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Phylism
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Phylism A coined term used to refer to an element or unit of response or behavior of an organism that belongs to an individual through its phylogenetic heritage as a member of its species .
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Organism
A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a fungus.
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
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Phyletic
Of or pertaining to a race. Phyletic components or aspects of behavior in human beings are those shared by all members of the human race, as compared with behavior that is individual and biographically or ontogenetically idiosyncratic. Phyletic behavior is the product of both prenatal and postnatal determinants, as is personal biographic behavior. Each is the end product of both innate and experiential determinants.
Phyllocontin
Phyllocontin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): aminophylline.
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Phylogeny
In biology, the developmental history of a species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
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Pheromone
An odorous substance or smell secreted by an organism that acts as a chemical messenger between members of the same or different species and serves as a foe repellent, territorial boundary or path marker, social heriarchy position indicator, child-parent bonding agent, or sexual lover/lover mate attractant. Pheromones may also regulate the reproductive ecology within a given species; an odoriferous substance that acts as a chemical messenger between individuals. By contrast, a hormone acts as a chemical messenger within the bloodstream of a single individual. In mammals, pheromones serve as foe repellents, boundary markers, child-parent attractants, and sex attractants.
Phimosis
Constriction of the foreskin so that it does not pull back, retracted over the glans of the penis
Phlogiston
A hypothetical substance which, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to produce fire.
Phocomelia
A birth defect of a limb, likened in everyday speech to a seal flipper, the hand or foot being attached to the trunk of the body by a single, small, deformed bone without, respectively, an elbow or knee.
Phyletic
Of or pertaining to a race. Phyletic components or aspects of behavior in human beings are those shared by all members of the human race, as compared with behavior that is individual and biographically or ontogenetically idiosyncratic. Phyletic behavior is the product of both prenatal and postnatal determinants, as is personal biographic behavior. Each is the end product of both innate and experiential determinants.
Phylism
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Phylogeny
In biology, the developmental history of a species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Pictophilia
A paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are not only responsive to, but also contingent on viewing pictures, movies, or video cassettes of activities commonly classified as dirty, pornographic, or obscene, alone or in the presence of the sexual partner. The same term is used for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of having sexuoerotic arousal contingent on showing visual erotica to the partner. The condition of being responsive to or dependent on erotic pictures in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Pituitary gland
An endocrine gland situated deep in the brain in the midline behind the eyes, and directly associated with the hypothalamus. The hormones of the anterior pituitary regulate many functions of the other endocrine glands of the body. The pituitary is also known as the hypophysis.
Plateau phase
The second of four sexual phases delineated by Masters and Johnson.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Organism
A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a fungus.
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Phyletic
Of or pertaining to a race. Phyletic components or aspects of behavior in human beings are those shared by all members of the human race, as compared with behavior that is individual and biographically or ontogenetically idiosyncratic. Phyletic behavior is the product of both prenatal and postnatal determinants, as is personal biographic behavior. Each is the end product of both innate and experiential determinants.
Phyllocontin
Phyllocontin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): aminophylline.
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Phylogeny
In biology, the developmental history of a species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pheromone
An odorous substance or smell secreted by an organism that acts as a chemical messenger between members of the same or different species and serves as a foe repellent, territorial boundary or path marker, social heriarchy position indicator, child-parent bonding agent, or sexual lover/lover mate attractant. Pheromones may also regulate the reproductive ecology within a given species; an odoriferous substance that acts as a chemical messenger between individuals. By contrast, a hormone acts as a chemical messenger within the bloodstream of a single individual. In mammals, pheromones serve as foe repellents, boundary markers, child-parent attractants, and sex attractants.
Phimosis
Constriction of the foreskin so that it does not pull back, retracted over the glans of the penis
Phlogiston
A hypothetical substance which, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to produce fire.
Phocomelia
A birth defect of a limb, likened in everyday speech to a seal flipper, the hand or foot being attached to the trunk of the body by a single, small, deformed bone without, respectively, an elbow or knee.
Phyletic
Of or pertaining to a race. Phyletic components or aspects of behavior in human beings are those shared by all members of the human race, as compared with behavior that is individual and biographically or ontogenetically idiosyncratic. Phyletic behavior is the product of both prenatal and postnatal determinants, as is personal biographic behavior. Each is the end product of both innate and experiential determinants.
Phylism
Phylogenetic
Belonging to the developmental history of an animal or vegetable species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Phylogeny
In biology, the developmental history of a species, which is the genealogical history shared by all members of the species.
Pictophilia
A paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are not only responsive to, but also contingent on viewing pictures, movies, or video cassettes of activities commonly classified as dirty, pornographic, or obscene, alone or in the presence of the sexual partner. The same term is used for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of having sexuoerotic arousal contingent on showing visual erotica to the partner. The condition of being responsive to or dependent on erotic pictures in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Pituitary gland
An endocrine gland situated deep in the brain in the midline behind the eyes, and directly associated with the hypothalamus. The hormones of the anterior pituitary regulate many functions of the other endocrine glands of the body. The pituitary is also known as the hypophysis.
Plateau phase
The second of four sexual phases delineated by Masters and Johnson.
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