Glossary P
Glossary P
Prospective means following a disease-free participants over a period to determine whether certain variables, example is consuming or eating too much fatty food predict disease.
Prospective memory refers to the intention to remember to perform an action in the future. Prospective memory is a process that involves remembering to remember something in the future.
Moreover, Prospective memory refers to memory about events or actions taking place in the future.
Prospective Research refers to a Research strategy in which people are followed forward in time to examine the relationship between one set of variables and later occurrences. For example,
Prospective studies refer to longitudinal studies that begin with a disease-free group of subjects and follow the occurrence of disease in that population or sample. Prospective study is defined as a study in which the suspected causes or contributors to a developmental outcome are assessed earlier to see whether they accurately forecast the developments they are presumed to influence
Prostaglandin E1 and E2 refer to chemicals produced during an infection, which stimulate increased body temperature (fever) and increased sleep
Prostaglandins are naturally occurring chemicals blocked by aspirin and related analgesics. Prostaglandins are also hormones that stimulate uterine contractions.
Prostate gland refers to a doughnut-shaped gland that wraps around the urethra as it comes out of the bladder that contributes fluid to the semen.