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The instrumental modification of verbal responses by making reward contingent upon the utterance of particular verbalizations.  

The sharing of ideas through speech.  

A breathing unit designed to provide a specific concentration of oxygen through a delivery tube connected to a standard face mask. A type of disposable mask which gives the person a controlled mixture of oxygen and air. A special mask for administering a controlled concentration of oxygen to a patient. These devices are better known…

An area in the hypothalamus that is said to be a satiety center as in an antagonistic relation to a hunger center (the lateral hypothalamus).  

The pooling of blood in enlarged veins. Inadequate or poor venous circulation.  

Unoxygenated blood transmitted from the body in veins and carried back to the heart. Blood found in the veins. Except in the pulmonary vein, venous blood is poor in oxygen and rich in carbon dioxide, which is carried to the right side of the heart for transport to the lungs, where it is given off.…

Procedure in which a vein is punctured through the skin to withdraw blood for analysis, to start an intravenous drip, to instill medication, or to inject a radiopaque dye for a radio-graphic examination of a part of Sie body. A type of specimen test in which blood is removed by inserting a needle into a…

Engaged in tests to measure syphilis antibodies or reagin. Conducts tests to detect syphilis infection.  

A deep vein following the same course as its corresponding artery.  

In law, or not.