Term: desensitization technique: a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: centering: (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: western redbud: shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: genus lespedeza: genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: source code: program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: self: your consciousness of your own identity
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: bolus: a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: glucose tolerance test: test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: songbird: any bird having a musical call
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sketch: a brief literary description
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: hairy root: a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots