Category: P

A form of advertising that uses vague superlatives, exaggerations, or subjective opinions without presenting specific facts.  

The period of about 6-8 weeks after labor during which the mother’s reproductive organs return to the nonpregnant state. A period of about six weeks which follows immediately after the birth of a child, during which the mother’s sexual organs recover from childbirth. The medical term for the six weeks or so after a woman…

The nerve that passes from the external genitalia through the sacral foramen to the spinal cord.  

The external genitalia, especiallyof the female, which includes the mons pubis, labia majora, the labia minora, and the vestibule of the vagina. An external genital organ of a woman. Alternate name for a woman’s vulva, a region sometimes anesthetized during childbirth using a pudendal block. Pudenda, external genitalia, especially those of a woman, including the…

The muscles surrounding the outer third of the vaginal barrel.  

The personality that is presented to others, sometimes in order to mask the real self.  

A school operated publically, under state and federal laws, and funded through local, state, and federal tax dollars. In most cases are operated under policies set by locally elected boards of education. A school funded and controlled mainly by community and government, under the direction of a school board or publicly elected or appointed officials,…

Legislation that has been enacted into law. An enterprise designed to promote positive attitudes toward particular organizations, individuals, and ideas. It is a form of communication with the community.  

The education for all handicapped children act. passed in 1975, this act mandates a free, appropriate public  education for all handicapped children.  

Public health practices that apply the principles of the basic biological, medical, social, and pure sciences in an effort to prevent disease and to promote health. Efforts are directed toward those health issues that are primarily a community responsibility and are carried out by governmental (official) and voluntary health agencies and others concerned with achieving…