White by Definition: Social Classification in Creole Louisiana.

Constipation: definition and classification.

Tannins: classification and definition.

The name ‘tannin’ is derived from the French ‘tanin’ (tanning substance) and is used for a range of natural polyphenols. Since ancient times it is known that certain organic substances have tanning properties and are able to tan animal skins to form leather. Prehistoric tribes already knew about the tanning of protective animal hides with brain material and the fat of the killed animals. Howeve...

Creole in Mauritius

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com I chose to present the creole issue in Mauritius in the same way as I have used it in my research. The ambiguity, if not the blurring of the meaning of this term, has led me not to use it at all. I replaced it with the concept of autochthony, although the Mauritian settlement did not produce a myth of origin. The first part deals with the constituti...

Subjective Halitosis: Definition and Classification.

Subjective halitosis is not confirmed by halitometer or third party individuals despite the patient insistently complaints malodor. This condition is named imaginary, delusional, pseudo, non-genuine, psychogenic, psychosomatic halitosis, halitophobia, body odor psychosis, depression, hypochondriasis, olfactory reference syndrome, chronic olfactory paranoid, syndrome, olfactory obsession, obsess...

Cardiorenal syndromes: definition and classification.

To include the vast array of interrelated derangements, and to stress the bidirectional nature of the heart-kidney interactions, the classification of the cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) includes today five subtypes whose etymology reflects the primary and secondary pathology, the time-frame and simultaneous cardiac and renal codysfunction secondary to systemic disease. The CRS can be generally defi...