Author: Glossary

Lacking the sense of smell.  

Lacking the sense of smell.  

Speculum for examining the anus and lower rectum.  

Vision in which straight lines do not appear straight; symmetry and parallelism not properly perceived.  

Failure to reach orgasm during sexual intercourse or masturbation.  

Unable to experience orgasm.  

A culture-bound illness found principally among devout women who forgo food to achieve purification of the soul. In Western nations this kind of anorexia is considered an eating disorder.  

Inability to use the vision, as occurs in strabismus, cataract, or refractive errors or in those confined in the dark.  

An order of insects composed of the sucking lice.  

Confidential testing for the presence of a disease or condition, e.g., for hepatitis or pregnancy.