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PIECEWORK

noun. work for which workers are paid per unit of productivity.

PINEAL GLAND

a small, cone-shaped gland adhered by a stalk to the posterior wall of the brain's third ventricle. With regard to

PLACE THEORY

the theory which posits that (i) various frequencies arouse various places along the basilar membrane and (ii) pitch is coded

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA (PPFA)

an establishment which encourages full reproductive and complementary medical services- advocates public policy which guarantees everyone has such services available

PLAY THERAPY

the utilization of play activities and materials in child psychotherapy. Play-therapy methods are based upon the theory positing that such

PACHYGYRIA

noun. a brain malformation wherein the convolutions of the cerebral cortex are irregularly thick. It is generally joined by a

PAINT SNIFFING

a form of substance abuse consisting of the inhaling of the fumes of volatile solvents like paint thinners.

PALINLEXIA

1. reading letters or words in a backward order.

PANCREATITIS

noun. A swelling of the pancreas, characterized by serious and intense abdominal pain and resulting from biliary tract illnesses or

PAPERLESS OFFICE

a place of work wherein computers, instead of papers, letters, and books, are utilized for correspondence, documents, and so on.

PARADIGM

noun. I. a model, trend, or representative example, as of the operations and interrelationships of a procedure, an action being

PARAGRAMMATISM

a type of aphasia involving supplements, reversals, or exclusions of noises or syllables within terms or reversals of terms within

PARALLEL SEARCH

with regard to a search job, the procedure involved in searching for several objects at the same time, with no

PARANOID IDEATION

cognitive processes consisting of continual suspicion and non-delusional beliefs of being persecuted, tormented, or treated in an unfair manner by

PARAPHRASIC ERROR

an error which causes incoherent talking, most frequently from mixing present terms, removing syllables from terms, or producing new terms

PARATHYROID GLAND

a small, coupled endocrine gland located in the region of the thyroid gland. It disperses parathyroid hormone, that is involved

PARENTAL IMPERATIVE

a hypothesis postulating that while at raising kids, both males and females take on distinct, stereotypic gender roles as a

PARETIC

corresponding to or encountering paresis.

PART CORRELATION

the relation between two variants with the impact of a third variant eliminated from one of the two variants. Commonly

PARTIALLY ORDERED SCALE

a scale of gauging which lands halfway between a nominal scale and an ordinal scale, such which the scaling units