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Minute particles from the evaporation of droplets of moisture. Spray or mist in which infectious particles are suspended in air (e.g., from the cough or sneeze of an infected person). Many common contagious pathogens are spread by droplets, including adenovirus, corona virus, and influenza virus.  

A means of spreading disease whereby tiny droplets of saliva containing the microorganisms are spread by coughs or sneezes. An infection developed by inhaling droplets containing a virus, e.g. from a sneeze. An infection acquired through the sneezing and coughing of another person. An infection acquired by the inhalation of a microorganism in the air,…

A means of indirectly transmitting a communicable disease. by droplets in the spray from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing.  

Slang term for gay men who dress in leather and other very masculine fashion and who favor sadomasochism.  

The version of drive-reduction theory that maintains that it is the reduction in the intensity of the drive stimulus that provides the basis for reinforcement.  

A stimulus associated with a drive.  

The precept that all built- in rewards are responsible for some noxious body state. This theory tends to ignore motives.  

A condition or set of circumstances that act to lessen physiological arousal or need state.  

The angle that is formed when the steering wheel of a car is turned and the center line of the front tires heads away from the direction in which the vehicle is traveling.  

Random genetic drift.