Category: S

Albert Binet and Thomas Simon were the first to develop a measurement of intelligence in 1905 is an intelligence quotient scale or measurement.  

The tendency for people who are similar to become attracted to each other.  

A pulmonary disease caused by the inhalation of finely powdered silica or quartz. A disease of the lungs caused by inhaling silica dust from mining or stone-crushing operations. Form of pneumoconiosis produced by inhaling silica dust; common among sandblasters, some miners, and others who work with sand. Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of silica dust, often…

Persons in one’s life who have an influence upon the way one behaves: spouse, children, close friends and relatives, and coworkers. A person with whom a patient has a close relationship, which may or may not include relatives or a spouse.  

A health risk-assessment tool used to assist the health assessor in making determinations about human health risks by defining exposure levels believed to cause adverse health effects.  

In statistics, a difference that is unlikely to have occurred by chance.  

A theory that asserts that the observers who are asked to detect the presence or absence of a stimulus try to decide whether an internal sensory experience should be attributed to back-ground noise or to a signal added to background noise.  

An observable indication that something is wrong with a part of the body, e.g., rash, bleeding, symptom.  

An instrument consisting of a hollow tube that can be passed through the anus into the rectum and the lower part of the large intestine for diagnosis of conditions within these organs. A surgical instrument with a light at the end which can be passed into the rectum so that the sigmoid colon can be…

The terminal division of the large intestine that makes several turns resembling the letter S and terminating at the rectum. The fourth section of the colon which continues as the rectum. That part of the colon extending from the end of the descending colon to the rectum. An S-shaped section of bowel preceded by the…