Author: Glossary

An ehrlichial species that causes human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Tennessee and neighboring states in the U.S.  

The former name of the bacterium now known as Anaplasma phagocytophilum.  

A genus of gram-negative bacteria that use the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) of other cells in order to survive. They are the pathogenic agents responsible for a variety of influenzalike illnesses in humans and canines, among other mammals.  

Interested chiefly in one’s self; self-centered.  

The tendency to regard oneself more highly than is warranted by the facts, and to boast of one’s abilities or achievements.  

An abnormal change in tone, somewhat like the bleat of a goat, heard in auscultation of the chest when the subject speaks normally. It is associated with bronchophony and may be heard over the lungs of persons with pleural effusion, or occasionally pneumonia. The peculiar sound, occasionally likened to a goat’s bleat, detected when a…

An inflated estimate of one’s value or effectiveness.  

The eighth stage in Erik Erikson’s developmental theory; the opposite of despair. It is the major psychic task of the mature elderly and is marked by a healthy unifying philosophy and the wisdom learned from experience. The individual feels vital, balanced, and whole in relation to the self and the world.  

The stage of cognitive development in which perception is almost exclusively from the child’s own viewpoint and in the child’s own way. This stage is characteristic of toddlers and early preschool children.