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premolar |
Noun
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a tooth having two cusps or points |
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primordium |
Noun
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an organ in its earliest stage of development |
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palatine raphe |
Noun
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the seam at the middle of the hard palate |
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pulp |
Noun
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the soft inner part of a tooth |
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pulp |
Noun
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an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper |
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pulp |
Noun
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any soft or soggy mass |
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pulp |
Noun
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a soft moist part of a fruit |
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pulp |
Noun
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a mixture of cellulose fibers |
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pulp |
Verb
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reduce to pulp |
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pulp |
Verb
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remove the pulp from, as from a fruit |
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pineal eye |
Noun
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a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles |
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palatine tonsil |
Noun
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either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx |
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palatine bone |
Noun
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either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits |
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patella |
Noun
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a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint |
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phalanx |
Noun
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any of the bones of the fingers or toes |
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phalanx |
Noun
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a body of troops in close array |
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phalanx |
Noun
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any closely ranked crowd of people |
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pubis |
Noun
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one of the three sections of the hipbone |
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pubic bone |
Noun
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one of the three sections of the hipbone |
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punctum |
Noun
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(anatomy) a point or small area |
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pronator |
Noun
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a muscle that produces or assists in pronation |
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primary dentition |
Noun
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dentition of deciduous teeth |
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platysma |
Noun
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either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve |
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pinna |
Noun
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the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear |
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pinna |
Noun
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division of a usually pinnately divided leaf |
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palpebra conjunctiva |
Noun
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the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids |
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perforated eardrum |
Noun
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an eardrum with a hole or tear in it |
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pinguecula |
Noun
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a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it |
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pterygium |
Noun
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either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea |
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periosteum |
Noun
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a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles |
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perithelium |
Noun
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tissue layer around small blood vessels |
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palate |
Noun
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the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
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pupil |
Noun
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the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye |
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pupil |
Noun
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a young person attending school (up through senior high school) |
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pupil |
Noun
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a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
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parathyroid gland |
Noun
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any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland |
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parathyroid |
Noun
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any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland |
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posterior cerebral artery |
Noun
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arises from the basilar artery |
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prostate gland |
Noun
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a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra |
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plasma membrane |
Noun
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a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell |
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perilymph |
Noun
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the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear |
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protective fold |
Noun
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a flap of tissue that protects what it covers |
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palpebra |
Noun
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either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye |
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posterior cardinal vein |
Noun
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a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body |
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palatine artery |
Noun
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one of several arteries supplying the face |
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pancreatic artery |
Noun
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a branch of the splenic artery that supplies the pancreas |
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perineal artery |
Noun
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a branch of the internal pudendal artery that supplies superficial structures of the perineum |
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pudendal artery |
Noun
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arteries supplying the external genital organs of humans |
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popliteal artery |
Noun
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a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet |
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pulmonary artery |
Noun
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one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs |