| dominant idea | An idea that governs all one's actions and thoughts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| permanent dominant idea | An exaggerated notion, belief, or delusion that persists, despite evidence to the contrary, and controls the mind, the obstinate conviction of a psychotic person regarding the correctness of his delusion. Synonym: idee fixe, overvalued idea, permanent dominant idea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compulsive idea | A fixed and repetitively recurring idea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperquantivalent idea | An idea that dominates all thought and cannot easily be changed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idea | Any mental image or concept. Origin: G. Semblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| idea of reference | The misinterpretation that other people's statements or acts or neutral objects in the environment are directed toward one's self when, in fact, they are not. (05 Mar 2000) |
| overvalued idea | An exaggerated notion, belief, or delusion that persists, despite evidence to the contrary, and controls the mind, the obstinate conviction of a psychotic person regarding the correctness of his delusion. Synonym: idee fixe, overvalued idea, permanent dominant idea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fixed idea | An exaggerated notion, belief, or delusion that persists, despite evidence to the contrary, and controls the mind, the obstinate conviction of a psychotic person regarding the correctness of his delusion. Synonym: idee fixe, overvalued idea, permanent dominant idea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autosomal dominant | <genetics> Requires only one affected parent have the trait to pass it to offspring. (02 Jan 1998) |
| genes, dominant | Genes that are reflected in the phenotype both in the homozygous and the heterozygous state. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dominant | <genetics> A gene is said to be dominant if it expresses its phenotype even in the presence of a recessive gene. (09 Oct 1997) |
| dominant character | An inherited character determined by one kind of allele. See: phenotype. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dominant eye | The eye that is customarily used for monocular tasks. Synonym: master eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dominant frequency | The frequency occurring most often in an electroencephalogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dominant gene | dominance of traits |
| dominant hemisphere | That cerebral hemisphere containing the representation of speech and controlling the arm and leg used preferentially in skilled movements; usually the left hemisphere. (05 Mar 2000) |