| confabulation | <psychiatry> Fabrication of detailed, plausible experiences and events to cover gaps in memory. May occur as a feature of Wernicke's encephalopathy. (05 Jan 1998) |
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| confectio | Synonym: confection. Origin: L. Fr. Conficio, pp. -fectus, to make ready, prepare (05 Mar 2000) |
| confection | A pharmaceutical preparation consisting of a drug mixed with honey or syrup; a soft solid, sometimes used as an excipient for pill masses. Synonym: confectio, conserve, electuary. Origin: L. Confectio (05 Mar 2000) |
| confertus | Arranged closely together; coalescing. Origin: L. Confercio, pp. -fertus, to cram together, fr. Farcio, to fill full, cram (05 Mar 2000) |
| confidence interval | A range of values for a variable of interest, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| confidence intervals | A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable. (12 Dec 1998) |
| confidentiality | Entrusted communication of information which is considered private and implies an ethical or legal principle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| configuration | <chemistry> The three-dimensional arrangement of an organic molecule that is caused by: double bonds that prevent free rotation, or chiral centres that haveside groups arranged around them in a particular order. A configurational isomer cannot be turned into another configuration without breaking covalent bonds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| confinement | Lying-in; giving birth to a child. Origin: L. Confine (ntr.), a boundary, confine, fr. Con-+ finis, boundary (05 Mar 2000) |
| confinement time | <radiobiology> There are several types. The general definition is tau = [total]/[loss per unit time], hence Tau_E = [total energy]/[energy loss per unit time]. Tau_[E, N,.] is the amount of time the plasma is contained (for example, by magnetic fields) before its [energy (E), particles (N or P)] leak / dissipate away. The different types are, in general, similar but not equal. (N.B., Tau_E is NOT electron confinement time!) (09 Oct 1997) |
| conflict | <psychology> The internal individual struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, or external and internal demands. In group interactions, competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons). (12 Dec 1998) |
| conflict of interest | A situation in which a private person might benefit from his official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between his private interests or finances and his official responsibilities in his position of trust. The term is not restricted to private finances nor to only government officials. The concept refers both to actual or proven conflict of interest and the appearance or perception of conflict. (12 Dec 1998) |
| conflorescence | A compound inflorescence consisting of two or more unit inflorescences. (09 Oct 1997) |
| confluence | A flowing together; a joining of two or more streams. Synonym: confluens. Origin: L. Confluens (05 Mar 2000) |
| confluence of sinuses | A meeting place, at the internal occipital protuberance, of the superior sagittal, straight, occipital, drained by the two transverse sinuses of the dura mater. Synonym: confluens sinuum. (05 Mar 2000) |