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• Sense — In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external or internal stimuli to the brain and perceive them. Sensory reception occurs through a process known as transduction in which stimuli are… …   Medical dictionary

• thermoesthesia — The ability to distinguish differences of temperature. SYN: temperature sense, thermal sense, thermic sense, thermesthesia. [thermo + G. aisthesis, sensation] * * * ther·mo·es·the·sia (thur″mo es theґzhə) temperature sense …   Medical dictionary

• ТЕМПЕРАТУРНАЯ ЧУВСТВИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ — (англ. temperature sense, thermal sense, thermic sense) афферентное звено рефлекторных реакций сохранения теплового баланса организма и среды, таких как озноб, изменение скорости кровотока, потоотделение и т. д. Син. термическое чувство.… …   Большая психологическая энциклопедия

• dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… …   Universalium

• Metaphysics — • That portion of philosophy which treats of the most general and fundamental principles underlying all reality and all knowledge Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Metaphysics     Metaphysics …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Montessori sensorial materials — are materials used in the Montessori classroom to help a child develop and refine his or her five senses. Use of these materials constitutes the next level of difficulty after those of practical life. Like many other materials in the Montessori… …   Wikipedia

• Anesthesia — Loss of feeling or awareness. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. * * * 1. Loss of sensation resulting from pharmacologic depression of nerve function or from neurologic… …   Medical dictionary

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