| ADA | adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; American Dermatological Association; American Diab... |
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| AGA | accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Associat... |
| AOA | American Osteopathic Association; Administration on Aging; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; American... |
| ACP | accessory conduction pathway; acid phosphatase; acyl carrier protein; American College of Pathologis... |
| AMA | against medical advice; alkaline membrane assay; American Management Association; American Medical A... |
| association time | Time elasping between a stimulus and the verbalised response to it. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| association tract | See: association system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genetic association | The occurrence together in a population, more often than can be readily explained by chance, of two or more traits of which at least one is known to be genetic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clang association | Psychic association's resulting from sounds; often encountered in the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plant association | A grouping of plant species, or a plant community, that recurs across the landscape. Plant associations are used as indicators of environmental conditions such as temperature, moisture, light, etc. (05 Dec 1998) |
| word association tests | Lists of words to which individuals are asked to respond ascertaining the conceptual meaning held by the individual. (12 Dec 1998) |
| New York Heart Association classification | A functional classification to assess cardiovascular disability. Class I: patients with cardiac disease without limitation of physical activity. Ordinary activity does not cause symptoms. Class II: patients with cardiac disease with slight limitation of activity; comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea or angina. Class III: patients with cardiac disease producing marked limitation of activity: comfortable at rest. Less than ordinary physical activity causes symptoms. Class IV: patients with cardiac disease resulting in inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort. Symptoms may be present even at rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free association | Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind. (12 Dec 1998) |
| laws of association | Principles formulated by Aristotle to account for the functional relationships between ideas; the law of contiguity (association) proved most useful to experimental psychologists, culminating in modern studies of respondent conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loosening of association | A manifestation of a severe thought disorder characterised by the lack of an obvious connection between one thought or phrase and the next, or with the response to a question. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accident neurosis | Any functional nervous disorder following an accident or injury. See: posttraumatic stress disorder. Synonym: accident neurosis, posttraumatic neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anxiety neurosis | Chronic abnormal distress and worry to the point of panic followed by a tendency to avoid or run from the feared situation, associated with overaction of the sympathetic nervous system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| battle neurosis | A stress condition or mental disorder induced by conditions existing in warfare. See: battle fatigue. Synonym: battle neurosis, military neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac neurosis | Anxiety concerning the state of the heart, as a result of palpitation, chest pain, or other symptoms not due to heart disease; a form of hypochondriasis. See: neurocirculatory asthenia. Synonym: cardioneurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vasomotor neurosis | A group of trophic disorders in which pathological changes occur in blood vessels, often due to autonomic nervous system dysfunction; includes Raynaud's disease, acrocyanosis, erythromelalgia, Buerger's disease, causalgia, and trench foot; archaic concept. Synonym: angioneurosis, vasoneurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |