Category: E

A pregnancy in which the fertilized egg becomes implanted outside the uterus. A pregnancy where the fetus develops outside the uterus, often in one of the Fallopian tubes. Any pregnancy that is implanted and develops outside the uterus, generally in the fallopian tubes (called a tubal pregnancy) but sometimes in one of the ovaries, or…

One of the three body types indentified by Sheldon as indicative of one’s temperament: characterized by one who is fragile, thin and tall, and whose temperament is cerebrotonic, i.e., asocial, unamiable, lacks desire for exercise, and non-adventurous: endomorphy; mesomorphy.  

Pertaining to ecology the interaction of people with their environment. The interaction of all living things with the environment and segments of one environment with other segments.  

In epidemiology, a system of classification that applies the majority of characteristics of an entire group to all individuals within the group irrespective of individual characteristics.  

In epidemiology, an error in interpreting associations between ecologic indices. It is not necessarily accurate to assume that because a majority of a group has a particular characteristic, the characteristic is associated with the health condition that is common in the group, ecologic index.  

In psychology, the view that more is to be gained by employing concepts from various the oretical systems than by restricting oneself to a single psychological theory or school of thought. A system of herbal medical practice popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Finley Ellingwood. A school of natural medicine popular…

Psychotherapy based on elements from various theories or procedures, eclecticism.  

A learning theory that includes a combination of the major learning theories, eclecticism.  

The losing or shedding of an outer structure. The shedding or sloughing off of the epidermis of the skin. An enzyme present in the venom of vipers that produces inflammation.  

Sweat glands that produce a clear, colorless liquid to prevent the body from overheating, apocrine glands. Type of sweat gland distributed over much of the body; its secretion is clear, has only a slight odor, and functions in cooling the body A simple tubular sweat gland of the skin.