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A triangular double membrane separating anterior horns of lateral ventricles of the brain.  

A heart defect in which there is an unnatural opening in the wall of the tissue that divides the heart into right and left sides. A congenital condition in which a hole exists in the wall between the left and right sides of the heart allowing an excessive amount of blood to flow through the…

An arrangement by which a husband and wife live apart and separately by mutual agreement. May be a prelude to divorce. The act of separating or dividing two or more people or things, or the state of being separated. A term used in Canada to mean the same as patient “discharge” in the U.S. It…

In psychology, a form of projective technique using incomplete sentences that the person must complete.  

Pertaining to any effects on the senses. A term implying a broader concept than sexual. Concerning or consisting of the gratification of the senses; indulgence of the appetites; not spiritual or intellectual; carnal, worldly.  

The least physical stimulus to which an individual responds. The minimal stimulus for any sensory receptor that will give rise to a sensation.  

According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory, a store that retains raw information for a very brief period of time. The first stage of information processing.  

A seizure that is characterized by visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, or emotional sensations.  

A system of memory storage in which material is held for a second or so in its original, unprocessed, sensory form.  

The receiving sites at which stimuli enter the body. Sensory modalities. A cell which senses a change in the surrounding environment, e.g. cold or pressure, and reacts to it by sending out an impulse through the nervous system. A sensory nerve ending, a cell or group of cells, or a sense organ that when stimulated…