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petit mal collapse: a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

grand mal collapse: a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

comprehension collapse: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

permission collapse: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"

liberation collapse: the act of liberating someone or something; the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"

mercy collapse: alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"; something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive"

free hand collapse: freedom to do as you see fit; "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack"

eclampsia collapse: a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy

connivance collapse: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing; agreement on a secret plot

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

antibody collapse: any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

antigen collapse: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)

crash collapse: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"; a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"; a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures); (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"; stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"; undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"; hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"; undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"; break violently or noisily; smash;; cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"; fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"; move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"; move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"; occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

excellence collapse: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree; an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"

indulge collapse: enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"; give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"

sophistication collapse: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

immunity collapse: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"; (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

chancre collapse: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

occlusion collapse: (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed; closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

perseverance collapse: the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

blank check collapse: a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank

incorporation collapse: including by incorporating; consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

fortitude collapse: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

indulgence collapse: the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"; the act of indulging or gratifying a desire; a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"; an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

dose collapse: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time; the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time; treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

epilepsy collapse: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

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