Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

According to Freudian psychology, the third psychosexual stage in which sexual pleasure is derived primarily from the genitals, usually the 3rd to 6th year of life, anal stage; oral stage; latency period; genital stage; Oedipus conflict; Electra conflict.  

The 14 small bones of the toes or fingers. Phalanx, bones of the fingers and toes; the digits. The thumb and big toe each have two phalanges; the other fingers and toes each have three, for a total of 14 on each hand or foot. The bones of the fingers and toes (digits). The first…

The ingestion of food in particulate form.  

An important component of the immune system. Specifically, white blood cells that are capable of engulfing and digesting foreign matter in the blood.  

A virus that attacks and destroys bacteria. Infective agents of virus type, which act as parasites living on bacteria, at whose expense they propagate causing the death of the invaded cell. Phages, which consist of deoxyribonucleic acid and specific proteins, possess a characteristic morphology when seen with the electron microscope, combined with a relative resistance…

A condition, usually in men of middle age or older, in which the penis develops a fibrous ridge along its top or sides, causing a curvature during erection. A condition associated with Dupuytren’s contracture in which hard fibre develops in the penis which becomes painful when erect [Described 1743. After Frangois de la Peyronie (1678-1747),…

A small cactus plant found mainly in Mexico and in the Southwest United States. It has the generic name of Laphaphora williamsii and produces alkaloid mescaline that is extracted for its psychoactive effects. Cactus from which the hallucinogen mescaline is derived. The cactus plant, Lophophora williamsii, from which the hallucinogen mescaline is obtained. A cactus…

Being overly concerned with unimportant details.  

Sexual activity that stops short of coitus.