Pharmacology Terms

Name Description
Psoriasis A common chronic inflammation of the skin, marked by rounded reddened patches, which are covered with dry silvery scales.
Pterygium A wing like excrescence of a triangular shape, extending from the conjunctiva to the cornea.
Puerperium The period between childbirth and the return of the womb to its normal condition.
Pulmonary Pertaining to the lungs.
Purgative a substance to relieve constipation. 
Pustule A small circumscribed elevation on the skin, containing pus.
Pyemia A condition in which pyogenic bacteria circulate in the blood and from abscess where ever they lodge.
Pyorrhoea Purulent discharge from the gums.
Rabies An infectious virus disease caused by the bite of an infected dog; Hydrophobia.
Rafting lightweight logs used in making rafts.