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Psyche
1. The mind.2. The spirit or soul.3. In psychiatry, the mind as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior. In Greek mythology, Psyche was a young woman who loved Eros and was loved by him and was united with him after Aphrodite's…
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- Involuntary Done other than in accordance with the conscious will of the individual. The opposite of voluntary. The terms…
- Albuminuria More than the normal amount of albumin in the urine. Albumin is the predominant protein in human blood and it…
- Hirschsprung disease Hirschsprung disease: A congenital abnormality (birth defect) of the bowel in which there is absence of the…
- Anonymize Or anonymise. To remove the name. To make nameless. 'Data for more than 60 variables were extracted from…
- Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut A severe form of epilepsy that usually begins in early childhood and is characterized by frequent seizures of…
- Specificity 1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis. 2. The…
- Ethyl acrylate A substance used in making latex paints and textiles. The US government removed ethyl acrylate from its list…
- Swimmer's ear Swimmer's ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Blinded study A study done in such a way that the patients or subjects do not know (is blinded as to) what treatment they…
- Gluteal Pertaining to the buttock region formed by the gluteal muscles (the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and…
- Carcinogenic Causing cancer or contributing to the causation of cancer. Pertaining to a carcinogen