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Purpuriparous
- - Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
Purpurogenous
- - Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual.
Pusillanimous
- adjective - lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
Putrefactions
- noun - (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
Pyelographies
- noun - roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)
Pygmy Cypress
- noun - rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
Pyrenomycetes
- noun - class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
Pyridoxamines
- noun - a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
Pyromorphites
- noun - a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead
Pyrophyllites
- noun - a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)