Category: M
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Monocular movement parallax
Apparent motion seen when the eye is fixed on a particular stimulus when the body is in motion.
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Monocular depth cues
Various features of the visual stimulus that indicate depth, even when viewed with only one eye.
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Monoclonal cell proliferation theory
A theory that holds that there is a proliferation of an atherosclerotic stem from one mutated cell.
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Monitorial schools
Schools developed by Joseph Lancaster and Andrew Bell in which one teacher taught a number of bright students with monitors who, in turn, taught other groups of students.
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Monism
A philosophy that holds that reality is a unified whole and that mental and physical attributes are one and the same, dualism.
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Monilla
Candida.
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Mongolism
A type of mental retardation resulting from the presence of one extra chromosome in each body cell. A former name for Down’s syndrome.
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Molt
The shedding of an outer covering.
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Molestation
An act of meddling or interfering. Often a result of abnormal sexual motivation or activity.
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Molecular behavior
Behavior analyzed into its components.