| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
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| AAPS | American Association of Plastic Surgeons; Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale; Association of Ame... |
| ASPRS | American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons |
| BAPS | biomechanical ankle platform system; bovine albumin phosphate saline; British Association of Paediat... |
| BSR | basal skin resistance; blood sedimentation rate; bowel sounds regular; brain stimulation reinforceme... |
| DRO | Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviour |
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| NCR | Noncontingent reinforcement |
| VRA | Visual Reinforcement Audiometry |
| CRF | continuous reinforcement |
| DRL | differential reinforcement of low rate |
| gasket | 1. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. 2. <mechanics> The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. Any ring or washer of packing. Origin: Cf. F. Garcette, It. Gaschetta, Sp. Cajeta caburn, garceta reef point. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| reinforcement | 1. <neurology> An increase of force or strength; denoting specifically the increased sharpness of the patellar reflex when the patient at the same time closes the fist tightly or pulls against the flexed fingers or contracts some other set of muscles. See: Jendrassik's manoeuvre. 2. <dentistry> A structural addition or inclusion used to give additional strength in function; e.g., bars in plastic denture base. 3. <psychology> In conditioning, the totality of the process in which the conditioned stimulus is followed by presentation of the unconditioned stimulus which, itself, elicits the response to be conditioned. See: reinforcer, schedules of reinforcement, classical conditioning, operant conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reinforcement schedule | <psychology> A schedule prescribing when the subject is to be reinforced or rewarded in terms of temporal interval in psychological experiments. The schedule may be continuous or intermittent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reinforcement, verbal | Use of word stimulus to strengthen a response during learning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary reinforcement | Satisfaction of physiological needs or drives, such as that supplied by food or sleep. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary reinforcement | Reinforcement through something which, while it does not satisfy the need directly, has been associated with direct satisfaction of the need, such as the effect on behaviour of a food or beer commercial on television. (05 Mar 2000) |
| social reinforcement | <psychology> The strengthening of a response with a social reward such as a nod of approval, a parent's love or attention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bingham plastic | A material that, in the idealised case, does not flow until a critical stress (yield stress) is exceeded, and then flows at a rate proportional to the excess of stress over the yield stress; real materials probably only approach this ideal model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| modeling plastic | A thermoplastic material usually composed of gum damar and prepared chalk, used especially for making dental impressions. Synonym: impression compound, modeling composition, modeling compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic | 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. "See plastic Nature working to his end." (Pope) 2. Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child. 3. Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. "Medallions . . . Fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art." (J. S. <medicine> Harford) Plastic clay See Force. Plastic operation, an operation in plastic surgery. Plastic surgery, that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body. Origin: L. Plasticus, Gr, fr. To form, mold: cf. F. Plastique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plastic anatomy | The construction or study of models in layers which can be removed one after the other to show the structure of the organism and/or organ. Synonym: plastic anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, accompanied by a fibrinous exudation, which often forms a cast of the bronchial tree with severe obstruction of air flow. Synonym: plastic bronchitis, pseudomembranous bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic corpuscle | A cell present in an exudate that assists in the organization of new tissue. Synonym: exudation cell, inflammatory corpuscle, plastic corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic cyclitis | Inflammation of the ciliary body, and usually of the entire uveal tract, with a fibrinous exudation into the anterior and vitreous chambers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic embedding | The infiltrating of histological specimens with plastics, including acrylic resins, epoxy resins and polyethylene glycol, for support of the tissues in preparation for sectioning with a microtome. (12 Dec 1998) |
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