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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

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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

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mind, emotions

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dysthymia

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depression

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andro-

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man

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androgen

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a substance that promotes masculinization

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anthropo-
man
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anthropomorphism
attributing human form or characteristics to non-humans
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antropology
study of the origins of humans
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atavus
grandfather
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atavism
acquiring a genetic trait from a remote ancestor
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-demic
people
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endemic
a disease prevalent to a particular location
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epidemic
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
world-wide human disease outbreak
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gameto-
husband and wife
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gamete
a sperm or ova
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gametogenesis
production of a sperm or ova
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genos
family, offspring
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genetics
study of heredity
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genodermatosis
genetic origin (inherited) skin disease
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gynec-
woman
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gynecology
study of diseases of the women's genital tract
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gynecomastia
woman-like development of breast tissue in a man
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parthenos
virgin
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parthenogenesis
virgin born, not resulting from a mating
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phylon
tribe
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phylum
a primary division in the animal kingdom
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presby-
old man
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presbyopia
aging change in eye accommodation, far-sighted
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pubetas
adult sexual characteristics
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puberty
time of adult sex characteristics and reproduction
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puer
child
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puerperal
pertaining to the mother of a newborn
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allo-
other
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allokinesis
involuntary movement (reflex or passive)
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allograft
transplant with donor of the same species, but a different genetic makeup
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allelo-
like each other
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allele
one of a matched pair of genes at like locations on a chromosome with the same function
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allelotaxis
development of an organ from tissues of a different origin (example - adrenal gland)
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anomalo-
irregular, not ordinary
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anomaly
deviation from the normal
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anomalous
deviating from a general rule
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auto-
self
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autogeneous
originating from the same individual that receives it (a tissue graft or vaccine)
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autoimmune
the immune system becomes sensitized against its own tissue
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idio-
self produced
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idiopathic
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 structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual
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nomen-
name
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nomclature
a classification of names
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proprio-
self
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proprioception
sensing stimuli (position or movement) from one's own body
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coma
deep sleep
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comatose
unconsciousness when a patient cannot be aroused
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hypno-
sleep
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hypnosis
sleep-like condition with heightened suggestibility
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hypnotic
inducing sleep
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karotis
sleep
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carotid
principal artery of the neck (compression of both carotids causes a loss of consciousness)
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narco-
numbness/stupor
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narcosis
reversible depression and insensitivity
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narcotic
an agent that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor
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REM
Rapid Eye Movement
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somni-
sleep
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somnolence
excessive drowsiness or sleepiness
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sopor-
deep sleep
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soporific
causing profound sleep
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stupere
stunned
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stupor
reduced or suspended sensibility, numbness

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