Category: A

  • Aboral

    In biology, situated away from or opposite the mouth.  

  • Abnormal intelligence

    Pertaining to either unusually low or unusually high intelligence.  

  • Abnormal behavior

    Any behavior that includes at least one of the following characteristics: (a) extreme social deviance, (b) subjective distress, or (c) psychological handicap.  

  • Ablative therapy

    A treatment by the removal or eradication of a body part.  

  • Abiosis

    The absence of life.  

  • Abiogenesis

    Obsolete doctrine of the origin of life from lifeless matter. Spontaneous generation of life; theoretical production of living organisms from nonliving matter.  

  • Ability to pay

    A theory characterized by a wage determination concept based on the employer’s ability to pay certain wage rates.  

  • Ability grouping

    Organizing learners into homogeneous groups based on perceived intellectual ability resulting from intelligence tests and previous performances.  

  • Ability

    A pattern of behavioral tendencies responsible for skillful performance in a variety of related tasks. An atypical antipsychotic agent used to treat schizophrenia. The brand name for aripiprazole. An individual’s performance capability for a given task, based on genetic makeup and learning.  

  • Abient

    The tendency to move away from a stimulus or situation, adient.