number of cells in the blood.
Pitocin is the synthetic form of oxytocin.
Placenta is an organ, which is situated inside the uterus of every pregnant woman, and which is attached to the baby with the help of the umbilical cord. During the whole pregnancy period placenta is necessary for growth as well as for the development of the embryo and then of the fetus.
Placenta accreta is called the placenta, which gets attached to the muscle of the uterus of a pregnant woman.
Placenta increta is called the placenta, which grows into the muscle of the uterus of a pregnant woman.
Placenta percreta is the placenta, which penetrates the muscle of the uterus of a pregnant woman.
Placenta previa is called the low attachment of the placenta, when gets extremely close, or when it even covers the cervix of a pregnant woman.
Placental abruption is the term, which is used to describe the phenomenon of the premature separation of the placenta from the uterus of a pregnant woman.
Placentamegaly is called an abnormally large growth of the placenta during pregnancy.
Pneumonitis is the term, which is used to describe the inflammation of the lungs.
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