1. a woman who sells her body for sexual uses
- a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain
- any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust
2. metaph. an idolatress
- of "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry
Excerpt from Men as Victims by Mark Kastleman
Dr. Gary Lynch, a neuro-scientist at the University of California at Irvine, in discussing how the human brain processes information received from the outside world, said: "What we are saying here is that an event which lasts half a second, within five to ten minutes has produced a structural change that is in some ways as profound as the structural changes one sees in [brain] damage."
Further commenting on how a word or image can immediately alter the brain structure, Dr. Lynch says, ". . . in a matter of seconds, taking an incredibly modest signal, a word. . . which is in your head as an electrical signal for no more than a few seconds, can. . . leave a trace that will last for years."
