See Also: Limulus(medicine)
limulus(dictionary)
limulus test(medicine)
Limulus polyphemus(medicine)
limulus lysate test(medicine)
Systematic(money)
Systematic name(medicine)
Systematic(medicine)
systematic(dictionary)
systematic(dictionary)

Systematic desensitization (health) and Limulus (medicine)


Systematic desensitization (health)


A behavior therapy procedure widely used to modify behaviors associated with phobias. The procedure involves the construction of a hierarchy of anxiety-producing stimuli by the subject, and gradual presentation of the stimuli until they no longer produce anxiety.





Limulus (medicine)


limulus
<zoology> The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America.

Synonym: Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.