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Social psychology
The study of the mind and mental processes, particularly as regards social interactions, focusing on the ways our actions influence others, and vice versa. Social psychology is a hybrid discipline, a fusion product of sociology and…
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Show more- Homologous The relationship between two chromosomes that are paired and so are homologs of each other.
- Neurogenesis The process by which new nerve cells are generated. In neurogenesis, there is active production of new…
- CML, juvenile See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Ileocolitis, Crohn Crohn disease involving both the ileum (the furthest part of the small intestine just before the colon) and…
- Deficiency, UROD See: UROD deficiency
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Acronym for High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, the accumulation in the lungs of extravascular fluid (fluid…
- Ubiquinone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Sequester 1. In medicine, to set apart, detach or separate a small portion of tissue from the rest. 2. In bone, for a…
- Meningitis Inflammation of the meninges, usually due to a bacterial infection but sometimes from viral, protozoan, or…
- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…
- Angina pectoris Chest pain that is typically severe and crushing with a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of…
- Mastoiditis Inflammation of the mastoid, often secondary to ear infection.