Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Primary cue to depth

    An unlearned, biologically determined cue to depth perception, secondary cue to depth.  

  • Primary cause

    A condition or cause without which the disorder would not take place.  

  • Primary care

    Medical services from a general practitioner, family physician, or internist. Basic or general health care which emphasizes the point when the patient first seeks assistance from the medical care system and the care of the simpler and more common illnesses. The primary care provider usually also assumes ongoing responsibility for the patient in both health…

  • Primary cancer

    The type of cancer arising from the originating site or organ. The original cell or tissue type from which a metastatic cancer arises.  

  • Primary anorgasmia

    Primary orgasmic dysfunction.  

  • Primary amenorrhea

    A condition in a woman where, by age 18 or older, she has never menstruated secondary amenorrhea. Delay of menarche until after age 16 or the absence of secondary sex characteristics after age 14. Typical causes include congenital abnormalities of reproductive structures, such as the mullerian ducts; absence of the uterus and/or vagina; imperforate hymen;…

  • Prima facie case

    In law, a case in which the evidence is so strong that the opposing party can over throw the evidence only by providing stronger rebutting evidence.  

  • Prima facie

    At first view, before investigation.  

  • Primacy principle

    In political socialization, the idea that a person’s political orientations are largely determined in childhood with only minor variations in adolescence and adulthood.  

  • Primacy effect

    In learning or attitude formation, the tendency of the information that is received first to be most important in determining the person’s overall view of objects, conditions, issues, or other people.  

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