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Eccrine glands
Sweat glands that produce a clear, colorless liquid to prevent the body from overheating, apocrine glands. Type of sweat gland distributed over much of the body; its secretion is clear, has only a slight odor, and functions in cooling the body A simple tubular sweat gland of the skin.
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Ecchymotic
Black and blue areas of the skin.
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Eaton test
A diagnostic technique of X-raying the breast for detection of cancer.
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Easy children
In psychology, children whose temperament patterns include a positive mood, low to mild intensity of reaction, a positive approach to new events, and adaptability, difficult children.
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Early childhood education
Any systematic effort to teach a child before the normal period of schooling begins.
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Dystrophy
Faulty nutrition. Progressive weakening of a muscle. Degeneration or defective development of a tissue, especially muscles, which loses strength and decreases in size. A progressive condition caused by defective nourishment of an organ or system. Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness. The most common muscular dystrophies seem to…
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Dysthymic
A chronic disturbance of mood involving either depressed mood or loss of interest, but not of sufficient severity and duration to meet the criteria for a major depressive episode. Dysthymic disorder.
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Dysphoric
An emotional response to an antipsychotic tranquilizer characterized by a drop in mood or slowed thought process.
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Dysgenic
In genetics, a situation that tends to be harmful to the hereditary qualities of future generations, eugenic.
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Dysfunctionals
Homosexuals who live alone, have many sexual contacts, and encounter many adjustment problems.
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