Author: Glossary
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Axis deviation
A shift of the normal electrical vectors of the heart, seen sometimes as a result of conduction disease, enlargement of the chambers of the heart, obstructive lung disease, or other conditions. In electrocardiography, the term is used to signify a change in the heart’s electrical axis based on its position. This change is described as…
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Deviate
To move steadily away from a designated norm.
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Sex deviant
One whose sexual behavior is considered to be abnormal or socially unacceptable.
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Developmental test of visual motor integration
A test of visual perception and motor planning requiring the copying of shapes and forms.
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Developmental phonological disorders
A group of language disorders occurring before age 4 in children and evidenced by difficulty in producing readily understandable speech.
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Risk for delayed development
At risk for delay of 25% or more in one or more of the areas of social or self-regulatory behavior, or cognitive, language, gross, or fine motor skills.
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Deuteroplasm
The reserve food supply in the yolk or ovum.
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Deuteron
The nucleus of deuterium or heavy hydrogen.
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Deuteromycotina
In one system of taxonomy, the phylum of the imperfect fungi. It is equivalent to the class Hyphomycetes in another system of taxonomy.
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Deuteranopsia
Green blindness; color blindness in which there is a defect in the perception of green.