Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A research strategy in which both experimental and classificatory variables are used. Assigning subjects from discrete populations to two experimental conditions is an example.  

A common but rarely dangerous heart valve dysfunction. The mitral valve, which separates the upper and lower chamber in the left side of the heart, may not close properly causing a click sound to the physician through a stethoscope and may be followed by a murmur. Intermenstrual pain. Signals the moment of ovulation. A form…

Bicuspid valve. A valve in the heart which allows blood to flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle but not in the opposite direction. One of four valves of the heart; it is situated between the left atrium and left ventricle and allows blood to flow from the left atrium to the left…

Shaped like a miter. Referring to the mitral valve. Shaped like a miter (the official headdress of a bishop).  

Those circumstances that may exonerate a person charged with a crime or which may reduce the extent of the person’s culpability in the commission of the crime.  

A woman whose lifestyle as a sex partner is maintained by a man to whom she is not married and who does not provide her with other payment for sexual intercourse.  

A front-to-front position in sexual intercourse with the male above the female. Introduced by missionaries to the “heathens.”  

The improper performance of an act for which one is responsible. The performance of a legal act in an improper or unlawful manner.  

A criminal offense lower than a felony and usually punished by a fine, imprisonment, or both. A lesser crime than a felony, usually punishable by fines, imprisonment, penalty, or forfeiture.  

An erroneous conception.