pearl

pearl

 [perl]

1. a smooth lustrous deposit found in certain mollusks, valued as a gem.

2. something resembling this structure, either because of being round and hard or because of being considered valuable.

3. a small medicated granule, or a glass globule with a single dose of volatile medicine, as amyl nitrite.

4. a rounded mass of tough sputum, as seen in the early stages of an attack of asthma.

clinical pearl a short, straightforward piece of clinical advice.

epidermic p's (epithelial p's) rounded concentric masses of epithelial cells found in certain papillomas and epitheliomas.

Laënnec's p's soft casts of the smaller bronchial tubes expectorated in bronchial asthma; see also Curschmann's spirals.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

Pearl

(pĕrl),

Raymond, U.S. biologist, 1879-1940. See: Pearl index.

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pearl

(pĕrl),

1. A concretion formed around a grain of sand or other foreign body within the shell of certain mollusks.

2. One of a number of small tough masses, for example, mucus occurring in the sputum in asthma.

3. Synonym(s): keratin pearl

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PEARL

Medspeak-UK
Psychiatric Emergency, Assessment, and Referral & Liaison. A service developed by the Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust, which was designed to address the fragmented services received after-hours by patients needing emergency mental health services in Manchester (UK).

Metabolism
Postmenopausal Evaluation And Risk Reduction with Lasofoxifene. A study designed to assess:
Primary outcomes—safety and efficacy of lasofoxifene in reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures; and
Secondary outcomes—incidence of breast cancer, coronary events and hospitalisations for cerebrovascular disease.
 
Conclusion
Long-term lasofoxifene treatment results in benign endometrial changes that do not increase the risk for endometrial cancer or hyperplasia in postmenopausal women.

Logistics
Randomised, international, double-blind, placebo-controlled; 7500 women.

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PEARL^™

Physiologic Endometrial Ablation/Resection Loop A method for resection and ablation procedures using isotonic irrigation–eg, normal saline, eliminating complications associated with non-isotonic irrigation systems which may occur when the tissues absorb irrigation solutions

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

pearl

(pĕrl)

One of a number of small, tough masses (e.g., mucus occurring in the sputum in asthma).

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e·nam·el·o·ma

(ĕ-nam'ĕl-ō'mă)

Developmental anomaly with small nodule of enamel below cementoenamel junction, usually at bifurcation of molar teeth.
Synonym(s): enamel drop, enamel nodule, enamel pearl, pearl.

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