Category: D

A mental response whose purpose (according to classical psychoanalysis) is to protect the ego.  

A coping mechanism in which a person tries to protect him- or herself from anxiety or psychological harm.  

Radiography of the anorectal region after instillation of a barium paste into the rectum. The defecation process is imaged by direct filming or video recording.  

To defuse a potentially dangerous interaction between two or more individuals.  

A biting fly, Chrysops discalis, that transmits the causative organism of deer fly fever, a form of tularemia.  

In hypnotherapy, achieving a more relaxed or receptive state of mind.  

In orthodontics, a colloquial term for a pathological overbite. A condition characterized by a closed bite, wherein there is a pronounced or excessive overlap of the upper and lower teeth, with the lower incisors biting too closely to or even into the gum tissue or palate located behind the upper teeth.  

Reasoning from the general to the particular.  

The return of parts to a homogeneous state.  

Crossing of fibers of pyramids of the medulla oblongata from one pyramid to the other.