Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A type of lung cancer developing in the bronchi. Originating in breathing tubes.  

The common form of asthma. A type of asthma mainly caused by an allergen or by exertion. Form of airway constriction and irritability characterized by episodic dyspnea and bronchial spasm. Allergic asthma; a common form of asthma due to hypersensitivity to an allergen. Asthma caused by a spasm of the smaller divisions of the air…

An alcoholic solution of an opioid, usually heroin or morphine, and cocaine, amphetamine, or a phenothiazine tranquilizer used to control severe pain associated with terminal cancer.  

A protease or enzyme found in the fresh juice of the pineapple.  

Pertains to the drug addiction approach in force in Great Britain wherein drug addicts may register and be prescribed legal narcotics.  

The psychological school of thought that holds that all knowledge comes by way of the senses, by empirical experiences.  

A personality disorder in which alcoholism and somatization disorder occur.  

The epidemic variety of typhus fever spread by the bite of a rat flea.  

The relationship or ratio between the light reflected by an area and the light reflected by the area that surrounds it  brightness contrast.  

The fact that objects retain their relative brightness under various levels of illumination brightness contrast. The tendency to perceive a light/darkness difference of two areas that are adjacent to each other. An area appears lighter when adjacent to or upon a dark background, brightness ratio.