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Thalassophobia (from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa) 'sea' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') [1] is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water, such as the ocean, seas, or lakes. Though related, thalassophobia should not be confused with aquaphobia, which is classified as the fear of water itself. Thalassophobia can include ...
Thalassotherapy. A man wearing mud from the Dead Sea. MeSH. D013790. [edit on Wikidata] Thalassotherapy (from the Greek word thalassa, meaning "sea") is the use of seawater as a form of therapy. [1] It also includes the systematic use of sea products and shore climate. [2] There is no scientific evidence that thalassotherapy is effective.
A thalassocracy or thalattocracy, [1] sometimes also maritime empire, is a state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea, or a seaborne empire. [2] Traditional thalassocracies seldom dominate interiors, even in their home territories. Examples of this were the Phoenician states of Tyre, Sidon and Carthage; the Italian maritime ...
The ACTH test (also called the cosyntropin, tetracosactide, or Synacthen test) is a medical test usually requested and interpreted by endocrinologists to assess the functioning of the adrenal glands' stress response by measuring the adrenal response to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; corticotropin) or another corticotropic agent such as tetracosactide (cosyntropin, tetracosactrin; Synacthen ...
003429. In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed 'vestibular caloric stimulation ') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating cold or warm water or air into the external auditory canal. This method was developed by Robert Bárány, who won a Nobel prize in 1914 for this discovery.
American inventor Leonarde Keeler testing his improved polygraph on Kohler, a former witness for the prosecution at the 1935 trial of Richard Hauptmann. A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, [1] [2] [3] is a pseudoscientific [4] [5] [6] device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and ...
Sexual arousal. Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli. A number of physiological responses occur in the body and mind as preparation for sexual intercourse, and continue during intercourse.
The test is usually administered in a waiting room and takes only a few minutes. The test has a total of 40 questions and consists of 4 different 10 page booklets. [3] On each page, there is a different scratch and sniff strip which are embedded with a microencapsulated odorant. There is also a four choice multiple choice question on each page.