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P para; peta-; phosphate (group); phosphorus; posterior; premolar; proline; pupil.
P /P / power; pressure.
p pico-; proton; the short arm of a chromosome.
P
The symbol for the element phosphorus.

The Greek letter pi. Entries beginning with this character are alphabetized under pi.

The Greek letter phi. Entries beginning with this character are alphabetized under phi.

The Greek letter psi. Entries beginning with this character are alphabetized under psi.

P,
1 symbol for the element phosphorus.
2 symbol for after or post.
3 (in genetics) symbol for first parental generation.
4 symbol for first pulmonic sound.

P,
1 abbreviation for power.
2 abbreviation for pressure.

p,
symbol for gas partial pressure. See partial pressure.

P
chemical symbol, phosphorus; symbol, peta-; position; presbyopia; [L.] proximum (near); pulse; [L.] punctum (point); pupil.

P cells
found in the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes. May be a source of electrical impulses.

p
symbol for (1) the short arm of a chromosome; or (2) the frequency of the more common allele of a pair; (3) pico-.

P
Symbol for: 1 Para-obstetrics 2 Partial pressure 3 Pasteurella 4 Patient 5 Peak flow, see there 6 Pectoral 7 Penicillin 8 Percussion 9 Phosphate-inorganic 10 Phosphorus 11 Plasma 12 Plasmodium 13 Placebo
14 Polyneuropathy 15 Population–genetics, see there 16. Position 17. Post 18. Posterior 19. Postpartum 20. Prednisolone 21. Premolar 22. Pressure
23. Primipara 24. Probability–P value 25. Procarbazine 26. Progesterone
27. Proline 28. Protein 29. Proteinuria 30. Proteus 31. Proton 32. Pulse
33. Pupil 34. Pyranose

p
Symbol for: 1. Atomic orbital with angular momentum 2. The more common of 2 different alternative–allelic versions of a gene 3. The frequency of less common allele is q 4. pico-–SI unit for 10-12 5. Protein–biochemistry–eg, p53 is 53 kD protein 6. Proton 7. Sample proportion–binomial distribution in statistics 8. Short arm of a chromosomepeta–SI unit for 1015


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