Category: E
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Existential anxiety
Anxiety concerning a person’s ability to find a satisfying and fulfilling way of life. A form of anxiety associated with awareness of ultimate concerns such as death, meaning, freedom, and isolation.
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Existential analysis
Humanistic-existential therapy.
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Exhilaration
A feeling of gladness or extreme excitement.
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Exhaustive categories
In epidemiology, all subjects are classified in some category of the classification scheme for the variable.
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Exhaustion method
A method of habit breaking in which the undesirable response is allowed to occur without reinforcement until it disappears, extinction; toleration method.
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Exergonic
Pertaining to any reaction in which energy is released.
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Exercise tolerance
The maximum level of exercise to which the body responds favorably. The amount of physical activity that can be done under supervision before exhaustion.
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Exercise prescription
A three-phase individualized exercise program, training; conditioning. An exercise schedule usually intended to increase the physical fitness of a previously sedentary individual who has recently had a serious illness such as myocardial infarction, or who is physically fit and wants to know the amount, frequency, and kind of exercise necessary to maintain fitness. The prescription…
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Exercise
Activities designed toward muscular development and/or cardiovascular fitness. Muscular activity, voluntary or otherwise. Physical or mental activity, especially the active use of the muscles as a way of keeping fit, correcting a deformity or strengthening a part. A particular movement or action designed to use and strengthen the muscles. Physical activity to improve the health…
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Exempt narcotic
A drug preparation containing a small amount of a narcotic substance that can be purchased legally in some states without a physician’s written prescription.