AGRANULOCYTOSIS
noun. a decrease in how many specific neutrophils (white blood cells), generally stemming from an immune response to a narcotic…
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
employees, gear, and systems which promote the well-being and protection of airplanes via reports, correspondence, watchful attention, and regulation of…
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM
a treatable problem which grows during a brief time when extended, significant alcohol ingestion has ended. The facets of such…
ALLACHESTHESIA
noun. the feeling of touch sensed in a spot different from the spot of provocation.
ALLOGROOMING
noun. behaviors which comprise 2 or more people plucking through one another's locks or feathers. Frequently deemed to have an…
ALLPORT'S PERSONALITY TRAIT THEORY
Gordon W. Allport's doctrine said a person's character traits are the vital points to the individuality and persistence of their…
ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN (A-FETOPROTEIN AFP)
a protein seen in the blood plasma of developing children while inutero and cultivated by a few growths in mature…
ALTERNATE BINAURAL LOUDNESS-BALANCE TEST
an exam for an irregular vulnerability to boisterous noise. The person listens to 2 tones, both the identical frequency listened…
ALTITUDE SICKNESS
sickness stemming from a lack of oxygen during periods of exposure to high altitudes. Signs of such exposure comprise queasiness,…
AMAUROSIS FUGAX
repetitive attacks of vision reduction, that could well be brought about by, amidst other causes, glaucoma, inebriation, optic neuritis, headaches,…
AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENT
in the unusual circumstance, a variation of vulnerable and open attachment in such a way that babies display tandem reactions,…
AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCA
an association of 6 entities (National Dance Association, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, American Association for Leisure…
AMERICAN ORTHOPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (AOA)
formed by Karl Menninger, a doctor, in 1924, an all-encompassing pro enterprise involved in precautionary, remedial, and support concepts in…
AMNIOCCNTCSIS
a technique used to investigate the fetal chromosomes for any variety of irregularities or for the purpose of judging the…