Category: D

A deviation from normal shape or size resulting in disfigurement. A may be congenital, genetic, or acquired after birth. An unusual shape of part of the body. Condition in which the body in general or any part of it (e.g., the hand) is misshapen, distorted, or malformed. A deformity may result from injury, disease, or…

The rupture of the hymen in a virgin’s first experience with coitus, or through vaginal examination, or other means. The act of breaking the hymen of a virgin, usually at the first sexual intercourse. Rupture of the hymen during coitus, by accident, surgically, or through vaginal examination. Not many women have a hymen that is…

There are three types of definitions important in scientific work: (a) nominal definition, which states that we agree to use these particular words to describe some phenomenon; (b) operational definition, which asserts the specific measurements one will use to define a concept; and (c) real definition, which attempts to get at the essence of a…

Survival requirements.  

In psychology, designing behavior for oneself so that safety is acquired.  

In nutrition, an inadequate dietary intake of one or more nutrients. The effect of dietary depends upon the degree and on the function of the nutrient in the body. A lack of something necessary. The lack of a specific nutrient or nutrients. Nutrient deficiency occurs when the dietary intake of a particular nutrient does not…

A device that emits electrical impulses and is used to treat arrhythmia by overloading the heart with electricity, upsetting the abnormal impulses, and allowing normal impulses to resume. An apparatus used to apply an electric impulse to the heart to make it beat regularly. A medical device that delivers an electric shock to the atria…

A decline in the severity of an infectious disease that follows the fastigium stage. A period during which a fever is subsiding. The disappearance of a fever, a process that may occur rapidly or take several days, depending upon the cause and treatment given. The subsidence of fever to a normal temperature. After experiencing a…

In labor relations, portion of salary paid to executives and other employees at a specified time after their regular pay ceases, e.g., after retirement.  

Carrying away, vas deferens.