a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.
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the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.extreme sensitivity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.
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stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.A pricking; stimulation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: responsive, stimulation.
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