| morbid thirst | An abnormal or excessive thirst, or a craving for unusual forms of drink. Synonym: dipsosis, morbid thirst. Origin: G. Dipseo, to thirst (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| subliminal thirst | A physiologic condition, perhaps caused by hypertonicity of body fluids, insufficient to initiate drinking but at times sufficient to sustain drinking when started; loosely, oligodipsia. Synonym: insensible thirst, subliminal thirst. Origin: hypo-+ G. Dipsa, thirst (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| insensible thirst | A physiologic condition, perhaps caused by hypertonicity of body fluids, insufficient to initiate drinking but at times sufficient to sustain drinking when started; loosely, oligodipsia. Synonym: insensible thirst, subliminal thirst. Origin: hypo-+ G. Dipsa, thirst (05 Mar 2000) |
| thirst | To have a thirst for. "He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood." (Prior) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thirst fever | An elevation of temperature in infants after reduction of fluid intake, diarrhoea, or vomiting; probably caused by reduced available body water, with reduced heat loss by evaporation; an analogous condition in adults is seen when exertion is continued in the face of dehydration. Synonym: dehydration fever, exsiccation fever, inanition fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| true thirst | Thirst that can be satisfied by drinking water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |