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Excessive reserves of body fat. Storage fat is the extra fat that accumulates in fat (adipose) cells around internal organs and beneath the skin surface to insulate, pad, and protect the body from trauma and extreme cold. Excess fat deposited in adipose tissue (fat cells) that protects organs and insulates the body. Adipose tissue, commonly…

Treatment for premature ejaculation in which stimulation is ceased just prior to ejaculation, then resumed once the urge to ejaculate dissipates, squeeze technique.  

A slang expression for drugs used or intended for gastrointestinal disturbances, e.g., antacids.  

Capable of ending pain and discomfort while remaining calm.  

A particular provision in an agreement.  

A conceptual unit consisting of sensory input to a person and the response that input produces.  

A similar reaction to a variety of stimuli.  

The theory that reinforcement is a matter of stimulation.  

Increase in the rate of functional activity, speeding up of the central nervous system function. The action of stimulating something. The irritating or arousing of muscles, nerves, or other sensory organs. Irritating or invigorating action of agents on muscles, nerves, or sensory end organs by which excitation or activity in a part is evoked.  

The neonate being born dead. The delivery of a fetus that died before or during delivery. The term is used to refer to either such a delivery or such a fetus. Some definitions are limited to fetuses of an age or weight that are potentially or usually viable (e.g., 1,000 grams). A fetal death is…