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Confabulation In psychiatry, confabulation is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. People who confabulate present incorrect memories ranging from subtle alterations to bizarre fabrications, and are generally very confident about their recollections, despite contradictory evidence.
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- Definition of confiscate - take or seize (someone's property) with authority Definition of confiscate - take or seize (someone's property) with authority dictionary
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- 10 Synonyms found for confabulation. confabulation mid-15c., talking together, from L. confabulationem, noun of action from confabulari (see confabulate). With the details of that confabulation we will not trouble the reader.
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- The word ambulatory is an adjective that means related to walking, or ambulation. Ambulatory is used as an adjective in several different ways in medical care situations. It can refer to a type of patient and care setting, what a patient is able to do (walk), and for equipment and procedures that can be used while walking or by outpatients.
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constipated Definition of constipated for English Language Learners. : unable to easily release solid waste from your body : unable to have a bowel movement easily.
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- con•fla•gra•tion /ˌkɑnfləˈgreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]. 1  a destructive fire over a wide area:Firefighters responded to the conflagration in the factory district.
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conflagration The definition of a conflagration is a massive destructive fire. An example of a conflagration is a large fire that burns up two houses. a big, destructive fire.
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flummox Verb. 1. confound-be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher. befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw.
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convalesce The definition of convalesce is to recover gradually from sickness or injury. Resting at home after a car accident is an example of convalesce. -·lesced′, -·lesc′ing.
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Size Constancy in a Photograph Size Constancy in a Photograph. Size constancy refers to the fact that our peceptions of the size of objects are relatively constant despite the fact that the size of objects on the retina vary greatly with distance. These pages show some demonstrations of the power of size constancy using a photograph I have. Take a look at the photograph to the right and see if all the people in it all look reasonably the same size. Especially compare the near and far people in the photograph.
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confabulation Neurology The falsification of plausible experiences and events in response to questions about situations or events that are not recalled, as a means of 'covering' gaps in memory, a finding typical of Wernicke's encephalopathy. Cf False memory.
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Ambulatory or Walking Status Definition of Ambulatory. The word ambulatory is an adjective that means related to walking, or ambulation. Ambulatory is used as an adjective in several different ways in medical care situations. It can refer to a type of patient and care setting, what a patient is able to do (walk), and for equipment and procedures that can be used while walking or by outpatients.
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Talk:Confabulation Patients with some psychological diseases (such as Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, and Korsakoff's) exhibit confabulation as a symptom. When it is a matter of memory, confabulation is the confusion of imagination with memory, or the confused application of true memories. Confabulations are difficult to differentiate from delusions and from lying.
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KJV Dictionary Definition: confound A fluid body and a wetting liquor, because they agree in many things, are wont to be confounded. Men may confound ideas with words. 4. To perplex; to disturb the apprehension by indistinctness of ideas or words.
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deviate aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens. aberrate - diverge from the expected; The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Ambulatory. The ambulatory is the covered passage around a cloister. The term is sometimes applied to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar.
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- Noun. 1. parfait-layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream. frozen dessert-any of various desserts prepared by freezing. 1  Facebook.
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Fibula The fibula (/ˈfɪbjʉlə/) or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below.It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the slenderest of all the long bones.or the ancient jewelry type, see Fibula (brooch) . The fibula (/ˈfɪbjʉlə/) or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the slenderest of all the long bones.
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confound verb (used with object) 1. to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him. 2. to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people. 3. to throw into increased confusion or disorder.
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- conflate-mix together different elements; The colors blend well. coalesce, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, flux, blend, meld, combine. change integrity-change in physical make-up. gauge-mix in specific proportions; gauge plaster.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Confabulation is a memory disturbance, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. Confabulation is distinguished from lying as there is no intent to deceive and the person is unaware the information is false.
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Definition of 'amputate' Definition of 'amputate'. amputate (æmpjʊteɪt ) To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged. To save his life, doctors amputated his legs. He had to have one leg amputated above the knee. Synonyms: cut off, remove, separate, sever More Synonyms of amputate.
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confound c.1300, make uneasy, abash, from Anglo-French confoundre, Old French confondre (12c.) crush, ruin, disgrace, throw into disorder, from Latin confundere to confuse, literally to pour together, mix, mingle, from com- together (see com-) + fundere to pour (see found (v.2)).
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- Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  ambulatory(adj) a covered walkway (as in a cloister) it has an ambulatory and seven chapels. 2  ambulatory(adj) relating to or adapted for walking. an ambulatory corridor. 3  ambulant, ambulatory(adj) able to walk about. the patient is ambulatory.
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ineffable Ineffable comes from ineffabilis, which joins the prefix in-, meaning not, with the adjective effabilis, meaning capable of being expressed. Effabilis comes from effari (to speak out), which in turn comes from ex-and fari (to speak).
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accommodate Definition of accommodate for English Language Learners. : to provide room for (someone) : to provide a place to stay and sleep for (someone) : to have room for (someone or something)