PTAN stands for Provider Transaction Access Number (medicare reimbursements). Suggest new definition. This definition appears frequently and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories: 1  Military and Government. 2  Science, medicine, engineering, etc.
Adrenaline also makes the blood vessels dilate in order to improve blood flow and oxygen delivery in case the body has to suddenly flee a dangerous situation. The veins in the face, as well as in the stomach lining and throughout the rest of the body, then have more blood than normal flowing through them, and they appear red. More about blushing: A surgery known as endothoracic sympathectomy can potentially eliminate blushing by snipping the small nerves located in the spine that trigger the response.
The color puce should bring to mind the reddish brown splodge that would result of you crushed a flea filled with blood against your white bed-linens. While this does not sound promising, it is said that the color puce was the height of fashion at the court of Louis XVI, and a favorite color of Marie Antoinette. As for the âsecond colorâ - I hypothesize that people who donât know what color âpuceâ represents associate it with âpukeâ and so think it is a bilious color.