Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Survival requirements.  

In psychology, designing behavior for oneself so that safety is acquired.  

In nutrition, an inadequate dietary intake of one or more nutrients. The effect of dietary depends upon the degree and on the function of the nutrient in the body. A lack of something necessary. The lack of a specific nutrient or nutrients. Nutrient deficiency occurs when the dietary intake of a particular nutrient does not…

A device that emits electrical impulses and is used to treat arrhythmia by overloading the heart with electricity, upsetting the abnormal impulses, and allowing normal impulses to resume. An apparatus used to apply an electric impulse to the heart to make it beat regularly. A medical device that delivers an electric shock to the atria…

A decline in the severity of an infectious disease that follows the fastigium stage. A period during which a fever is subsiding. The disappearance of a fever, a process that may occur rapidly or take several days, depending upon the cause and treatment given. The subsidence of fever to a normal temperature. After experiencing a…

In labor relations, portion of salary paid to executives and other employees at a specified time after their regular pay ceases, e.g., after retirement.  

Carrying away, vas deferens.  

The use of procedures by a physician or dentist for the sole purpose of protecting the physician or dentist from a malpractice law suit. Defensive procedures are generally viewed as essentially unnecessary for diagnosis and treatment, but are done as a defense against malpractice. Alteration of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of…

In psychology, the tendency to become increasingly resistant to a persuasive appeal as fear-inducing communications increase.  

Identification based on fear of physical harm.