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Pathogen
Any microorganism which causes disease a pathogenic organism an infectious microorganism a bacterium virus or other agent which can cause disease by infection opposed to zymogene The spelling pathogene is now archaic
Pentad
Any element atom or radical having a valence of five or which can be combined with substituted for or compared with five atoms of hydrogen or other monad as nitrogen is
Perpetual calendar
A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years That of Capt Herschel covers as given below
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Phase rule
the system is invariant that is there is only one set of conditions under which these four phases can exist in equilibrium If only three phases be considered the system is univariant that is the fixing of
Phimosis
A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis
Phonautograph
An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself It consists essentially of a resonant vessel
piton
A metal spike having a sharpened point on one end and a hole through which a rope can be passed on the other it is driven into the face of a rock cliff during climbing and
Quadrable
sqyared or reduced to an equivalent square said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms
Rocking stone
A stone often of great size and weight resting upon another stone and so exactly poised that it can be rocked or slightly moved with but little force
Rice
large portion of the food of the inhabitants In America it grows chiefly on low moist land which can be overflowed
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