Category: H

Emergency personnel who are trained in the identification, containment, and cleanup of hazardous materials.  

A substance, situation, or behavior that is likely to result in injury or disease.  

Identification of health or safety hazards before an accident or illness occurs, hazardous.  

The tendency for subjects in a study to respond to almost any change as an indicator of appreciation that someone has taken the trouble to alter conditions. The effect (often beneficial, almost always present) which an encounter with a provider, health program or other part of the health system has on a patient which is…

In biology, modified hyphal elements found in parasitic species that penetrate into the host for absorption, haustorium.  

The dark, viscous liquid produced by repeated extraction of cannabis plant materials with a THC concentration greater than that of hashish.  

A powered and sifted form of the unadulterated resin exuded from the flowering tops of the female hemp plant. Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. Drug that comes from the marijuana plant. Drug prepared from the Indian hemp plant Cannabis saliva that produces euphoria, distorted perceptions, and sometimes hallucinations. A more or less purified extract prepared…

An approach to sexual dysfunction that combines procedures developed by Masters and Johnson with those of William Hartman and Marilyn Fithian that aims to help persons to learn more positive sexual behaviors. (Developed at the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies at Long Beach, California).  

A congenital failure of the upper lip to fuse in the middle during embryonic development. Congenital deformity in which there are one or more clefts in the upper lip; it results from failure of the upper jaw and nasal processes to close during embryonic development and is often associated with cleft palate. It can be…

Water that contains a relatively large amount of minerals such as iron or calcium, soft water. The term applied to water that contains a large amount of calcium and magnesium salts (lime salts). These form an insoluble curd with soap and thus interfere with the use of water for washing. Hard water is especially found…