Glossary

A small surface void resulting from a localized loss of base metal.

To cause to be set at a particular angle or slope. Degree of slope or elevation.

Pitting corrosion is another form of galvanic corrosion and is an extremely localized type leading to the creation of small pits or holes at the surface of the metal. This type o corrosion is of great concern because once a pit is initiated there is a strong tendency for it to continue to grow, even though the majority of the surrounding steel is unaltered.The driving force for this phenomenon is the lack of oxygen around a small area; this area becomes anodic while the area with excess of oxygen becomes cathodic.

Parainfluenza Virus

Peripheral Intravenous

Usually a phase III study which presents the data that the FDA uses to decide whether or not to approve a drug. A pivotal study will generally be well-controlled, randomized, of adequate size, and whenever possible, double-blind.

(IEEE) In image processing and pattern recognition, the smallest element of a digital image that can be assigned a gray level.

In computer graphics, the smallest element of a display surface that can be assigned independent characteristics. This term is derived from the term "picture element".

Pharmacokinetics

Polyketone

Public Key Certificate

Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism

Product License (for a biological)

Programmable Logic Array

Product License Application

A chemically inert substance given in the guise of medicine for its psychologically suggestive effect; used in controlled clinical trials to determine whether improvement and side effects may reflect imagination or anticipation rather than actual power of a drug.

A placebo that is made to look like the comparator of investigational product in size, shape, color, and markings. It is also important to consider sensory characteristics (sound and taste) and physical characteristics such as weight and viscosity