PHALLIC STAGE
with regard to the traditional psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the phase of psychosexual growth happening at around age 3,…
PHARMACODYNAMICS
noun. the analysis of the interactions of drugs with the receptors which are accountable for their acts upon the body.…
PHENTERMINE
noun. an appetite suppressant with a behavioral mechanism alike to amphetamines. Similar to other appetite suppressants, it is sufficient only…
PHOTOPIC-SENSITIVITY CURVE
a graph of visual threshold as an act of wavelength under light-adapted conditions. The peak of the human lies at…
PHYLOGENETIC PRINCIPLE
the theory positing that ontogeny recapitulates Pirn ogeny in the growth of a living being. With regard to humans, this…
PHYSICIAN-HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION (PHO)
an establishment developed, owned, and overseen by at least one hospital and group of doctors to attain payer contracts and…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ZERO
the temperature at which an item in contact with the skin feels neither cold nor warm, that being, around 32
PICTORIAL REALISM
a model standard positing that pictures on a visual display ought to match the cognitive design of the utilizer.
PLACEMENT COUNSELING
1. services modeled to guide and help people to find suitable or optimal work. Placement counseling might consist of training…
PLASTIC SURGERY
a department of surgery which specializes in the restoration, rebuilding, and correcting of injured or diseased tissue to better the…