Category: C

The type of approach that a person generally takes toward learning activities and problem-solving. One person may carefully analyze a task, break it down, and put the smaller steps in order, while another may jump impulsively into the middle of a new activity.  

A type of scholarship restricted to certain kinds of applicants, such as those living in a certain state.  

Captions on film or television that are invisible except to people with special captioning decoders, as opposed to captions superimposed on the picture for all to see. The technique, which is encouraged and partly subsidized by government funding, allows people with ear and hearing problems to have readier access to news, arts, and entertainment programs.…

A parent, often the mother, who helps in a child’s classroom, on field trips, and at other special events, generally in rotation with other parents for a specified period, though sometimes for a whole school year; also called a room parent.  

A type of curriculum that emphasizes the traditional liberal arts, especially on the college level.  

Any noncriminal legal action, such as cases in which two parties disagree over rights. Most cases in juvenile court, family court, or domestic relations court are civil proceedings and (unlike criminal court) do not involve the right to a jury trial. Rules about what kinds of evidence are admissible are also much looser than in…

A type of medical test used as an alternative or complement to the lumbar puncture, in which a small amount of fluid is removed from the base of the brain. A spinal puncture with a hollow needle between the cervical vertebrae, through the dura mater, and into the cisterna at the base of the brain.…

Problems resulting from mistakes in the duplication of the chromosomes that carry an individual’s genetic inheritance. Normally a baby is born with 23 pairs of chromosomes, 22 pairs called autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes, with xx for a female and xy for a male. But due to errors in duplication of the chromosomes,…

Infection by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted disease, infecting an estimated three to four million people each year; nicknamed the “Silent STD.” Symptoms are initially mild or even absent altogether, dangerously so, because the infection can lead to serious complications, often before people are aware they have the disease. The most…

Money that must legally be paid by parents for a minor child’s care; part of parents’ responsibilities. The parent’s duty to provide support continues at least until the child reaches legal adulthood (often beyond that if the child is disabled or incapacitated) or becomes formally emancipated, and otherwise ends only with the permanent termination of…