| A | B |
|---|
| menorrhagia | profuse menstruation |
| mucopurulent | drainage containing mucus and pus |
| mydriasis | dilation of pupil |
| myopia | near-sightedness |
| myosis | contraction of pupil |
| nausea | desire to vomit |
| necrosis | death of tissue |
| nocturia | frequent voiding at night |
| obese | overweight |
| oliguria | scant urination, less than 400 mL in 24 hours |
| orthopnea | inability to breath or difficulty breathing lying down |
| palliative | offering temporary relief |
| pallor | white |
| palpation, palpate | to feel with hands or fingers |
| paraplegia | paralysis of legs |
| paroxysmal | coming in seizures |
| pediculi, pediculosis | lice |
| percussion, percuss | to strike |
| persistent | lasting over a long time |
| petechaie | small rupture of blood vessels |
| photophobia | sensitive to light |
| photosensitivity | skin reaction caused by exposure to sunlight |
| pigmented | containing color |
| polyuria | increased amount of voiding |
| profuse, copious | large amount |
| projectile | ejected or projected some distance |
| pronation | to turn downward |
| prone | on abdomen, face turned to one side |
| prophylactic | preventive |
| protruding | extends outward |
| pruritis | itching |
| ptosis | drooping eyelid |
| purulent | drainage containing pus |
| pyrexia | elevated temperature |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| radiating | spreads to distant areas |
| radiotherapy | using x-ray or radium as a therapeutic agent |
| rales, crackles | abnormal breath sounds |
| rapid | quickly |
| rotation | to move in circular pattern |
| sanguineous | bloody drainage |
