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MASTERY TESTS

is a test which aims to evaluate the process of learning in a specific field of expertise.

MATERIALIZATION

can be used to describe the production of a spirit taking a bodily form during a s

MATRIARCHY

the existence of an individual whose descent and inheritance is matrilineal, otherwise known as traced through the female lineage.

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD

is an estimation technique which estimates the probability of the distribution of values within a population.

MCSOSKELIC

was first proposed by the French Physician L. Manouvrier as being the body type between brachyskelic and macroskelic.

MECAMYLAMINE

is a drug which is used to block communication between two ganglions thereby being used as a treatment in hypertension.

MEDIAL BUNDLE

a collection of sensory fibres which are located in the medial (middle) portions of body or organ structure.

MEDIATING BEHAVIOR

behaviours that can increase the rate or more likely increase the probability of reinforcement of the target behaviour.

MEDICAL REHABILITATION

is the process of attempting to return an individual to their original physiological conditions by curing a condition or helping

MEGALOMANIA

is a condition which highlights a persons self-inflated (mis-) conception of their importance and worth to a group or company.

MEMBERSHIP GROUP

is a process which usually either informally or formally accepts members into its ranks granting them membership. Groups such as

MEMORY TRACE

is a theoretical change to the system which actually encodes memories in an organism.

MENORRHAGIA

describes an event of excess bleeding during menstruation.

MENTAL CHEMISTRY

first proposed by British philosopher John Stuart Mill, mental chemistry with respect to ideas was not simply building on ideas

MENTAL HEALTH

is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely

MENTAL MECHANICS

first proposed by British philosopher James Mill (1773 - 1836) which implies that all complex ideas are simply accumulations of

MENTAL TENSION

is general mental activity causing anxiety.

MERIDIA

a common or trade name for a drug called sibutramine.

MESOCORTICAL SYSTEM

a network of neurons which are sensitive to the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain which consists of the medial prefrontal

META- (MET-)

a prefix meaning beyond or behind.