Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Rape and sexual assault prevention
The precautions taken to decrease the chances of one’s being forced to engage in unwanted sexual behaviors. In the U.S., about 700,000 to 1,000,000 sexual assaults occur each year; 75% to 85% of all sexual assaults are committed by friends, family members, or sexual partners of the victim; 95% of all sexual assaults are committed…
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Prison rape
Rape that occurs when the victim is assaulted by another prisoner or by a prison employee.
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Marital rape
Forcible sexual assault by a spouse at a time when the sexual encounter was neither solicited nor welcome.
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Male rape
Sexual assault, usually penetrative, of a man by a man. Estimating the prevalence of male rape is difficult because it often is not reported.
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Ranine
To a ranula, or the region beneath the tip of the tongue.
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Passive range of motion
The possible excursion of motion at a joint, accomplished by an examiner, without any muscle contraction by the patient. This can be measured by a goniometer. The excursion is normally slightly greater than active range of motion. The examiner assesses the end point.
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Range of accommodation
The difference between the least and the greatest distance of distinct vision.
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Rancid ramus
Having a disagreeable odor resulting from the breakdown of double bonds in fatty acids.
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Pubic ramus
Either of the two barlike processes of the pubic bone that extend laterally and posteriorly from the pubic symphysis. The inferior ramus articulates with the ischium; the superior ramus articulates with the ilium and forms the front of the acetabulum.
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Posterior ramus
The branch of a spinal nerve carrying motor axons to and sensory axons from the deep (intrinsic) muscles of the back and the skin that overlies them.
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