Category: D

A procedure by which each ear receives a different message while the listener is asked to focus on only one.  

In cellular biology, a cell having two centromeres.  

In cellular biology, a mycelium containing two haploid nuclei in each cell; the result of plasmogamy with delayed caryogamy.  

The theory that mental disorders that emphasizes that both genetic and environmental factors are significant in the development of a number of mental disorders, diathesis stress conception; diathesis stress paradigm.  

A view that, as applied in psychopathology, assumes that individuals predisposed toward a particular mental disorder will be particularly affected by stress and will manifest abnormal behavior, diathesis stress conception; diathesis stress theory.  

The belief that many organic and mental disorders arise from an interaction between a diathesis and some form of precipitating environmental stress, diathesis stress theory; diathesis stress paradigm.  

Diathesis stress conception. The general inherited constitution of a person in relation to their susceptibility to specific diseases or allergies. An inherited predisposition to certain diseases and conditions. For example, one type of hemorrhagic diathesis is an inherited predisposition to bleeding disorders such as hemophilia. Since males seem to be more susceptible than females, hemophilia-related…

Pertaining to the diaphragm. Referring to a diaphragm, or like a diaphragm. A condition in which a membrane and organ in the abdomen pass through an opening in the diaphragm into the chest.  

The use of the telephone to convey erotic or pornographic q.v. messages.  

In cellular biology, a stage of meiosis just before metaphase in which the bivalents are shortened and thickened. The final stage in the first prophase of meiosis, in which homologous chromosomes, between which crossing over has occurred, are ready to separate. The stage in the first prophase of meiosis, during which the homologous chromosomes shorten…