pathogenesis development of disease
pathology disease, such as various types of cancer, of cells and tissues
peptide a type of molecule that contains two or more amino acids (building blocks of proteins)
phenotype expression of an organism according to the interaction of its genes with its environment
photoreceptor cells light-sensitive cells on the surface of the retina of the eye
platelet an element of the blood, smaller than a cell, that promotes clotting
positron emission tomography (PET) a type of noninvasive medical imaging that scans the body to detect nuclear particles called positrons
progenitor cell a cell that evolves from a stem cell but is not yet the fully developed cell
psychoneurobiology study of the biological interactions and processes between the brain and the body
psychoneuroimmunology study of interactions between the brain and the body, emphasizing the importance of psychological well-being to health and recovery from illness
pulmonary related to the lung
pulmonologist lung specialist
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