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D-STATE

Abbreviation for dream state as opposed to waking or W state.

DUALIST

Concept of language having 2 levels- phonology and meaning.

DURESS

The threats or acts compelling people to act or speak against their will.

DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT

1. Approach to clinical assessment following the basic principles of dynamic testing. 2. The assessment with a goal of elaborating

DYNAMIC VISUAL DISPLAY

Ergonomics. A visual display designed to show fluctuating information.

DYSFUNCTION

Any disturbance, deficiency or impairment of function or behaviour.

DYSMORPHOPHOBIA

Fear of looking abnormal.

DYSPHRASIA

Older name for dysphasia.

DYSTONIA

An abnormal and involuntary tension or contraction of the muscles resulting in a distorted posture. See extrapyramidal effects.

DALMANE

noun. A brand name for flurazepam.

DARWINIAN FITNESS

proposed by Charles Darwin, the general achievement of a certain living being or genotype in generating viable offspring, which is

DAUBERT HEARING

an official demonstration and evaluation of facts which is engaged in by American federal courts to establish whether or not

DE LANGE'S SYNDROME

a hereditary disorder that presents in two ways, both being inclusive of average to serious cognitive retardation and corresponding to

DEATH WISH

1. with regard to psychoanalytic theory, an aware or unaware desire that someone else, especially an authority figure, will meet

DECELERATION

Decreasing the speed of an object. See acceleration.

DAMAGE-RISK CRITERIA (DRC)

the degrees and durations of subjections to noise which are likely to inflict lasting auditory loss.

DARWINIAN REFLEX

a grasping reflex displayed by and observed in infants, specifically those just recently born.

DAUBERT TEST

an analysis employed in American federal courts, in supplement of the formative Frye test, to establish whether or not an

DEAF-BLIND

adjective. The absences of seriously faulty vision and hearing simultaneously.

DEATH-ANXIETY SCALES

Death-Anxiety is an overwhelming, pervasive fear of death that interferes with a person's daily functioning. This is from answers to