Leg pain from degenerative disc disease can also result if the nerve root is compressed. This happens because as the disc degenerates it shrinks and moves, and as a result, there is not as much room for the nerve roots. This is also known as foraminal stenosis. Leg pain from a compressed and inflamed nerve root is typically shooting and electric.
(redirected from Altruistic behavior) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Wikipedia. Related to Altruistic behavior: Altruists. (Äl`troÍoÄ­z`Ém), concept in philosophy and psychology that holds that the interests of others, rather than of the self, can motivate an individual. The term was invented in the 19th cent. by the French philosopher Auguste ComteComte, Auguste.
Definition. The original use of the concept of altruism is traced to Auguste Comte, a French mathematician and philosopher during the first half of the 1800s. The French word that was later translated to altruism, was an adjective that meant, of or to others, what is another's, somebody else..ebster's Dictionary of the English Language defines altruism as, consideration for other people without any thought of self as a principle of conduct.. The injunction against any thought of self, is what distinguishes the definition today.