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  2. Disenfranchised grief - Wikipedia

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    First, there are usually intensified reactions to death or loss. For example, the griever may become more depressed or angry due to not being able to fully express his or her grief. Secondly, disenfranchised grief means society does not recognize the death or loss; therefore, the griever does not receive strong social support and may be isolated.

  3. Grief - Wikipedia

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    Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or other living thing to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.

  4. Ambiguous loss - Wikipedia

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    Ambiguous loss is a loss that occurs without a significant likelihood of reaching emotional closure or a clear understanding. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This kind of loss leaves a person searching for answers, and thus complicates and delays the process of grieving , and often results in unresolved grief.

  5. Loss of heterozygosity - Wikipedia

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    The classical example of such a loss of protecting genes is hereditary retinoblastoma, in which one parent's contribution of the tumor suppressor Rb1 is flawed. Although most cells will have a functional second copy, chance loss of heterozygosity events in individual cells almost invariably lead to the development of this retinal cancer in the ...

  6. Felony disenfranchisement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This comprised 2.5% of the potential voters in general. The state with the highest number of disenfranchised voters was Florida, with 1.5 million disenfranchised [19] because of a current or previous felony conviction, over 10% of the voting age citizens, including the 774,000 disenfranchised only because of outstanding financial obligations ...

  7. Acquired characteristic - Wikipedia

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    For example: The muscles acquired by a bodybuilder through physical training and diet. The loss of a limb due to an injury. The miniaturization of bonsai plants through cultivation techniques. Acquired characteristics can be minor and temporary like bruises, blisters, or shaving body hair.

  8. Biden allies claim party ‘elites’ are disenfranchising voters ...

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    The new effort is aimed at turning the pressure campaign against Biden back on party insiders by seizing on anger and frustration among some voters who feel disenfranchised by attempts to push the ...

  9. Haploinsufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Another example is the haploinsufficiency of telomerase reverse transcriptase which leads to anticipation in autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita. It is a rare inherited disorder characterized by abnormal skin manifestations, which results in bone marrow failure, pulmonary fibrosis and an increased predisposition to cancer.