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  • 41thermoreception — Sensory capacity (see sense) to detect the temperature of the environment and the body. It helps keep body temperature stable by regulating autonomic responses to temperature changes (see homeostasis). Temperature sensations are generated by… …

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  • 42nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …

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  • 43literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 44feeling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Emotional sensation See also touch, taste Nouns 1. feeling, sensation, sentience, emotion, sensibility, sensitivity; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, experience, response; vibrations; impression,… …

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  • 45Mission Freedom Loudspeaker — The Mission 770 Freedom was an award winning British loudspeaker produced by Mission Electronics, an audio company based in Huntingdon, United Kingdom. The Freedom model variants date from the late 70s through to the late 80s. In all of its… …

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  • 46Mechanosensation — is a response mechanism to mechanical stimuli. The physiological foundation for the senses of touch, hearing and balance, and pain is the conversion of mechanical stimuli into neuronal signals: mechanosensation. Mechanoreceptors of the skin,… …

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  • 47Itch — For other uses, see Itch (disambiguation). Pruritus Classification and external resources A man trying to reach for an itch ICD 10 L …

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  • 48Wacom — This article is about the WACOM Electronics Producer. For the European Project WACOM, see WACOM (WAter COmpetences Model). Wacom Co., Ltd. Industry Computer input devices and software Founded July 12, 1983 …

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  • 49Ayatana — Āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit) is the Buddhist term for a sense base or sense sphere. [ Sense base is used for instance by Bodhi (2000b) and Soma (1999). Sense sphere is used for instance by VRI (1996) and suggested by [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi… …

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  • 50primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… …

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