- is the
quality of an
appendage or
organ that has
adapted for
grasping or holding.
Grasping is
often preceded by reaching,
which is
highly dependent on...
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frequent in
infants of fur
carrying primate species. It is
theorized that the
grasping reflex evolved as it is
essential to
survival in species,
usually primates...
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recorded in most dictionaries) are a handheld,
hinged instrument used for
grasping and
holding objects.
Forceps are used when
fingers are too
large to grasp...
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Catalepsy (from
Ancient Gr**** katálēpsis, κατάληψις, "seizing,
grasping") is a
neurological condition characterized by
muscular rigidity and
fixity of...
- The
Gripping Hand is a
science fiction novel by
American writers Larry Niven and
Jerry Pournelle,
published in 1993. A
sequel to
their 1974 work The Mote...
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semiconscious patients,
carphologia describes the
actions of
picking or
grasping at
imaginary objects, as well as the patient's own
clothes or bed linens...
- The "
grasping the
large and
letting the
small go"
policy (Chinese: 抓大放小; pinyin: Zhuā dà fàng xiǎo) was part of a wave of
industrial reforms implemented...
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Prehensility is the
quality of an
appendage or
organ that has
adapted for
grasping or holding. The word is
derived from the
Latin term prehendere, meaning...
- of "all
phenomena as a
unified totality,"
without any conceptualizing,
grasping, goal s****ing, or subject-object duality.
According to Leighton, this method...
