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VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY

failure of the cardiovascular system to administer a adequate amount of blood to the body's tissues. This might consist of

VEGETATIVE STATE

a condition wherein a person is not able to move or correspond with others, not aware of their self or

VENTRICULAR PUNCTURE

a surgical process wherein an opening from the outside is created to the brain's lateral ventricle regions. It might be

VERBAL BEHAVIOR

all actions which consist of words, inclusive of talking, listening, reading, and writing. The terminology is utilized by those who

VERBAL TEST

1. any test or measurement wherein performance relies upon one's capacity to handle words. 2. any test which gauges verbal

VERTEBRAL ARTERY

a paired artery which extends upward along the neck's vertebrates. Each goes into the skull through the koramen magnum close

VESTIBULAR SACS

two sacs inside the inner ear, which, combined with the semicircular canals, make up the vestibular apparatus. The vestibular sacs

VIBRATION RECEPTOR

a nerve termination which reacts to many different ranges of vibration frequencies. Vibration receptors have been recognized via histological analyses

VIENNESE SCHOOL

a set of formative twentieth century practitioners of psychoanalysis, based in Vienna, who adhered to Freud's theories.

VIRTUAL PITCH

the low pitch of a complex noise. For a complex intermittent noise, the virtual pitch usually correlates to that of

VISTARIL

noun. a brand name for hydroxyzine.

VISUAL CAPTURE

the propensity for noises to seem to come from plausible visual items, regardless of the real initiator of the noise.

VISUAL FIELD SPARING

the degree to which normal vision is kept intact in a visually handicapped or deprived portion of a visual field,

VISUAL ORGANIZATION TEST

any test which uses the establishment of visual, nonverbal stimulants.

VISUAL YELLOW

the bleached type of the photopigment rhodopsinoun. Commonly referred to as xanthopsinoun.

VITAL STATISTICS

information and statistics, often tallied by a government organization, on certain life occurrences within a geographic populace.

VOCABULARY GROWTH

the cultivation of vocabulary in kids. With regard to estimating vocabulary size, a differention is commonly drawn between receptive vocabulary

VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, VOCATIONAL MATURITY

a developmentally mature and intellectual attitude toward matters of employment and professional choice. An individual with great vocational maturity is

VOICING

1. the utilization of vocal cord vibrations to generate speech noises. 2. supplying expression to ideas, observations, and opinions via

VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

motion by choosing or intent conversely to automatic motions, like reflexes.