Month: December 2020
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Primoquinine
A synthetic substitute for quinine used in treating malaria.
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Primitive
Pertains to early, less civilized cultures. Undeveloped, undifferentiated, rudimentary.
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Priming
Using the environmental stimuli to make a schema salient.
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Primates
The order of animals including humans, apes, and monkeys. An order of vertebrates belonging to the class Mammalia, subclass Theria, including the lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. This order is most highly developed with respect to the brain and nervous system.
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Primary water treatment
The removal of easily sedimented solid materials by the passage of the water through grit chambers. Some fats, carbohydrates, and proteins may also be removed, secondary water treatment; tertiary water treatment.
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Primary syphilis
The first stage of syphilis most generally manifested by the appearance of a painless lesion, the chancre.
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Primary spermatocyte
A cell formed by mitosis of a spermatogonium.
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Primary sex characteristics
Biological traits that differentiate females from males. An inherited trait that influences the development of the reproductive organs.
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Primary response
The first response of the immune system to an antigen secondary response.
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Primary reinforcement
Reinforcement that depends little or not at all upon previous learning.