Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Activities an individual performs in daily living, including self-care, work, and leisure. Any daily activity performed for self-care, such as feeding oneself, bathing, grooming, and dressing. Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person. This measurement is useful for assessing the…
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Action and reaction
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Actin filament
One of the thin contractile myofilaments in a myofibril.
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Acclimation
The process of an organism adjusting to change in its environment. State of adaptation to new conditions or environment; also called acclimatization.
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Acceleration
The reaction of a body as measured by its acceleration is proportional to the force applied, in the same direction as the applied force, and inversely proportional to its mass. A process that allows students to achieve at a rate that is consonant with their capacity or ability. A n increase in the speed of…
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Abduction
Moving a limb away from the midline of the body. The movement of a body part in the frontal plane away from the midline of the body, adduction. The movement of a part of the body away from the centre line of the body or away from a neighbouring part. Moving of a part away…
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Winged fruit/seed
A thin, flat extension or projection from the side or tip of a seed.
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Warty
Covered with wartlike structures.
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Terminal clusters
As in flowers clustered at the end or tip of a branch.
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Strap-shaped, straplike
As in a long, narrow, thick leaf. Long, flat and narrow.
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