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pachyglossia(medicine) An abnormal thickening of the tongue.pachyonychiaAbnormal thickening of the nails.padparadschaA rare pinkish-orange variety of corundum.palingenesiaRebirth; regeneration.pallesthesia(medicine) The sensation of mechanical vibration on or near the body.panaesthesiaAlternative form of panesthesia.pancytopenia(pathology) A reduction in the numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the bloodpapilloedemaAlternative spelling of papilledema.papyrophilia(sometimes humorous) A preoccupation with paper, or by extension with written sources or bureaucratic paperwork.papyrophobia(rare) Fear or hatred of paper.parabranchiaA modified osphradium of certain gastropod molluscs that functions as a gillparaesthesiaAlternative spelling of paresthesia.paralipomena(literary analysis) The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition.paramyotonia(pathology) A form of myotonia that worsens with exercise.parasitaemiaAlternative spelling of parasitemia.pathopoiesiaMisspelling of pathopoiesis.pedicellaria(biology) A small, stalk-shaped structure of the sea urchin and other echinoderms, which has three pincer-like structures at the end that perform cleaning functions and serve as defense against predators.peladophobiaThe fear of baldness or bald people.pentadrachmaAlternative form of pentadrachm.perichondriaplural of perichondriumperihematomaAlternative form of perihematomal.perihemotomaAlternative form of perihematomal.periostalgia(pathology) pain due to periostitisperitheliomaSynonym of hemangiopericytoma.phallophilia(sexuality) A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction or arousal to penises.phallophobiaFear or dislike of the penis or of male sexuality.phallophoriaA ceremonial procession, in honour of Dionysus, in which a phallus is carriedphaneromaniaAn uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples.pharmacopeiaAlternative form of pharmacopoeia.pharyngalgiaPain in the pharynx.phasmophobiaThe fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.phengophobia(rare) aversion to daylightphobiaphobiaThe fear of fear itself.phonesthesiaAlternative spelling of phonaesthesia.phosphatemia(medicine) The presence of phosphate in the blood.phosphaturia(pathology) The presence of phosphate in the urine.phosphoremia(pathology) The presence of phosphorus (typically as some form of phosphate) in the bloodphosphoruriaa higher than normal amount of phosphate in the urine; a symptom of renal failurephotoantenna(biochemistry) The structure, in a flavoprotein etc, that interacts with lightphreniclasiaSynonym of phrenemphraxis.phrenopathia(archaic) mental illnessphrenoplegia(pathology, rare) Paralysis of the diaphragm.phyllocladiaplural of phyllocladiumphytophthoraAny of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.phytotoxemiatoxemia due to phytotoxinspiroplasmataplural of piroplasmaplasmacytoma(pathology) A malignant tumour of plasmacytesplasmocytomaMisspelling of plasmacytoma.platyopuntiaAny prickly pear of the former genus Platyopuntia, most of which are now considered to be in the Opuntia genusplectenchyma(biology) The tissue (prosenchyma or pseudoparenchyma) of a fungus.pleurenchyma(obsolete, botany) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.plumbophilia(medicine) The property of attracting lead.pluralphobia(multiplicity slang) The dislike, denial, or stigmatization of, or prejudice against, people with multiplicity (the psychological condition).plushophiliaThe paraphilia for plushies, typically stuffed toy animals.podobranchia(zoology) Synonym of podobranch.pogonophilia(rare) A preference or love for beards.pogonophobia(rare) A strong dislike or aversion to beards or beardedness.poikiloderma(pathology) An atrophy of the skin that is accompanied by a mottled pigmentationpolycytaemiaMisspelling of polycythaemia.polycythemia(pathology) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.polyembryoma(medicine) An aggressive form of germ cell tumor usually found in the ovaries.polygalactiaThe excessive secretion of milk by the breastspolygastrica(zoology) The infusoria.polykatoikia(architecture) A type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece.pontificaliaSynonym of pontificals (“vestments of a bishop, priest, or pope”).postischemia(medicine) After an ischemia.potamophobia(rare) A morbid fear of rivers.potichomaniaA process in which the inside of a glass vessel is painted or etched.preeclampsia(pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.pregranulosa(anatomy) A capsule of cells that surrounds the primordial ova in the embryonic ovarypreleukaemiaAlternative form of preleukemia.preneoplasiaThe state of being preneoplasticpreoblongata(anatomy) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.presbyphoniaThe changes to a person's voice due to ageingpresupernova(astronomy) Describing the period, and the events, prior to a star becoming a supernovaprimigravida(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.prionochezia(pathology) The excretion of prions in the feces.problematica(paleontology) Fossil specimens or elements that cannot be identified or assigned to a taxon.proditomania(rare, obsolete) A phobia that others are conspiring against one.prolactinomaA benign tumour (adenoma) of the pituitary gland.promarijuanaIn favor of, or supporting the use of, marijuana.prophragmataplural of prophragmaprosonomasia(rhetoric) An allusion to the similarity of sound of several names or words.prosopopoeia(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.prostokvashaA thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.pseudoacaciaSynonym of black locust (“tree”), robiniapseudoanemia(biology, medicine) Any of various states that may be mistaken for anemia, which usually fall into the classes of (a) hemodilution that is physiologic rather than pathologic and (b) pallor of mucous membranes with nonanemic causes.pseudocoelia(anatomy, dated) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain.pseudocopulaSynonym of semicopula.pseudogalena(obsolete, mineralogy) sphalerite.pseudoglioma(pathology) inflammation of the eye that resembles glioma of the retinapseudoherniaAn abdominal wall bulge that may be mistaken for a hernia.pseudomnesia(psychology) A false memorypseudomyopiaAn intermittent and temporary shift in refraction of the eye towards myopia.pseudomyxoma(pathology) A cancer that has some characteristics of a myxomapseudophakiaThe substitution of the natural crystalline lens of the eye with a synthetic lenspseudophobiaA purported phobia whose existence is uncorroborated.pseudostigmaA pit, in the integument of some mites, which acts as the socket of a sensillumpseudostromaA body in some lichens that resembles a stromapsychophobia(medicine, rare) A fear of the mind, particularly mental illness, such as dementia.psychostasia(religion) The weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.psychotraumapsychological traumapteridomaniaA craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative artspyogranulomaA tumour in which polymorphonuclear cells have invaded an inflammation consisting of mononuclear cellspyophthalmiaAn infection of pus in the eye