Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Vitamin-dependency illness
A disease characterized by the need for higher than normal amounts of a particular vitamin.
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Vitamin C
Ascorbic acid. A vitamin which is soluble in water and is found in fresh fruit, especially oranges and lemons, raw vegetables and liver. Also known as ascorbic acid is an essential water-soluble vitamin. It functions as cofactor for reactions requiring reduced copper or iron metallonzyme and as a protective antioxidant. Deficiency of vitamin C causes…
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Vitamin B17
Proponents of Laetrile claim that it is a vitamin rather than a drug. Nutritionists are unable to identify any vitamin known as B-17. Probably a hoax.
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Vitamin B
A complex of vitamins with similarities. The B vitamins are thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B6, pantothenic acid, biotin, folacin, and cobalamin. They are water soluble. A group of vitamins that generally are water soluble. These include thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3, nicotinic acid, nicotinamide), pyridoxine (B6, pryridoxal, pyridoxamine), folacin (folate, folic acid), vitamin B,2 (cobalamin),…
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Vital statistics
Records of life and death. Statistics relating to births (natality), deaths (mortality), marriages, health and disease (morbidity). Vital statistics for the United States are published annually by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Health Resources Administration in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. A set of official statistics relating to the population…
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Vital signs
Indicators of life: heart and pulse rate, respiration, blood pressure, pupil reflex (and other reflexes), brain activity, and body temperature. Measurements of pulse, breathing and temperature. A medical term referring to the patients evidence of heart beat, breathing, and blood pressure. Signs that show the overall health of a person, changes in which are often…
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Vital marriage
A marriage in which the needs and goals of the individual, as well as the needs of the marital union, are given priority, total marriage.
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Vitalism
The doctrine that the functions of a living organism are due to a vital principal force distinct from physical forces. The concept that bodily functions are due to a “vital principle” or “life force” that is distinct from the physical forces explainable by the laws of chemistry and physics. Many alternative approaches to modern medicine…
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Vital balance
According to Menninger, the principle of homeostasis as applied to mental health.
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Visual screening
A health screening procedure to detect the presence of visual problems.
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