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Implicit memory
Memory characterized by a lack of conscious awareness in the act of recollection. By contrast, explicit memory requires conscious recollection of previous experience. Implicit memory may survive largely unimpaired at the same time as a…
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Show more- Show As a noun: 1. An appearance. 2. Short for bloody show
- Total hip replacement Total hip replacement: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Mediterranean Fever Fever: A inherited disorder of unknown cause featuring short recurring bouts of fever together with pain in…
- Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Ewing: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones…
- PNET Primitive neuroectodermal tumor. One of a remarkable group of tumors that originate in cells from the…
- Extra systole See: Extrasystole
- Lipomatosis, multiple symmetric A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Enzootic Endemic in animals. An enzootic disease is constantly present in an animal population, but usually only…
- Genetic Having to do with genes and genetic information.
- Alice in Wonderland syndrome A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a…
- Breast feeding See: Breastfeeding
- Total parenteral nutrition Intravenous feeding that provides a patient with all of the fluid and the essential nutrients they need when…