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OBSESSION

a continual thought, concept, picture, or urge which is experienced as invasive and not proper, and results in significant fear,…

OCCLUSION

noun. 1. a blockage or sealing. Occlusion of a cerebral artery might inflict an embolic or thrombotic stroke. 2. the…

OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION

the level that persons of the same sex or ethnic background are rendered jobs in some professions when others are…

OCULAR FLUTTER

a swift horizontal oscillation happening in both eyes whenever staring straight ahead. Flutter might additionally present following a saccade (flutter…

ODDS RATIO

the ratio for two odds.

OHANA

noun. the family group in the Hawaiian society, marked by a moral system which stresses multi-generational kinship, consisting of the…

OLFACTORY BULB

a bulb-like tail on the olfactory nerve in the anterior area of each cerebral hemisphere. This first synapse in the…

OLIGARCHY

noun. 1. rule by a tiny, but elite group. 2. those members who make up such a group.

ON RESPONSE

the depolarization of a neuron within the visual system which takes place in reaction to light segments. Neurons with on…

ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE

the statistical test of the probability that the means of at least three samples have been pulled from the same…

ONTOGENY OF CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE

the growth origins of conscious sensory experience in an living being. With regard to humans, conscious experience can present from…

OPEN SKILLS

motor skills which are performed under a range of circumstances upon each event.

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE

a dimension of the big five personality model and the five-factor personality model which references single variants in the propensity…

OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO

the relative amount of females and males accessible at the time whenever reproduction might occur. In mammals with internal lactation…

OPINION GIVER

the job part accepted by a group member who usually expresses their ideas, insight, outlooks, and beliefs during group conversations.

OPIOIDS

are utilized clinically for alleviations of pain, anesthetics, antidiarrheal medicines, cough suppressants. Opioid agonists are utilized for the controlling of…

OPTIC APRAXIA

a handicap of the capacity to correlate gadgets and other items with the correlating behavior. People with it are handicapped…

OPTIMAL ADJUSTMENT

the idyllic amount and quality of dealing with life or with a particular traumatic or distressing occurrence.

OPTOMETRY

noun. the clinical region concerned mostly with the optics of the eye and the tools and processes which can fix…

ORALISM

noun. a way of bettering the correspondence skills of people with hearing loss which centers upon the utilization of residual…