Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The appearance of tiny droplets of fluid in the walls of the vagina early in the excitement phase of the sexual response cycle.  

A bandage that passes around the chest, splinting an injured arm to the chest.  

A dosage form in which particles of an insoluble drug are suspended in a liquid. A liquid with solid particles in it. In education, an order for a student to leave a school temporarily, generally for misbehavior, ln-school suspension refers to a student’s being ordered to leave classes but kept in school elsewhere, as outside…

A person not possessing sufficient resistance against a particular organism to prevent contracting an infection when exposed to the organism.  

A person with no specific resistance to a disease or condition. Likely to catch a disease. Having little resistance to a disease or foreign protein. Organisms may be incapable of opposing the operation or counteracting the effects of an injurious or pathogenic factor, otherwise referred to as the inability of a host to defend against…

A set of skills that are necessary to survive in today’s society. A curriculum may center on the development of these skills. The skills a person needs to function effectively in an environment, sometimes referring to the skills needed if one were stranded on a desert island or mountainous wilderness but often meaning functional skills…

Research in which a representative sample of a population is asked a series of questions regarding their behavior, attitudes, or beliefs.  

A research technique in which subjects are asked questions about their behavior, attitudes, or intentions related to a particular subject. An on-site inspection of a health care facility by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The study of a particular disease or condition, especially its epidemiological aspects.  

Those activities which evaluate exposure or trends in adverse health effects over a specified period of time addresses the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data in the process of describing and monitoring a health event. Data obtained through surveillance are very important for appropriate decisions regarding the planning, evaluation, or implementation of…

The process of accumulating information about the incidence and prevalence of disease in a particular area. Monitoring, close observation; in epidemiology, refers to ongoing determination of the presence and severity of various diseases, usually done by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. In immunology, the concept that the immune system routinely monitors the body…