pneumonia.

Pulp. The soft part of fruit.

Pungent (pun'jent). Acrid, penetrating, producing a painful of prickling
sensation.

Purgative (pur'ga-tiv). A drug producing copious discharges from the
bowels.

Purulent (pu'rul-ent). Having the character of or containing pus.

Pus (pus). A liquid inflammation product made up of cells (leukocytes) and
a thin fluid called liquor pures.

Pustules (pus'tuls). Small circumscribed elevations of the skin containing
pus.

Putrid (pu'trid). Rotten.

Putrefaction (putre-fak'shun). The decomposition of animal or vegetable
matters effected largely by the agency
of nucro-production of various solid,
liquid and gaseous matters.

Pylorus (pi-lo'rus). The circular opening of the stomach into the
duodenum.

Pyrosis (pir'os-is). Heartburn; a burning sensation in the gullet and
stomach with sour eructation, due to acid dyspepsia.

Rectum (rek'tum). The lower part of the bowel (of the large intestine).

Recurrent (re'kur'ent). Returning.

Refrigerant (re-frig'er-ant). Coating, lessening fever.

Regimen (rej'im-en). The systematic regulation of the diet and habits for
some special purpose.

Regurgitate (re-gur-je'-tat). Flowing back or against a normal direction.

Resolution (rez-o-lu'shun). The return of a part to a normal state after a
pathologic (disease) process.

Resolvents (rez-ol'vent). An agent that causes resolution.

Respiration (res-pir-a'shun). The act or function of breathing; the act by
which air is drawn in and expelled from the
lungs, including inspiration and expiration.

Restorative (res-tor'a-tiv). Prompting a return to health or
consciousness.

Resuscitation (re-sus-sit-a'shun). The bringing back to life of one
apparently dead.

Retina (ret'in-ah). The delicate innermost tunic and perceptive structure
of the eye, formed by the expansion of the optic nerve
and covering the back part of the eye as far as the
"ora serrata."

Revulsion (re-vul'shun). The diverting of disease from one part to another