AA - ADA Flashcards
AAHPERD
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; in 1950’s had a Recreation Therapy section.
AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
Abasement
Degradation of oneself; excessive complacence or accepting punishment.
Abasia
Inability to walk because of a lack of motor coordination, usually due to psychological disturbance
Abate
To decrease or reduce in severity or degree.
Abduction
Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body.
Aberration
Deviation from what is typical or normal.
Abnormal
Diverging from the normal. The problem with the term is that it can only be defined in relation to what is normal, about which there is often much disagreement.
Abrasion
Scraping or rubbing off skin or mucous membrane.
Abcess
Localized collection of pus.
Absence
Petit mal epilepsy.
Abstinence
Refraining voluntarily from some activ- ity, such as sexual intercourse; or from a substance, such as food or drugs.
Abulia
Inability to make decisions.
Abuse
To misuse, attack or injure physically or psychologically. The most common form is child abuse. Child abuse refers to a child who has suffered repeated injuries (includ- ing bone fractures, neurologic and psy- chologic damage, and sexual abuse) at the hands of a parent or adult.