Category: E

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.  

A test whose accuracy or success does not depend on patient compliance.  

Outward flow, i.e., the movement of chemicals or other fluids from within a structure, such as a cell, to the outside.  

A malodorous outflow of vapor or gas, particularly one that is toxic.  

Becoming powdery or dry from loss of water in crystallization.  

Formation of gas bubbles that rise to the surface of a fluid. The bubbling phenomenon arises when gas is released from a liquid.  

To boil or form bubbles on the surface of a liquid.  

The production of female physical characteristics in a male.