Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
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Social anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder: Excessive fear
of embarrassment in social
situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating
effects on personal and professional relationships. Also called social phobia.
Phobias are
persistent, irrational fears of certain objects or situations. They
reco...
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Social phobia
Social phobia: Excessive fear of embarrassment in social
situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating
effects on personal and professional relationships.
The symptoms and signs of social phobia include blushing,
sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat, muscle tension, nausea or o...
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Social psychology
Social psychology: The study of the mind and mental processes, particularly as regards social interactions, focusing on the ways our actions influence others, and vice versa.
Social psychology is a hybrid discipline, a fusion product of sociology and psychology. (In contrast to psychology's atomizat...
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Social worker, clinical
Social worker, clinical: See: Licensed clinical social worker....
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Socialized medicine
Socialized medicine: A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals, work for the government and draw salaries from the government. Doctors in the US Veterans Administration and the Armed Services are paid this way. And the Veterans and U...
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Sociogenomics
Sociogenomics: The identification of the genes that influence social behavior, the understanding of the influence of these genes on underlying neural and endocrine mechanisms, and the exploration of the effects of the environment -- particularly the social environment -- on gene action. The term "so...
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Sociopath
Sociopath: A term once used for someone with what is now called antisocial personality disorder....
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Sociopathic personality
Sociopathic personality: See: Antisocial personality disorder....
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Sociopathic personality disorder
Sociopathic personality disorder: See: Antisocial personality disorder....
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Sociophobia
Sociophobia: Fear of social gatherings, fear of socializing, fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have markedly debilitating effects on personal and professional relationships.
Phobias are persistent, excessive, irrational fears of certain objects or situat...
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Sodium
Sodium: The major positive ion (cation) in fluid outside of cells. The chemical notation for sodium is Na+. When combined with chloride, the resulting substance is table salt. Excess sodium (such as from fast food hamburger and fries) is excreted in the urine. Too much or too little sodium can cause...
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Sodium perchlorate
Sodium perchlorate: See: Perchlorate....
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Soft chancre
Soft chancre: See: Chancroid....
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Soft palate
Soft palate: The muscular part of the roof of the
mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone and so is soft....
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Soft sore
Soft sore: See: Chancroid....
