| women, working | Women who are engaged in gainful activities usually outside the home. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| working bite | working contacts |
| working distance free | <microscopy> The distance between the front lens of the objective and the coverslip (or uncovered object) when the lens is focused on the specimen. (05 Aug 1998) |
| working occlusal surfaces | The surface's of teeth upon which mastication can occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working occlusion | working contacts |
| working out | In psychoanalysis, the state in the treatment process in which the patient's personal history and psychodynamics are uncovered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working side | In dentistry, the lateral segment of a dentition toward which the mandible is moved during occlusal function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working side condyle | In dentistry, the mandibular condyle on the side toward which the mandible moves in a lateral excursion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working through | In psychoanalysis, the process of obtaining additional insight and personality changes in a patient through repeated and varied examination of a conflict or problem; the interactions between free association, resistance, interpretation, and working out constitute the fundamental facets of this process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jaw-working reflex | <syndrome> An increase in the width of the eye lids during chewing, sometimes with a rhythmic elevation of the upper lid when the mouth is open and ptosis when the mouth is closed. Synonym: Gunn phenomenon, Gunn's syndrome, jaw-winking phenomenon, jaw-working reflex, Marcus Gunn phenomenon, Marcus Gunn syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| affect memory | The emotional element recurring whenever a significant experience is recalled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterograde memory | Memory for that which occurred after an event such as a brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remote memory | Memory for events of long ago as opposed to recent events. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retrograde memory | Memory for that which occurred before an event such as a brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| memory | Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory. (12 Dec 1998) |