Category: M

A sexual response to the texture of an object, e.g., silk, leather, rubber, or wax.  

Spending excessive time with media to the exclusion of other activities and social interactions. May be an indication of personal maladjustment.  

Any of several information sources, such as radio, television, print materials, the Internet. The middle layer of the wall of a vein or artery. It is the thickest of the three layers, being composed of elastic fibers and smooth muscle fibers in alternating layers. The middle layer of an organ or tissue, but more usually…

In psychology, the lack of adequate material love.  

Some line of behavior designed to protect a person from uncomfortable anxiety.  

A view or theory that is in contrast to vitalism q.v. and states that life can be explained in terms of natural transformations of energy and matter, without the introduction of any immaterial or extranatural vital forces. A physical or chemical change by which a function is carried out. A system in the body which…

A commercial preparation of mephobarbital.  

A passage or channel. An opening leading to an internal passage in the body, e.g. the urethra or the nasal cavity. Opening or tunnel through any part of the body (e.g., acoustic meatus, leading from the external ear to the tympanic membrane). An opening or tunnel that connects internal and external surfaces. A passage or…

An auditory test in which a series of letters are read to a child, who then repeats them in their exact order.  

Quantitative description of the learning process. The size, length, etc. of something which has been measured.