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Water-soluble vitamins of the B group, e.g., thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and others. A group of vitamins such as folic acid, riboflavine and thiamine. The group of B vitamins, including vitamins B1, B2, B3, BS, B6 and B12 involved in energy production, needed to fuel brain power. A group of water-soluble vitamins isolated from liver, yeast,…

According to Maslow, a type of thinking or knowing that is devoid of immediate needs, roles, and projects.  

A freeze-dried preparation of an attenuated strain of tuberculosis bacillus used to stimulate immunity against tuberculosis. A vaccine derived from cultures of the tuberculosis bacterium (bacille Calmette-Guerin), also referred to as Calmette’s vaccine.  

A standardized set of measures for assessing mental development and psychomotor development during the period of 2 months to 2.5 years of age. A standardized battery of tests used to provide information about the developmental status of children aged 2 to 42 months. The battery is designed to indicate motor, mental, and behavioral levels based…

In law, wrongful physical touching of a person. In testing, a series of two or more tests given to a person in roughly the same period, such as a series of achievement tests; also a group of standardized tests that have been developed and tested on the same general population, and so are considered comparable…

A publication of anatomic terminology accepted at Basle by the Anatomical Society in 1895.  

In emergency operations, a device originally designed to remove the injured from the holds of ships and called Stokes basket. The was a long, narrow metal basket covered with chicken wire, but now, made of plastic without the original leg divider. A stretcher made of metal or strong synthetic material in which a patient is…

In anatomy, the vein at the bend of the elbow commonly used for drawing blood. A large vein running along the inside of the arm. A large vein in the arm, extending from the hand along the back of the forearm, then passing forward to the inner side of the arm at the elbow. The…

In sexology, treatment for erectile dysfunction in which the male’s penis is squeezed at the root, squeeze technique.  

In anatomy, a structural component of the cochlea which supports the corti. A membrane in the cochlea which transmits nerve impulses from sound vibrations to the auditory nerve. Cellular structure in the ear that forms a floor of the cochlear duct and provides a base for the organ of Corti, the main organ of hearing.…