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Sensitivity
1. In psychology, the quality of being sensitive. As, for example, sensitivity training, training in small groups to develop a sensitive awareness and understanding of oneself and of ones relationships with others. 2. In disease…
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Show more- Caudad An anatomic term meaning 1. Pertaining to the tail or the hind part. 2. Situated in or directed toward the…
- Microembolus An embolus of microscopic size. For example, a tiny blood clot or little clump of bacteria. Like any embolus…
- Herpes, genital See: Genital herpes
- Water 1. A tasteless odorless colorless liquid with the chemical formula H2O.2. The liquid which forms rain…
- FFI Fatal familial insomnia
- Alexander disease A slowly progressive and ultimately fatal brain disorder that most commonly occurs in children. The infantile…
- Grapefruit diet The Grapefruit diet is a weight loss plan that incorporates eating half a grapefruit with each meal and…
- Fear of intercourse An abnormal and persistent fear of male-female sexual intercourse. Sufferers of this fear experience undue…
- Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as…
- Hypocarbia Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. The opposite of hypercarbia
- Policy, Medigap See: Medigap policy>
- Drug, sulfa One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…