| persistently growing tooth | A physiologic phenomenon whereby the tooth continually or constantly grows, calcifies, and erupts; e.g., the rat incisor tooth. Synonym: persistently growing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| persister | That which, or one who, is capable of persistence; especially a bacteria that exhibits microbial persistence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| person | 1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. "His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler." (Bacon) "No man can long put on a person and act a part." (Jer. Taylor) "To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright." (Milton) "How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend!" (South) 2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person. "A fair persone, and strong, and young of age." (Chaucer) "If it assume my noble father's person." (Shak) "Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined." (Milton) 3, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. "Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection." (Locke) 4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present. 5. A parson; the parish priest. 6. Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis. "Three persons and one God." 7. One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject. A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person. 8. <biology> A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. "True corms, composed of united personae . . . Usually arise by gemmation, . . . Yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons." (Encyc. Brit) Artificial, or Fictitious, person, a man, woman, or child, in distinction from a corporation. In person, by one's self; with bodily presence; not by representative. "The king himself in person is set forth." . In the person of, in the place of; acting for. Origin: OE. Persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. Persone, F. Personne, L. Persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. Personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See Per-, and cf. Parson. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| person to person epidemic | An epidemic resulting from person to person contact, characterised by a gradual rise and fall in number of cases. (09 Oct 1997) |
| person-years | The sum of the number of years that each member of a population has been afflicted by a certain condition; e.g., years of treatment with a certain drug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| persona | Origin: L. <biology> Same as Person. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| personable | 1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. "Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind." (Spenser) "The king, . . . So visited with sickness, was not personable." (E. Hall) 2. Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Having capacity to take anything granted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| personal construct theory | A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behaviour of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by george kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personal equation | A slight error in judgment, perceptual response, or action peculiar to the individual and so constant that it is usually possible to allow for it in accepting the person's statements or conclusions, thus arriving at approximate exactness; observed in persons whose work involves readings of events in time, such as navigators and air traffic controllers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal growth laboratory | A sensitivity training setting in which the primary emphasis is on each participant's potentialities for creativity, empathy, and leadership. See: sensitivity training group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal health services | Health care provided to individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personal motivation | An individual's predispositions and expectations that give meaning and direction to personality functioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal probability | An idiosyncratic judgment about the outcome of an event; it may include evidence too subtle to be disposed of in a subjective probability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal satisfaction | A subjective evaluation, judgment, or attitude expressed by an individual with respect to the attainment of certain goals or needs based on his level of aspiration or expectation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personal space | Invisible boundaries surrounding the individual's body which are maintained in relation to others. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Satisfaction, Satisfaction, Personal
Synonyms : Body Buffer Zones, Buffer Zone, Body, Buffer Zones, Body, Personal Spaces, Space Privacy, Space, Personal, Spaces, Personal, Zone, Body Buffer, Zones, Body Buffer
Synonyms : Personalities
Synonyms : Assessment, Personality, Assessments, Personality, Personality Assessments
Synonyms : Development, Personality
| perspire |
sweat: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
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| persuasion |
the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action opinion: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
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| perseveration |
the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it perseverance: the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"
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| person |
a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person" a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
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| personality change due to a general medical condition |
[DSM-IV], persistent disturbance of personality due to the direct effects of a general medical condition and neither better accounted for by another mental disorder nor occurring exclusively during delirium.
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| PERS | of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture |
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| PERS | a long-haired breed of cat |
| PERS | a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians |
| PERS | an empire in South Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC |
| PERS | a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula |
| PERS | a war in which the United States and its allies freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders |
| PERS | bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers |
| PERS | a karakul lamb |
| PERS | the fur of a karakul lamb |
| PERS | small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers |
| PERS | tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits |
| PERS | the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine |