Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

An egg or larva of a louse. The egg of a small insect, usually a louse. Head lice live on the scalp and are spread through close contact, especially among school children. Nits are tiny lice eggs that look like small flakes of dandruff. However, unlike dandruff, they are firmly attached to hair shafts and…

A number which a doctor asks a person to say so that he or she can inspect the back of the throat.  

Relating to or showing a belief in nihilism.  

The rejection of all the usual social conventions and beliefs, especially of morality and religion. In psychiatry, a delusion that certain things or everything, including the self, does not exist; associated with some forms of schizophrenia.  

A period of disturbed sleep, which a child does not remember afterwards. Episode, most often occurring in young children, in which the person awakens in terror with a panicky scream, feelings of fear and anxiety, and total inability to recall any dream or incident provoking the feelings, and typically does not recall the event the…

Heavy sweating when a person is asleep at night. Hot flashes that occur at night. Most women experience hot flashes, or sudden, brief increases in body temperature for about 1 to 2 years during menopause, as the body begins to produce less estrogen. In addition to an increase in the temperature of the skin, hot…

A nurse who is on duty at night.  

A dream which frightens the dreamer. Dream that arouses feelings of fear, terror, panic, or anxiety. A frightening dream that often causes the dreamer to awaken. Nightmares come during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep in the middle and later parts of the night. A nightmare can be a reaction to a medication, a scary movie,…

An old-fashioned type of long ward with a row of beds along each wall and a centrally placed point for the nurse in charge to work from.  

The situation of working at night.