Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In law, a procedure whereby a person can be legally certified as mentally ill and hospitalized, even against his or her will.  

In law, an action brought to recover some civil right to obtain redress for some wrong.  

In law, references to law books.  

A term indicating that certain atoms or groups of atoms, relative to a double bond between two carbon atoms, are on the same side of a molecule.  

Configuration involving two pairs of linked genes when dominant alleles are on the same homologue and recessive alleles are on the other.  

Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis superincision; excision. The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. Removal of the foreskin, a loose fold of skin that covers the head, or glans, of the penis; a brief operation generally performed on newborns. Long performed for religious reasons by Jews and Moslems, circumcision became…

A measure of how much oxygen is delivered to the tissues of the body by the circulatory and respiratory systems and how efficiently it is used, circulatory endurance.  

The heart, arteries, veins, and blood functioning as a unit. A system of arteries and veins, together with the heart, which makes the blood circulate around the body. The means of transportation of fluids within the body (e.g.. blood is transported by the veins, arteries, and heart). Network of channels through which a fluid passes…

A condition resulting from decreased blood flow caused by blood loss, abnormal blood routes, heart failure, or arterial or venous obstruction.