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  • Patient advocate

    (PAY-shunt AD-vuh-kut)

    A person who helps guide a patient through the healthcare system. This includes help going through the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of a medical condition, such as cancer. A patient advocate helps patients communicate with their healthcare providers so they get the information they need to make decisions about their health care. Patient advocates may also help patients set up appointments for doctor visits and medical tests and get financial, legal, and social support. They may also work with insurance companies, employers, case managers, lawyers, and others who may have an effect on a patient’s healthcare needs. Also called patient navigator.

  • Pediatric

    (pee-dee-A-trik)

    Having to do with children.

  • Pediatric polymeric enteral nutrition formula

    (pee-dee-A-trik PAH-lih-MAYR-ik EN-teh-rul noo-TRIH-shun FOR-myoo-luh)

    A nutritional drink that helps children who cannot get everything they need in their diet from foods and other drinks. It may be given through a small tube that is inserted through the nose into the stomach or the small intestine. It may also be given through a tube that is put into the stomach or the intestinal tract through an opening made on the outside of the abdomen. Also called PediaSure.

  • Pediatrician

    (PEE-dee-uh-TRIH-shun)

    A doctor who has special training in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases and injuries in children. Pediatricians also help manage other problems that affect children, such as developmental disorders and behavioral, emotional, and social problems.

  • Pelvic

    (PEL-vik)

    Having to do with the pelvis. The pelvis is the area of the body below the abdomen that is located between the hip bones and contains the bladder and rectum. In females, it also contains the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. In males, it also contains the prostate and seminal vesicles.

  • Pelvis

    (PEL-vus)

    The area of the body below the abdomen that contains the hip bones, bladder, and rectum. In females, it also contains the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. In males, it also contains the prostate and seminal vesicles.

  • Penicillin

    (PEH-nih-SIH-lin)

    A drug that is used to treat infection. It belongs to the family of drugs called antibiotics.

  • Penis

    (PEE-nis)

    An external male reproductive organ. It contains a tube called the urethra, which carries semen and urine to the outside of the body.

  • Peripheral

    Near the surface; distant. Peripheral nerves are those in your arms and legs; peripheral veins are those generally used for IV's.

  • Peritoneal Cavity

    (PAYR-ih-toh-NEE-ul KA-vuh-tee)

    The space within the abdomen that contains the intestines, the stomach, and the liver. It is bound by thin membranes.