Strengthening+medicine
21Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… …
22Meniscus injury — Injuries to the crescent shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). The meniscus acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. The two menisci are easily injured by the… …
23Osgood-Schlatter disease — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… …
24Ptosis of the eyelids, adult — Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid lifting (levator) muscle from the eyelid. This may occur with age, after cataract or other eye surgery, an injury, eye tumor or a complication of… …
25Rotator cuff — A group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint. Each of the four tendons hooks up to a muscle that moves the shoulder in a specific direction. The four muscles whose tendons form the rotator cuff are: The subscapularis muscle, which… …
26Urge incontinence — A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate unstoppable urge to urinate. It is a form of urinary incontinence (the unintentional loss of urine) and affects about 1 in 11 adults,… …
27analeptic — 1. Strengthening, stimulating, or invigorating. 2. A restorative remedy. 3. A central nervous system stimulant, particularly used to denote agents that reverse depressed central nervous system function. [G. analeptikos, restorative] * * * …
28antasthenic — 1. Strengthening or invigorating. 2. An agent possessing such qualities. [anti + G. astheneia, weakness] * * * ant·as·then·ic (ant″as thenґik) [ant + asthenic] 1. alleviating weakness, or restoring strength. 2. an agent that alleviates… …
29inotropic — Influencing the contractility of muscular tissue. [ino + G. tropos, a turning] negatively i. weakening muscular action. positively i. strengthening muscular action. * * * ino·tro·pic .ē nə trō pik, .ī nə , träp ik adj relating to or influencing… …
30molybdenum — A silvery white metallic element, atomic no. 42, atomic wt. 95.94; a bioelement found in a number of proteins ( e.g., xanthine oxidase). See m. target tube. [G. molybdaina, a piece of lead; a …
