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A legal term designating a person as incapable of managing his or her affairs with ordinary prudence because of mental illness or mental deficiency. In the law, unable, unqualified, or inadequate to act or fulfill responsibilities. Minors and some severely hand¬ icapped people may be considered legally incompetent, and in some cases the state may…

A method of breaking habits in which a new response is deliberately practiced in the situations that evoke the undesirable response.  

A measure of the total contribution of genes to the next generation by oneself and those with whom one shares genes.  

In education, the inclusion of the physically and mentally challenged students in regular classes, done largely as a result of federal law Public Law 94-142.  

Any foreign or heterogeneous substance contained in a cell or in any tissue or organ that was not introduced as a result of trauma. Something enclosed inside something else. Small body found within another, as inclusions in the cytoplasm of a cell. The condition of being contained or encompassed.  

The front teeth used to cut food, located between the left and right cuspids. One of the front teeth, of which there are four each in the upper and lower jaws, which are used to cut off pieces of food. Any of eight front teeth, four in each jaw, flanked by the canines, used for…

The surgical removal of a portion of tissue to be examined. Surgical removal of a small segment of the suspect lesion for microscopic examination. The extraction of a portion of a lymph node for the purpose of diagnosis is known as a lymph node biopsy.  

The controlled burning of combustible waste at high temperatures.  

A problem-solving training method whereby trainees seek out pertinent details in order to make a decision.  

In epidemiology, a case-control study where only new cases are investigated or studied.