Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Being married to only one person at a time but repeatedly divorcing and remarrying, serial monogamy.  

The practice of limiting one’s serious relationships to one partner at a time, in contrast to staying with one partner permanently, serial polygamy.  

The learning of a list, serial anticipation learning.  

A method of rote learning employing a serial list in which the person must respond with the next item on the list, serial learning.  

A chemical contraceptive. The first 15 pills taken in any given menstrual cycle contain synthetic estrogen, the remaining five or six contain both estrogen and progestogen. The estrogen inhibits ovulation, while the progestogen prepares the uterus for a menstrual flow.  

Analysis of biochemicals in the blood by use of a computer.  

A plan for the ordering of organizing elements either vertically or horizontally for any one course or sequence, scope. A series of things, numbers etc., which follow each other in order.  

A reservoir in a sewage disposal system where bacterial digestion liquefies solid waste, cesspool.  

Shock developing in the presence of, and as a result of, severe infection. Shock caused by bacterial toxins in the blood as a result of infection. There is a dramatic drop in blood pressure, preventing the delivery of blood to the organs. Toxic shock syndrome is one type of septic shock. The end result of…

A hymen with two or more openings. A hymen in which the opening is separated by a thin septum.