Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Particulates of soot and dust in the air.  

Amanita muscaria, a hallucinogen mushroom that is also considered toxic.  

The act of examining by means of a fluorescent screen. The use of a fluoroscope. An examination of the body using X-rays projected onto a screen. A type of radiography in which X-rays are used to give not still pictures, but moving ones. Fluoroscopy is especially useful as a guide to the physician in certain…

An instrument similar to an X-ray machine that is used to observe directly various structures of the body without taking a picture on film, fluoroscopy. An apparatus which projects an X-ray image of a part of the body onto a screen, so that the part of the body can be examined as it moves. An…

A gaseous chemical compound that contains fluorine. Any of several chemical compounds of fluorine and carbon, which, because of their ability to carry large amounts of oxygen, may become useful in artificial blood for humans who cannot have, or refuse for religious reasons, transfusions of human blood. A general term for a hydrocarbon in which…

The ability to deal with essentially new problems, crystallized intelligence.  

Speech problems such as repetition, prolongation of sound, hesitations, and impediments in speech flow.  

A test designed to measure the frequency of spontaneous mutations.  

The rate at which oxygen flows from a cylinder. The can be adjusted by a control.  

A device to measure the rate of flow of any agent introduced into a person, such as oxygen or intravenous fluid. A meter attached to a pipe, e.g. as in anaesthetic equipment, to measure the speed at which a liquid or gas moves in the pipe. An instrument for measuring the flow of a liquid…