Category: C

The change of two phenomena in relationship to each other. In statistics, the expected value of the product of the deviations of corresponding values of two variables from their respective means.  

The practice among some cultures wherein the man suffers the same symptoms during pregnancy as those of the partner, the pregnant woman, is experiencing. A custom in some tribes whereby a father takes to his bed during or after the birth of his child. The custom in some primitive cultures of the father remaining in…

In law, a court whose actions are recorded, possessing the authority to levy sanctions.  

A physician who is permitted to admit patients into a particular hospital, but who does little work within the hospital.  

A prostitute, especially mistress of noblemen.  

A written document containing objectives for each lesson and details the specific material to be covered along with suggested methodology, course of study.  

A detailed written guide for each grade or developmental level of learners. Such a guide contains all the essential information and components for developing the lesson plan.  

A background stain applied to stained material to increase contrast. A stain used to identify tissue samples, e.g. red dye used to identify Gram-negative bacteria after having first stained them with violet dye. A second stain applied over a first for greater staining effect. A pigment used to highlight or add contrast to parts of…

An irritation of the skin that is deliberately induced to relieve pain or inflammation elsewhere by reflex action. A skin irritant applied artificially to alleviate the pain in another part of the body. The act of applying a substance onto the body’s surface with the intention of influencing an internal organ or structure located deeper…

The process for weakening a classically conditioned response by connecting the stimulus that evokes it to a new response that is incompatible with the conditioned response. A learning process of replacing an unfavorable response with a favorable one represented in systematic desensitization by pairing threatening images with relaxation so that anxiety is replaced with a…