PHARMACOLOGICAL ANTAGONISM
a type of antagonism between two drugs wherein one serves as an agonist at a particular receptor site and the…
PHENOMENAL
the self as felt by the persno at a chosen time. Only a minute portion of self-knowledge is active in…
PHENYLCYCLOHEXYL DERIVATIVES
a class of drugs introduced in 1960 as possible general anesthetics but cessated because they caused severe psychological disruptions in…
PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY
the department of psychology which analyzes the philosophical dilemmas pertaining to the discipline and the philosophical presumptions which underlie its…
PHOCOMELIA
noun. congenital lacking or total absence of the proximal part of a appendage(s), the feet or hands being connected to…
PHONOLOGICAL DISORDER
in the DSM-IV-TR, a communication disorder marked by failure to cultivate and steadily utilize speech noises which are proper for…
PHOTOCOAGULATION
noun. the utilization of radiant energy, generally in the form of a xenon-arc beam or laser, to concentrate protein material…
PHYSICAL ABILITIES
with regard to organizational and industrial environments, individual traits like velocity, strength, and agility which are needed to engage in…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTAGONISM
a type of antagonism wherein two compounds have opposing physiological functions.
PICTURE-ARRANGEMENT TEST
a subtest of the Wechsler intelligence scales, wherein the involved party must appropriately order a sequence of sketches which tell…
PILOERECTION
noun. a transient roughness of the skin's surface due to contracting of the piloerector muscles, that elevate the hairs, and…
PITRES' RULE
a generalization postulating that whenever a multilingual individual recovers from aphasia inflicted by a cerebral injury or stroke, the language…
PLACENTAL MAMMAL
a mammal which generates a highly specialized placenta to provide nutrition to the growing embryo(s) inside the uterus. All mammals,…
PALPEBRAL FISSURE
the theoretical line between the lower and upper eyelids. Commonly referred to as rima palpebrarum,