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Pyoderma Gangrenosum
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D017511 |
[An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterized by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.
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Pyometra
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D055112 |
[An accumulation of PUS in the uterine cavity (UTERUS). Pyometra generally indicates the presence of infections.
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Pyomyositis
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D052880 |
[An intramuscular suppuration of the large skeletal muscle groups. It is associated with INFECTION such as STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS and PYODERMA. It was known as a tropical disease but is increasing among the immunocompromised (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST). Symptoms include muscle pain, FEVER, and leucocytosis. It has been diagnosed by MRI SCANS.
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Pyonephrosis
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D053018 |
[Distention of KIDNEY with the presence of PUS and suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. It is often associated with renal obstruction and can lead to total or nearly total loss of renal function.
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Pyracantha
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D031991 |
[A plant genus of the family ROSACEAE widely cultivated as a prickly hedge with bright red berries. Members contain pyracrenic acid (a lupane triterpenoid).
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Pyramidal Cells
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D017966 |
[Projection neurons in the CEREBRAL CORTEX and the HIPPOCAMPUS. Pyramidal cells have a pyramid-shaped soma with the apex and an apical dendrite pointed toward the pial surface and other dendrites and an axon emerging from the base. The axons may have local collaterals but also project outside their cortical region.
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Pyramidal Tracts
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D011712 |
[Fibers that arise from cells within the cerebral cortex, pass through the medullary pyramid, and descend in the spinal cord. Many authorities say the pyramidal tracts include both the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts.
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Pyran Copolymer
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D011713 |
[Copolymer of divinyl ether and maleic anhydride that acts as an immunostimulant with antineoplastic and anti-infective properties. It is used in combination with other antineoplastic agents.
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Pyranocoumarins
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D039681 |
[COUMARINS with two added pyran rings. Some are found in the CALOPHYLLUM genus of plants.
, A type of COUMARINS with added pyran ring(s).
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Pyrans
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D011714 |
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Pyrantel
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D011715 |
[A depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking agent, that causes persistent nicotinic activation resulting in spastic paralysis of susceptible nematodes. It is a drug of second-choice after benzimidazoles for treatment of ascariasis, hookworm, and pinworm infections, being effective after a single dose. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, p920)
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Pyrantel Pamoate
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D011716 |
[Broad spectrum antinematodal anthelmintic used also in veterinary medicine.
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Pyrantel Tartrate
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D011717 |
[Broad spectrum anthelmintic for livestock.
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Pyrazinamide
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D011718 |
[A pyrazine that is used therapeutically as an antitubercular agent.
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Pyrazines
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D011719 |
[A heterocyclic aromatic organic compounds with the chemical formula C4H4N2.
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Pyrazoles
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D011720 |
[Azoles of two nitrogens at the 1,2 positions, next to each other, in contrast with IMIDAZOLES in which they are at the 1,3 positions.
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Pyrazolones
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D047069 |
[Compounds with a five-membered heterocyclic ring with two nitrogens and a keto OXYGEN. Some are inhibitors of TNF-ALPHA production.
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Pyrenes
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D011721 |
[A group of condensed ring hydrocarbons.
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Pyrethrins
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D011722 |
[The active insecticidal constituent of CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIIFOLIUM flowers. Pyrethrin I is the pyretholone ester of chrysanthemummonocarboxylic acid and pyrethrin II is the pyretholone ester of chrysanthemumdicarboxylic acid monomethyl ester.
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Pyricularia grisea
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D055685 |
[A fungal pathogen of rice worldwide. It causes rice blast which prevents maturation of the rice grains.
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