Month: December 2020

A career, the practice of which requires an in-depth comprehension of a specific body of knowledge and the abilities to apply this knowledge to a particular area of human need. A type of job for which special training is needed. All people working in a specialised type of employment for which they have been trained.…

Partial but ineffective use of mediating responses, mediation deficiency; production deficiency.  

In education, a failure to employ the strategies and methods that would improve learning and memory.  

In psychology, the period before the onset of a mental disorder. A period of deterioration of mental functioning prior to a diagnosable mental illness.  

A person who encourages women to enter the life of prostitution.  

A technique in which an instrument is inserted into the rectum and the sigmoid portion of the colon for examination to detect abnormalities. Direct examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon with a proctosigmoidoscope, an instrument that penetrates further into the colon than a proctoscope. Visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon. A diagnostic…

An instrument for examining the rectum. A surgical instrument consisting of a long tube with a light in the end, used to examine the rectum. A type of endoscope used by doctors in visually examining the anus and rectum, the last parts of the digestive system. Instrument (a type of endoscope) used to examine the…

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum. The scientific study of the rectum and anus and their associated diseases. That branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus. The phase of medicine dealing with treatment of diseases…

Excision of the rectum. Surgical removal of the rectum. It is usually performed for cancer of the rectum or severe ulcerative colitis and requires the construction of a permanent opening in the colon or ileum. Surgical excision of the anus or rectum.