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Inkblot test
A test used in clinical psychology and psychiatry involving inkblots. The inkblots are used to determine what a person perceives (reads into) in the enigmatic and highly ambiguous shapes. Ten standardized blots are shown one at a time to a…
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- Masochism Pleasure from one's own pain. Masochism is considered a sexual disorder, or paraphilia. Named after the…
- Kalemia The presence of potassium in the blood. The word 'kalemia' is seldom used today although it is the basis for…
- Body packing The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
- Decubitus Lying down. A decubitus ulcer is a bed sore, the consequence of lying in one position too long. The Latin…
- Sclerosing cholangitis See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Ethylene oxide A chemical widely used in the health care industry to sterilize medical devices and also used to make other…
- Poland syndactyly A unique pattern of one-sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on one…
- Floater A blurry spot that seems to drift in front of the eyes but does not block vision. The blur is the result of…
- Eosinophil A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse round granules of uniform size within its cytoplasm and…
- Middle ear infection, acute Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Valgum See: Valgus