Month: December 2020
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Precedence effect
The experience of hearing one sound when two identical sounds are presented laterally, separated by 7-50 ms.
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Precede
A health education program planning model consisting of seven stages that provides a sequential method for program development can be used in any setting for any type of program. To happen before or earlier than something.
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Precancerous leukoplakia
White patches on the mucous membranes of the mouth that suggest early changes associated with cancer development.
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Pre-aids (lymphadenopathy) syndrome
A sexually transmitted syndrome that resembles AIDS but is less severe.
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Preadolescence
The second part of the school years according to Sullivan, that begins when children first start to form close friendships marked by sensitivity to the friend as a person, juvenile era.
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Preadaptation
In genetics, a hereditary adaptation to an environment that the organism is not currently in.
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Pragmatism
A philosophy, particularly promoted by John Dewey, that focuses on the practical application of knowledge. The belief that the practical application of a principle should be the determining factor in decision making. The belief that the complete significance of an idea is found in its real-world outcomes.
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Pragmatics
The rules for the appropriate and effective use of language. In speech and language pathology, the social or interpersonal context of language (i.e., knowing how to use spoken language appropriately with other speakers).
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Practice
The use of one’s knowledge in a particular profession. The practice of medicine is the exercise of one’s knowledge in the promotion of health and treatment of disease. The business, or the premises occupied by, a doctor, dentist, or a group of doctors or dentists working together. The fact of doing something, as opposed to…
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Practical significance
In epidemiology, the existence of significance if the findings have important implications within the conceptual context of the study.