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Session 20: Feelings, Human Relations, Identity, and Sleep Flashcards

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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anestesia

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lack of sensation or feeling

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hyperesthesia

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an abnormal increase in sensitivity or feeling

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excoriae

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to flay

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excoriation

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scratches or abrasions of the skin

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libido

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sexual desire

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miso-

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hatred

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misogyny

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hatred of women

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nausia

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seasickness

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nausea

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feeling of sickness in stomach leading to vomiting

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palliat-

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cloak, soothe

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palliative

A

affording relief but not a cure

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phobos

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fear

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photophobia

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sensitive to (afraid of) light

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hydrophobia

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fear of water (this has been considered a sign of rabies)

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placebo

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to please

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placebo (term)

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an inactive (dummy, control) medical treatment

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placebo effect

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a perceived beneficial effect cause by expectations of a treatment rather than the treatment itself, as much as 30% of humans treated may report a benefit from sugar pills or sterile water if they think they treatment is medication instead of a placebo

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satiety

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sufficiency

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satiety

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full of gratification of appetite or thirst

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-thymia

A

mind, emotions

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dysthymia

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depression

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andro-

A

man

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androgen

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a substance that promotes masculinization

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anthropo-

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man

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anthropomorphism

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attributing human form or characteristics to non-humans

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antropology

A

study of the origins of humans

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atavus

A

grandfather

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atavism

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acquiring a genetic trait from a remote ancestor

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-demic

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people

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endemic

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a disease prevalent to a particular location

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epidemic

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a rapidly spreading disease of humans in the same area, at the same time (an animal “epidemic” is an epizootic)

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pandemic

A

world-wide human disease outbreak

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gameto-

A

husband and wife

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gamete

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a sperm or ova

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gametogenesis

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production of a sperm or ova

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genos

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family, offspring

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genetics

A

study of heredity

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genodermatosis

A

genetic origin (inherited) skin disease

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gynec-

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woman

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gynecology

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study of diseases of the women’s genital tract

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gynecomastia

A

woman-like development of breast tissue in a man

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parthenos

A

virgin

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parthenogenesis

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virgin born, not resulting from a mating

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phylon

A

tribe

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phylum

A

a primary division in the animal kingdom

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presby-

A

old man

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presbyopia

A

aging change in eye accommodation, far-sighted

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pubetas

A

adult sexual characteristics

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puberty

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time of adult sex characteristics and reproduction

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puer

A

child

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puerperal

A

pertaining to the mother of a newborn

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allo-

A

other

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allokinesis

A

involuntary movement (reflex or passive)

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allograft

A

transplant with donor of the same species, but a different genetic makeup

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allelo-

A

like each other

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allele

A

one of a matched pair of genes at like locations on a chromosome with the same function

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allelotaxis

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development of an organ from tissues of a different origin (example - adrenal gland)

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anomalo-

A

irregular, not ordinary

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anomaly

A

deviation from the normal

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anomalous

A

deviating from a general rule

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auto-

A

self

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autogeneous

A

originating from the same individual that receives it (a tissue graft or vaccine)

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autoimmune

A

the immune system becomes sensitized against its own tissue

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idio-

A

self produced

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idiopathic

A

relating to an illness of unknown cause (literally “self produced sickness” but this is not how the term is now used)

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idiosyncracy

A

a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual

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nomen-

A

name

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nomclature

A

a classification of names

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proprio-

A

self

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proprioception

A

sensing stimuli (position or movement) from one’s own body

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coma

A

deep sleep

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comatose

A

unconsciousness when a patient cannot be aroused

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hypno-

A

sleep

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hypnosis

A

sleep-like condition with heightened suggestibility

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hypnotic

A

inducing sleep

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karotis

A

sleep

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carotid

A

principal artery of the neck (compression of both carotids causes a loss of consciousness)

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narco-

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numbness/stupor

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narcosis

A

reversible depression and insensitivity

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narcotic

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an agent that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor

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REM

A

Rapid Eye Movement

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somni-

A

sleep

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somnolence

A

excessive drowsiness or sleepiness

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sopor-

A

deep sleep

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soporific

A

causing profound sleep

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stupere

A

stunned

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stupor

A

reduced or suspended sensibility, numbness

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