August 06, 2006
Prosopagnosia
An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.
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August 01, 2006
Prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia - An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.
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April 21, 2006
Death Rattle
A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.
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February 24, 2006
Discipline
Discipline is doing a thing even when there is no inspiration or motivation.
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January 26, 2006
Faith And Trust
According to Merrium-Webster faith is “belief, trust in, and loyalty to God” which would seem to mean that trust is just a subset of faith. As in, in order to have faith you must believe in God, trust God with your life, and remain loyal and faithful to God throughout life. Now, seeing as no one is perfect aside from Christ, most of us don’t have perfect faith – but perhaps that’s the definition of perfect faith?
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October 26, 2005
Ascetic
A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.
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January 13, 2005
Catalyst
According to Merriam-Webster a catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action.
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December 21, 2004
Hope
Hope is knowing there's something better.
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November 18, 2004
Antimatter
Antimatter: matter composed of antiparticles (m-w.com)
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Antiparticle
Antiparticle: a subatomic particle identical to another subatomic particle in mass but opposite to it in electric and magnetic properties (as sign of charge) that when brought together with its counterpart produces mutual annihilation; especially : a subatomic particle not found in ordinary matter. (m-w.com)
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November 11, 2004
Galoshes
Galoshes. Just say it out loud. Go ahead. Galoshes. Isn't that fun? Galoshes.
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November 03, 2004
Placate
Placate: to soothe or mollify especially by concessions (per m-w.com)
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November 01, 2004
Disheveled
According to Merrium webster Online, disheveled means "marked by disorder or disarray."
No word more perfectly reflects the way I'm feeling right now.
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September 13, 2004
Bosh
Bosh: Nonsense.
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September 02, 2004
Transference vs Projection
transference: In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the analyst.
projection: The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.
Definition by: Dictionary.com
Projection and transference are similar concepts - both act as defense mechanisms of the subconscious. Transference deals with feelings created from one interpersonal situation transferring to the next while projection deals with throwing one's own feelings and emotions onto a subject, animate or otherwise.
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September 01, 2004
Myelin
myelin: a soft white somewhat fatty material that forms a thick myelin sheath about the protoplasmic core of a myelinated nerve fiber.
Definition by: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
As I understand it, myelin is part of our thought process - and is an important player in judgement making. Tonight M explained that myelin develops later in men, reaching full maturity in the mid 20s, than it does in women. I now understand, per this explaination, why men have elevated car insurance rates until they turn 25.
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