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ABLATION

noun. The process of removing tissue from within the body for purposes of treating an illness or ailment, or to…

ABSCISSA

the V-axis of a graph used to display data- horizontal axis going from left to right

ABSOLUTE VALUE

the amount to which a number would sway from zero on a point scale

ABSTRACTION

noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a…

ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE TASKS

projects that necessitate the employment of academic trades and intellect.

ACCELERATION FORCES

pressures placed upon something derived from the speed of change of it's own speed. In regards to psychology, more attention…

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

1. the employment of proven tactics that aid in decreasing the frequency and grimness of accidents. Accident analysis is often…

ACCURACY

noun. 1. with regard to an activity, a performance appraisal, typically centered around the balance of accurate answers. 2. much…

ACHIEVEMENT

noun. 1. the actual achievement of an intended target, or the target itself.

ACHROMATIC INTERVAL

1. within eyesight, the range of intensity of light lying between the quantity needed for awareness of the monochromatic stimulus…

ACOUSTIC NEUROMA

a harmless growth stemming from the auditory nerve, located in between the cochlea and brainstem. Loss of hearing in one…

ACQUIRED DYSPRAXIA

dyspraxia that's created due to the forfeiture of a formerly attained capacity to carry out coordinated moves. Commonly seen in…

ACROTOMOPHILIA

noun. An unhealthy intrigue applying to amputations. Some persons may become sexually excited by amputees.

ACTION RESEARCH

investigation or analysis that is directed in the direction behind a useful objective, typically a growth in a specific function…

ACTIVE ALGOLAGNIA

carnal excitement by inflicting pain upon someone else. Reference: sexual sadism.

ACTIVE SCOPOPHILIA

pathologic concentration in watching others take part in sexual behavior or in watching someone's genitalia. It might be demonstrated as…

ACTIVITY THEORY

1. a way of thinking, cultivated mainly by Soviet specialists, which concentrates upon processes as a whole instead of the…

ACUITY

Keenness of perception, sensory is the accuracy that any sensorial stimulus is understood as- optical is keenness of vision.

ACUTE DELUSIONAL PSYCHOSIS

a being which designates that is particular to French psychopathology, in that it is recognized as bouffee delirante (French for,…

AD IGNORANTIUM (AD IGNORANTIAM)

standing for a sort of casual or convincing method where within such a disagreement is assumed to be factual since…