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Medicine and related terms with P

This quiz contains medical and biological terms starting with the letter P. Type your answers in the box provided below. As soon as you type the correct answer it will be displayed in the grid below. The time limit is ten minutes. Good luck!
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Last updated: April 9, 2022
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The external ear
Pinna
Another term for ‘fever’
Pyrexia
DNA consists of these, Purines and
Pyrimidines
A branch of medicine dealing with children
Pediatrics
SA Node is also called
Pacemaker
The full form of PET, a radiology procedure
Positron Emission Tomography
Abnormal pounding or fast beating of the heart
Palpitation
An organ of the digestive system, which produces insulin
Pancreas
A disease prevalent over the whole country or world, example, covid
Pandemic
A sample of cells of the cervix for testing
Pap smear
Another term for childbirth
Parturition
Heartbeat
Pulse
Of or relating to the lungs
Pulmonary
Birth before the completion of gestation
Premature
Fluid matrix of the blood
Plasma
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A nutritive component of diet
Protein
Blood clotting agents
Platelets
A gland in the male reproductive system
Prostate
The first discovered antibiotic
Penicillin
The part of the eye through which light enters
Pupil
The two girdles in the body, pectoral and
Pelvic
Carrying a fetus in the womb
Pregnancy
Also called ‘infantile paralysis’
Polio
A bacterial infection which causes severe inflammation of the lungs in which the alveoli are filled with fluid
Pneumonia
A method used to multiply DNA fragments for laboratory studies
PCR
Specialised cardiac muscle fibres forming a network of conducting tissue in the heart
Purkinje fibres
A progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement
Parkinson’s disease
Preventive and curative measures against a disease or ailment
Prophylaxis
Components of voice, frequency and
Pitch
Also called the master endocrine gland
Pituitary
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