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external boundary

in psychoanalytic theory, the boundary between the ego and external reality, as opposed to the internal boundary between the ego and id.

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NMDA

NMDA

N-methyl-D-aspartate: an agonist that binds to a class of glutamate receptors that are both ligand-gated and voltage-sensitive (see NMDA receptor).