The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.
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Sensitiveness
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
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The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at 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 burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Environmental science, Negative emotions, 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.Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in…
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 act of tasting.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.of Hear
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.An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of a…
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 sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
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A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.of Feel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…
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