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  2. Acuity - Wikipedia

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    Visual acuity, the behavioral ability to resolve fine image detail; Care acuity, a level of physical, mental, or behavioral healthcare that's more specialized and intensive, and is provided to people with complex health needs. [1] Tactile acuity, resolving fine spatial details with the sense of touch

  3. American kids got a D- in physical activity. What does that ...

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    Here is another stat you probably don't know: About 70% of adults living in households with children met their own recommended physical activity guidelines. That means, these adults get at least ...

  4. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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    Vital signs (also known as vitals) are a group of the four to six most crucial medical signs that indicate the status of the body's vital (life-sustaining) functions. These measurements are taken to help assess the general physical health of a person, give clues to possible diseases, and show progress toward recovery.

  5. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  6. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    The total number of individual molecules in one mole of a substance, by definition equaling exactly 6.022 140 76 × 10 23. Avogadro's law A physical law which states that volumes of gases which are equal to each other at the same temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. axion

  7. Visual agnosia - Wikipedia

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    It is not due to a deficit in vision (acuity, visual field, and scanning), language, memory, or intellect. [1] While cortical blindness results from lesions to primary visual cortex, visual agnosia is often due to damage to more anterior cortex such as the posterior occipital and/or temporal lobe (s) in the brain. [2]

  8. Athletics (physical culture) - Wikipedia

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    The word athletics is derived from the Greek word "athlos" (ἄθλος), meaning "contest" or "task". [4] The Ancient Olympic Games were born of war and featured various forms of athletics such as running, jumping, boxing and wrestling competitions. [5] In the modern English language the term athletics has taken on two distinct meanings.

  9. Kinesiology - Wikipedia

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    A series of images that represent research (left) and practice (right) in the field of academic kinesiology. Kinesiology (from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis) 'movement' and -λογία-logía 'study of') is the scientific study of human body movement.