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A condition evidenced by lack of muscle tone.  

A form of intellectualization in which a person acts to atone for his/her misdeeds, thereby undoing them.  

Energy that can be liberated by changes in the nucleus of an atom.  

The basic structural unit of all substances consist of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The smallest part of an element consisting of a nucleus (contains protons and neutrons) and surrounding electrons. Physics studies suggest that protons and neutrons are made up of even smaller particles, called quarks. Hundreds of other very small particles are thought to…

The first vertebra of the neck that articulates with the skull. The top vertebra in the spine, which supports the skull and pivots on the axis or second vertebra. First cervical vertebra; the first verebra in the neck, hinging with the skull at the occipitd bone (compare AXIS). The first cervical vertebra (Cl) located directly…

Medical care or treatment for people who are too ill to leave home; generally provided by nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and others.  

White patches formed in the inner lining of an artery, atherosclerosis; arteriosclerosis. A deposit on the walls of arteries. Thick, hard deposit on the walls of the inner arteries that can clog the arteries in the heart and the brain or other organs. The accumulation of fat and other substances within the inner lining of…

Any drug that creates a feeling of calmness. A drug that tranquilizes. A drug which has a calming effect.  

In genetics, the failure or partial failure of pairing of homologous chromosomes during the meiotic prophase.  

A limit that a mathematical function approaches but never reaches.