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chapter 8 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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physiological needs | the needs that relate to the processes and activities that keep living things alive |
psychological needs | needs that involve social interaction, emotions, intellect, and spirituality |
holistic care | a type of care that involves caring for the whole person-including the person's physical, psychological, social , and spiritual needs |
masturbation | to touch or rub sexual organs to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure |
sexual orientation | a person's physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to another person |
gender identity | a deeply felt sense of one's gender |
bisexual; bi- | a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction may be for people of the same gender or different gender |
cisgender | a person whose gender identity matches their birth sex (sex assigned at birth due to anatomy) |
coming out | a continual process of revealing one's sexual orientation or gender identity to others |
cross-dresser | typically a heterosexual male who sometimes wears clothing and other items usually associated with women |
gay | a person whose physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction is for people of the same sex |
lesbian | a woman whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is for other women |
LGBTQ | acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer |
queer | a term used to describe sexual orientation that is not exclusively heterosexual |
straight | a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is for people of the opposite sex |
nonbinary and/or genderqueer | a person whose identity does not fit the category of man or woman; the person's gender may be in-between those two categories or may entirely different from them |
transgender | a person whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth due to anatomy |
transition | the process of changing genders, which can include legal procedures, medical measures, telling others, and using new pronouns |
spiritual | of, or relating to, the spirit or soul |
reincarnation | a belief that some part of a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body |
karma | the belief that all past and present deeds affect one's future and future lives |
yarmulke | a small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith |
agnostics | people who believe that they do not know or cannot know if God exists |
atheists | people who believe that there is no God |
dietary restrictions | rules about what and/or when individuals can eat |
fasting | not eating food or eating very little food |
vegetarians | people who do not eat meat, fish, or poultry and may not eat eggs or dairy products |
vegans | vegetarians who do not eat any animal products, including milk, cheese other dairy items, or eggs; vegans may also choose to not use or wear any animal products |
premature | the term for babies who are born before 37 weeks' gestation (more than three weeks before the due date) |
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) | a condition in which babies stop breathing and die for no known reason while asleep |
cognitive | related to thinking and learning |
chickenpox | a highly contagious viral illness that is common among children |
leukemia | a form of cancer in which the body's white blood cells are unable to fight disease |
anorexia | an eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercises excessively to lose weight |
bulimia | an eating disorder i which a person eats huge amounts of foods or very fattening foods, and then eliminates the food by vomiting, using laxatives, or excessively exercising |
trauma | severe injury (physically, emotionally, psychologically) |
menopause | the end of menstruation (occurs when a woman has not had a menstrual period for 12 months) |
geriatrics | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in older and elderly adults, as well as with problems related to aging |
gerontology | the study of the aging process in people from midlife through old age |
ageism | prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older adults or the elderly |
developmental disabilities | disabilities that are present at birth or emerge during childhood up to age 22 |