cognition

1. all forms of knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, imagining, and problem solving. Along with affect and conation, it is one of the three traditionally identified components of mind.

2. an individual percept, idea, memory, or the like. —cognitional adj. —cognitive adj.

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April 24th 2024

German measles

a disease that is caused by the rubella virus and that produces symptoms similar to measles, although it is less contagious. A woman who develops German measles during pregnancy has a 25% chance of giving birth to a child with congenital rubella. The rate of malformation in the fetus ranges from a low of 6% if the virus is contracted during the 3rd month of pregnancy to as high as 50% in the 1st month. The birth defects include malformations of the eyes, ears, and central nervous system (see congenital rubella syndrome). Also called rubella.