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Dysarthria
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Dysarthria Imperfect articulation of speech due to disturbances of muscular control or incoordination.
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Articulation
Bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.
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Dissociation
disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment. The disturbance may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic.
Distractibility
The inability to maintain attention, that is, the shifting from one area or topic to another with minimal provocation, or attention being drawn too frequently to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli.
Double bind
Interaction in which one person demands a response to a message containing mutually contradictory signals, while the other person is unable either to comment on the incongruity or to escape from the situation.
Drive
Basic urge, instinct, motivation; a term used to avoid confusion with the more purely biological concept of instinct.
Dyad
A two-person relationship, such as the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient in individual psychotherapy.
Dysarthria
Dysgeusia
Perversion of the sense of taste.
Dyssomnia
Primary disorders of sleep or wakefulness characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia as the major presenting symptom. Dyssomnias are disorders of the amount, quality, or timing of sleep.
Dextrose
See Glucose.
D and C
Dilatation and curettage. A surgical procedure in which the uterine lining is removed by scraping.
Dacryocystitis
Inflammation of the sac that collects tears for drainage from the eye.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Articulation
Bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Dissociation
disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment. The disturbance may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic.
Distractibility
The inability to maintain attention, that is, the shifting from one area or topic to another with minimal provocation, or attention being drawn too frequently to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli.
Double bind
Interaction in which one person demands a response to a message containing mutually contradictory signals, while the other person is unable either to comment on the incongruity or to escape from the situation.
Drive
Basic urge, instinct, motivation; a term used to avoid confusion with the more purely biological concept of instinct.
Dyad
A two-person relationship, such as the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient in individual psychotherapy.
Dysarthria
Dysgeusia
Perversion of the sense of taste.
Dyssomnia
Primary disorders of sleep or wakefulness characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia as the major presenting symptom. Dyssomnias are disorders of the amount, quality, or timing of sleep.
Dextrose
See Glucose.
D and C
Dilatation and curettage. A surgical procedure in which the uterine lining is removed by scraping.
Dacryocystitis
Inflammation of the sac that collects tears for drainage from the eye.
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