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  • 111STAT — A common medical abbreviation which is used to imply urgent or rush. It is derived from a Latin word "statim" which means immediately. * * * immediately [Lat. statim]; signal transducer and activator of transcription; state trait… …

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  • 112Charles Spielberger — es un destacado psicólogo clínico/comunitario. Reconocido por el desarrollo del Inventario de Rasgos de Ansiedad (State/Trait Anxiety Inventory STAI ). Sus títulos incluyen un B.S. en química por el Instituto de Tecnología de Georgia y; un B.A.,… …

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  • 113nervous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. jumpy, jittery, fidgety, uneasy; tense, fearful; sensitive, neurotic; high strung; timid. See excitement, agitation, fear.Ant., relaxed. nervous breakdown II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Excitable] Syn.… …

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  • 114solicitous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. considerate; anxious, concerned; eager, careful. See care.Ant., uncaring, inconsiderate. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. devoted, tender, loving, concerned; see kind , thoughtful 2 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 115uneasy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. restless, restive; disturbed, perturbed, disquieted, uncomfortable; anxious, apprehensive, fearful; constrained; fidgety, jittery, on edge, jumpy; uncertain, unstable, touch and go. See agitation,… …

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  • 116unsettled — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. outstanding, unpaid; disturbed, troubled; unfixed, indeterminate. See irregularity, changeableness, insanity, doubt, excitement. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Undetermined] Syn. undecided, unfixed,… …

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  • 117agitated — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disturbed, moved, upset, aroused; see excited , troubled 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective In a state of anxiety or uneasiness: anxious, concerned, distressed, nervous, solicitous, uneasy, unsettled. See FEELINGS …

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  • 118anxious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Disturbed in mind] Syn. apprehensive, concerned, uneasy, worried; see afraid 1 , troubled 1 , uneasy 1 . 2. [Eager] Syn. deSirous, zealous, eager, fervent; see eager , enthusiastic 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at eager . II …

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  • 119concerned — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. involved with interested, active, caring, attentive, solicitous, connected, mixed up in. 2. worried anxious, troubled, ill at ease, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, bothered, pained, uneasy. ANT.: 1.… …

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  • 120distressed — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective In a state of anxiety or uneasiness: agitated, anxious, concerned, nervous, solicitous, uneasy, unsettled. See FEELINGS …

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