Category: P

Subdivisions of a variety, alike in structure, but different in certain physiological, biochemical, or pathological ways. A particular group of parasites, mainly fungi, exhibit a distinctive adaptation to various types of crops belonging to a single host species. The International Botanical Congress, which took place in Amsterdam in 1935, advised that the term “physiological race”…

The temperature that is experienced as neither warm nor cold.  

Theories that claim that the cause of alcoholism is the result of a biological dysfunction. There are two forms: 1. genetotrophic theory and 2. endocrine theory.  

The normal functioning of all the systems of the body, physiology.  

A theoretical view that mental disorders are caused by somatic processes.  

A continuous tremor of the eyes.  

Maslow’s first set of human needs; also called the basic needs. Essential for survival, the include the need for food, water, rest, elimination, and air.  

Fitness level in the areas of cardiovascular efficiency, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.  

The need for oxygen, food, water, and elimination. These are influenced by homeostasis and appetite.  

An ATSDR designed program to make public health professionals at the state, county, and local levels aware of the possible adverse health outcomes resulting from exposure to hazardous substances released from waste sites.