| cumulative effects | Effects on the environment resulting from actions that are individually minor but that add up to a greater total effect as they take place over a period of time. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| prenatal exposure delayed effects | Delayed effects on offspring of maternal or foetal prenatal exposure to drugs, radiation and other physical agents, manipulation, nutrition, stress, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| side effects | Problems that occur when treatment affects healthy cells. Common side effects of cancer treatment are fatigue, nausea, vomiting, decreased blood cell counts, hair loss, and mouth sores. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diamagnetic effects | <radiobiology> Application of a magnetic field to a plasma will tend to create circulating current within the plasma that will reduce the strength of the magnetic field. (09 Oct 1997) |
| experimenter effects | The influence of the experimenter's behaviour, personality traits, or expectancies on the results of that person's own research. See: double blind study. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal alcohol effects | A softer diagnosis than foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The diagnosis of possible FAE is considered when: 1. The person has some signs of FAS; 2. The person does not meet all of the necessary criteria for FAS; and 3. There is a history of alcohol exposure before birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| combined heat and power | An older term for what is now generally called cogeneration. The term is currently used in Europe and other foreign countries. (05 Dec 1998) |
| atomic heat | The amount of heat required to raise an atom from 0 |
| radiant heat | Heat given off from any body in the form of waves, similar to light waves but of greater wavelength. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molar heat capacity | <chemistry> The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one mole of a substance by one degree Celsius (or Kelvin). (09 Jan 1998) |
| molecular heat | The product of the specific heat of a body multiplied by its molecular weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conductive heat | Heat transmitted by direct contact, as by an electric pad or hot water bottle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convective heat | Heat conveyed by a warm medium, such as air or water, in motion from its source. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conversive heat | Heat produced in a body by the absorption of waves that are not in themselves hot, such as the sun's rays or infrared radiation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prickly heat | An eruption of papules and vesicles at the orifices of sweat glands, accompanied by redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin. Synonym: heat rash, lichen infantum, lichen strophulosus, prickly heat, strophulus, summer rash, tropical lichen, lichen tropicus, wildfire rash. (05 Mar 2000) |