Category: E

In research, a belief or subjective probability that a given act will result in a given outcome.  

Osmotic diffusion toward the outside of a cell or vessel.  

A variety of techniques practiced since ancient times for casting out evil spirits that supposedly cause mental illness and organic diseases is based on the concept that illness is caused by the invasion of the body by demons and evil spirits. The action of expelling evil spirits by adjuring them to abandon the person, place,…

Disease caused by excess thyroxine production. Also called Graves’ disease, characterized by high metabolic rate; weight loss, particularly muscle and fat loss; bulging eyes; tremor; rapid heart rate; good appetite; and irritability. exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter. Symptoms may include, protruding eyeballs, tachycardia, higher rate of metabolism, and anemia. The condition is more likely…

Microscopic organisms that are not normally found in the human body, many of which can cause disease when they enter the body.  

A form of depression that results from factors outside the person.  

A fragment of a bacterial chromosome of exogenous origin.  

A person trained in existential therapy.  

A form of therapy concerned with occurrences as they exist. The therapist helps the person to take responsibility for what happens and to seek success in self-actualization. The person has control over the choices of behavior and the therapist attempts to find the original choices the person has made that resulted in maladjustment.  

A disorder in which the person feels alienation, considers life meaningless, and finds no activity worth selecting and pursuing, premorbid personality.