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Polymicrogyria refers to a Congenital disorder that can be traced to a disruption of the structure of the developing brain during the fifth to sixth month of gestation. As a consequence of this disruption, the gyri fail to develop appropriately.
Polymorphous perverse refers to Freud's term for the infant's indiscriminate, undifferentiated sexuality.
Polyphagia may be defined as excessive appetite or eating. Also the habit of feeding on many kinds of food.
Polysomnograph refers to combination of EEG and Eye-movement records, and sometimes other data, for a sleeping person
- Polysomnographic: polysomnographic (PSG) evaluation refers to assessment of sleep disorders in which a client sleeping in the lab is monitored for heart, muscle, respiration, brain wave, and other functions.