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A disease caused by a spirillum bacterium and spread by the bite of a rat. A disease, contracted from the bite of a rat, due to infection by either the bacterium Spirillum minus, which causes ulceration of the skin and recurrent fever, or by the fungus Streptobacillus moniliformis, which causes inflammation of the skin, muscular…

An aversive therapy technique (usually unsuccessful) in which the person is directed to smoke at a very rapid pace in order to create an unpleasant experience resulting in a reduced likelihood of further smoking.  

The dream stage of sleep characterized by twitching of the eyes beneath the eyelids REM sleep. Throughout the night, people move through different stages of sleep. These stages include the activity of REM sleep, as well as the four stages of NREM (nonrapid eye movement) sleep: transitional sleep, light sleep, and two stages of deep…

The emotional consequences that a rape victim experiences.  

An acute mental and emotional disorientation following a rape experience.  

Jargon for an innovation in prostitution in which a client communicates with a prostitute who serves as a masturbatory aid behind a glass panel.  

Rewards or punishments are distributed every so often rather than regularly, schedule of reinforcement.  

In epidemiology, assigning people to treatment and control groups in an unbiased manner so as to produce groups similar relative to their characteristics, random sample. In research, a method used to assign subjects to experimental groups without introducing biases into a study.  

The bone in the forearm on the side toward the thumb. The shorter and outer of the two bones in the forearm between the elbow and the wrist. Outer and shorter of the two forearm bones, which partially revolves around the ulna (the other lower-arm bone); the radius articulates with the humerus (upper arm bone)…

The ability of any material to allow passage of electric waves or X-rays through it.