prefrontal leukotomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
prefrontal lobe
— Noun
– English
~ the anterior part of the frontal lobe
prefrontal leucotomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
prefrontal cortex
— Noun
– English
~ the anterior part of the frontal lobe
prefrontal
— Adjective
– English
~ anterior to a frontal structure; "a prefrontal bone"; "prefrontal lobes"
pregnancy
— Noun
– English
~ the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
pregnanediol
— Noun
– English
~ a compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women
pregnant chad
— Noun
– English
~ a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
pregnant
— Adjective
– English
~ carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
pregnant
— Adjective
– English
~ rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "a significant silence"
pregnant
— Adjective
– English
~ filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
preheat
— Verb
– English
~ heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
prehend
— Verb
– English
~ take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
prehensile
— Adjective
– English
~ immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
prehensile
— Adjective
– English
~ having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
prehensile
— Adjective
– English
~ adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"
prehension
— Noun
– English
~ the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
prehensor
— Noun
– English
~ the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths