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Horizontal abduction

Horizontal abduction refers to the movement of the humerus in the horizontal plane away from the midline of the body.

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Horizontal adduction

Horizontal adduction refers to the movement of the humerus in the horizontal plane toward the midline of the body.

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Horizontal cell

Horizontal cell refers to a type of cell that receives input from receptors and delivers inhibitory input to bipolar cells.

Along with Amacrine cells, Horizontal cells make single

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Horizontal Decalage

Horizontal Decalage refers to an apparent inconsistency in a child's performance, in which a certain cognitive ability is shown in some circumstances but not in others.

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Horizontal Décalage

Horizontal Décalage is Piaget’s term for a child’s uneven cognitive performance; an inability to solve certain problems even though one can solve similar problems requiring the same mental operations.

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Horizontal plane

Horizontal plane is the plane that shows brain structures as seen from above; a plane (x-axis) that shows the brain as seen from above or parallel to the ground.

Hormic psychology

Hormic psychology refers to the name given to McDougall's version of psychology because of its emphasis on purposive or goal-directed behavior.

Hormonal Contraception

Deutsch: Hormonelle Verhütung / Español: Anticoncepción hormonal / Português: Contracepção hormonal / Français: Contraception hormonale / Italiano: Contraccezione ormonale

Hormonal Contraception refers to a method of preventing pregnancy that involves the use of hormones to interfere with the female reproductive cycle. These hormones, which can be synthetic forms of estrogen and progesterone (progestin), work by preventing ovulation, thickening cervical mucus to block sperm, and thinning the lining of the uterus to prevent a fertilized egg from implanting.

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