Pap test
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～ a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
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～ a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
Panicum Texanum
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～ annual weedy grass used for hay
Pisces the Fishes
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～ the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
Pittsburgh of the South
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～ the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
Pitt the Elder
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～ English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
pit of the stomach
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～ a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
privilege of the floor
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～ the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
pleading in the alternative
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～ a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on
Pliny the Elder
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～ Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
precession of the equinoxes
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～ a slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth's axis of rotation
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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～ a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change; "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren"
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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～ a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
Pompey the Great
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～ Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
Peter the Great
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～ czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)
phase of the moon
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～ a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance
periodic apnea of the newborn
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～ irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome
Paul the Apostle
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～ (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity"