ESTRANGEMENT
1. State of increased distance from oneself of others. 2. Decrease in contact where close contact once occured.
ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Administering a natural or synthetic estrogen to releive symptoms from menoapuse. See hormone replacement therapy.
ESTROUS BEHAVIOR
A pattern of behaviour seen in non-human females during estrus. Also called heat.
ESTROUS CYCLE
The cycle of reproductive activity shown be females except for humans. See diestrus- estrus- proestrus.
ETHCHLORVYNOL
An alcohol derivative introduced in the 1950's as an non-barbiturate sedative. Now clinically obselete.
ETHICAL DETERMINISM
A position stated by Plato where a person who knows good will, will do good. Obligation is a defining sense…
ETHICAL DILEMMA
The situation where 2 moral principles are in conflict. This is used to assess moral beliefs or moral reasoning skills.…
ETHICAL IMPERATIVE
By taking the ethically required stand or accepted. Defined by Immanuel Kant.
ETHICAL JUDGMENT
1. The moral decision made by a person in a dilemma.2. The faculty of making moral distinctions. Also called moral…
ETHICS OF ANIMAL RESEARCH
Related to the ethics of using animals in experiments and holding then for research. See animal care and use- in…