Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A peripheral trait of personality that appears in a limited number of situations.  

A sociological term for behavior that deviates from the norm and that is used as a basis for self-definition, primary deviance.  

Hypoactive sexual desire.  

Exogenous depression.    

A nutrient deficiency caused by some factor other than inadequate ingestion of nutrients, e.g., malabsorption, primary deficiency.  

A cue to depth perception that depends upon previous experience, primary cue to depth.  

The factor that contributes to a disorder but, in and of itself, would not have produced it primary cause.  

Medical care involving a visit to a specialist, primary care. Services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients (e.g., cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists). In the United States, however, there has been a trend toward self-referral by patients themselves for these services, rather than referral by primary care providers. This route…

A bacterial infection that develops as a consequence of a primary infection.  

In epidemiology, relationships produced by confounding variables. Indirect association.