Category: S

The class of chemicals that includes aspirin. One of various pain-killing substances derived from salicylic acid, e.g. aspirin. Esters or salts of salicylic acid, such as aspirin, and including glycoside forms such as salicin. Salts of salicylic acid; anti-inflammatory agent in the amide form. Salicylic acid has been used as a food preservative. The chemical…

A pain-killing drug used to relieve mild pain in rheumatoid conditions or to reduce fever and inflammation. An analgesic drug with effects and uses similar to those of aspirin. It is administered by mouth and may cause dizziness, sweating, and digestive upsets at high doses.  

A stimulus that has been contingent with the absence of an electric shock, or other negative reinforcer, in a situation in which such shocks are sometimes applied, contingency.  

The need for security, stability, dependency, protection, freedom from fear, anxiety and chaos, and the need for structure, order, law, and limits.  

Measures taken to increase the safety of the work environment through the design of machinery and the environment itself through the use of protective procedures.  

An attempt to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that will allow an individual to enjoy a maximum level of success with a minimum of risks health education.  

An ever-changing condition in which one attempts to minimize the risks of injury, illness, death, or property damage to maximize success. The probability that use of a particular drug, device or medical procedure will not cause unintended or unanticipated hurt, disease or injury. Safety is, in this context, a relative concept which must be balanced…

The point at which an oxygen cylinder should be replaced to avoid totally depleting its contents. The standard is 200 psi.  

The interval of the menstrual cycle when the female is presumably not ovulating rhythm method. The time during the menstrual cycle, when conception is not likely to occur, and sexual intercourse can take place, used as a method of contraception. Time in a woman’s menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur, usually…

A combination of sadism and masochism, often involving the acting out of elaborate fantasies. Abnormal condition characterized by both sadism and masochism; in it pleasure is derived both from inflicting. Sexual pleasure related to both sadism and masochism. The inclination or habit of finding sexual gratification through the administration of pain and the receipt of…