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GASTRODUODENAL ULCERATION

the name of the ulceration of the mucosal lining of the stomach and duodenum caused by hydrochloric acid in the…

GEISSER-GREENHOUSE CORRECTION

an adjustment technique in repeated measures analysis of variance that corrects for violations of the sphericity assumption. Defined by Seymour…

GENDER DYSPHORIA

the term that applies to the discontent with the physical or social aspects of a person's own sex. See also…

GENE LINKAGE

a tendency for genes or the genetic markers located physically close to each other on the chromosome to be inherited.…

GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION

the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho

GENERALIZED MOTOR PROGRAM

the term that is used for the hypothesised and abstract form of a motor program whose expression can be varied…

GENETIC DEFECT

a term describing any physical or mental illness, condition or any abnormality in an offspring that is due to a…

GENETICIST

Name of the health professional studies genetics. They may be a member of the staff of a medical services department…

GENITALIA

the name for the reproductive organs of males and females. Male include the penis, testes and the female includes the…

GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION

This term applies to dividing the consumers of a product based on where they reside, usually by postal code. Often…

GERM LAYER

One of three layers of cells in an animal embryo at the gastrula stage that organs and tissues develop. Outermost…

GESTALT COMPLETION TEST

visual-perceptual task where the participant is required to synthesize elements from fragmented, ambiguous pictures of items to form a whole.…

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

phrase that is used to emphasise the problems that are associated with Cartesian dualism. The m mind is seen as…

GLANS PENIS

the roughly mushroom-shaped cap at the tip of the penis. It consists of the expanded extremity of the corpus spongiosum…

GLOBAL PERCEPTION

This term is applied to the overall perception of an object or a situation focusing on the whole rather than…

GLUCAGON

the name of a polypeptide hormone that is secreted by A cells in the islets of the langerhans that will…

GLYCINE

The is the amino acid that serving as one of the two major inhibitory neurotransmitters in the central nervous system,…

GOAL-FREE EVALUATION

the evaluating of the program that is conducted without knowledge of the stated goals or objectives. Less subject to preconceptions…

GONADAL HORMONES

the name that is given to the primary male and female sex hormones.

GOOD SHAPE

Principle of perception. People tend to perceive figures as the most uniform and stable forms that are possible. Identified by…