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Kluever-Bucy Syndrome
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Kluever-Bucy Syndrome Seen in temporally lobectomized animals. They unnaturally tame, indiscriminately sexual and "psychially" blind. They can not recognize objects or learn to discriminate between them.
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Sexual
Pertaining to sex or, more particularly, the stimulation, responsiveness, and functions of the sex organs either alone or with one or more partners.
Blind
1. Unable to see. Without part or all of the sense of sight.2. In a clinical trial, not to know the treatment given or received. The participant is not told whether they are in the experimental or control arm of the study. Also called masked.
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Klismaphilia
A paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and [dependent upon]{contingent on} being given an enema by the partner [from Greek, klysma, enema + -philia] There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being the enema giver. Klismaphilia may be adjunctive to rubber fetishism or to bondage and discipline. (adjective, klismaphilic): the condition in which a person is dependent on being given an enema, or on the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Klysmaphilia
a paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and [dependent upon]{contingent on} being given an enema by the partner [from Greek, klysma, enema + -philia] There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being the enema giver. Klismaphilia may be adjunctive to rubber fetishism or to bondage and discipline. The condition in which a person is dependent on being given an enema, or on the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Karyotype
The full set of chromosomes of a cell arranged with respect to size, shape, and number. This arrangement allows visual comparison of the chromosomes and identification of gross abnormalities (e.g. extra, missing or broken chromosomes).
Kegels
These exercises, involving the tightening and relaxing of the muscles of the vagina and perineum (the area between the vagina and the anus), canhelp prepare for delivery and will also speed postpartum recovery.
Kidney and urological disorders
Disorders of the system that filters waste and produces urine. Thesedisorders range from mild urinary tract infections to more serious ailments such as renal failure.
Kluever-Bucy Syndrome
Koro
A culture specific syndrome of China involving fear of retraction of penis into abdomen with the belief that this will lead to death.
Keratin
The main protein of skin, hair and nails.
Knee
The complex hinge joint of the upper and lower leg involving the femur, tibia and patella.
Knock-knee
A deformity in which the knees rub together or touch each other in walking.
Ketones (Ketone Bodies)
Chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat for its energy. Ketone bodies can poison and even kill body cells. When the body does not have the help of insulin, the ketones build up in the blood and then "spill" over into the urine so that the body can get rid of them. The body can also rid itself of one type of ketone, called acetone, through the lungs. This gives the breath a fruity odor. Ketones that build up in the body for a long time lead to serious illness and coma.
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Sexual
Pertaining to sex or, more particularly, the stimulation, responsiveness, and functions of the sex organs either alone or with one or more partners.
Blind
1. Unable to see. Without part or all of the sense of sight.2. In a clinical trial, not to know the treatment given or received. The participant is not told whether they are in the experimental or control arm of the study. Also called masked.
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PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Klismaphilia
A paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and [dependent upon]{contingent on} being given an enema by the partner [from Greek, klysma, enema + -philia] There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being the enema giver. Klismaphilia may be adjunctive to rubber fetishism or to bondage and discipline. (adjective, klismaphilic): the condition in which a person is dependent on being given an enema, or on the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Klysmaphilia
a paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and [dependent upon]{contingent on} being given an enema by the partner [from Greek, klysma, enema + -philia] There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being the enema giver. Klismaphilia may be adjunctive to rubber fetishism or to bondage and discipline. The condition in which a person is dependent on being given an enema, or on the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Karyotype
The full set of chromosomes of a cell arranged with respect to size, shape, and number. This arrangement allows visual comparison of the chromosomes and identification of gross abnormalities (e.g. extra, missing or broken chromosomes).
Kegels
These exercises, involving the tightening and relaxing of the muscles of the vagina and perineum (the area between the vagina and the anus), canhelp prepare for delivery and will also speed postpartum recovery.
Kidney and urological disorders
Disorders of the system that filters waste and produces urine. Thesedisorders range from mild urinary tract infections to more serious ailments such as renal failure.
Kluever-Bucy Syndrome
Koro
A culture specific syndrome of China involving fear of retraction of penis into abdomen with the belief that this will lead to death.
Keratin
The main protein of skin, hair and nails.
Knee
The complex hinge joint of the upper and lower leg involving the femur, tibia and patella.
Knock-knee
A deformity in which the knees rub together or touch each other in walking.
Ketones (Ketone Bodies)
Chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat for its energy. Ketone bodies can poison and even kill body cells. When the body does not have the help of insulin, the ketones build up in the blood and then "spill" over into the urine so that the body can get rid of them. The body can also rid itself of one type of ketone, called acetone, through the lungs. This gives the breath a fruity odor. Ketones that build up in the body for a long time lead to serious illness and coma.
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