P Common Medical Abbreviation

P has various meanings in the Common Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of P in Common Medical.

Plan

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A drawing prepared for use in building a ship. Chart covering a small area on a very large scale There is n distortion, relative distances and positions being maintained

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Pressure

The normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit of area, on the wall of its container. The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit). The force per unit area acting on a surface. A force being exerted on part of a surface. When you stand, your feet put pressure on the ground.

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Post

Particular place on the floor of an exchange where transactions in stocks listed on the exchange occur.

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Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, or bumping the funny bone. Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has been a challenge. The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.

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Proline

Proline is an α-amino acid, one of the twenty DNA-encoded amino acids. Its codons are CCU, CCC, CCA, and CCG. It is not an essential amino acid, which means that the human body can synthesize it. It is unique among the 20 protein-forming amino acids in that the amine nitrogen is bound to not one but two alkyl groups, thus making it a secondary amine. The more common L form has S stereochemistry.

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Partner

Each member of a partnership

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Professional
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Parallel

A type of bus that transfers multiple streams of data simultaneously. Also see Bus.

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After

Further aft. Near the stern

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Pulse

Very short (usually less than one-millionth of 1 second) radio signals transmitted in rapid succession by a radar transmitter.

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