Strengthening+medicine
31neurotonic — 1. Relating to neurotony. 2. Strengthening or stimulating impaired nervous action. 3. An agent that improves the tone or force of the nervous system …
32normalization — 1. Making normal or according to the standard. 2. Reducing or strengthening of a solution to make it normal. 3. Adjusting one curve to another by multiplication of the points of the one by some arbitrary factor. * * * n. (in psychiatry) the… …
33reinforcement — 1. An increase of force or strength; denoting specifically the increased sharpness of the patellar reflex when the patient at the same time closes the fist tightly or pulls against the flexed fingers or contracts some other set of muscles. SEE… …
34rutin — A flavonoid obtained from buckwheat, which causes decreased capillary fragility. SYN: rutoside. * * * ru·tin rüt ən n a yellow crystalline flavonol glycoside C27H30O16 that occurs in various plants (as rue, tobacco, and buckwheat), that yields… …
35annular ligament — n a ringlike ligament or band of fibrous tissue encircling a part: a) any of the transverse bands holding in place the extensor and flexor tendons of the wrist and ankle b) a strong band of fibers surrounding the head of the radius and retaining… …
36long-term potentiation — n a long lasting strengthening of the response of a postsynaptic nerve cell to stimulation across the synapse that occurs with repeated stimulation and is thought to be related to learning and long term memory abbr. LTP * * * a change in efficacy …
37Reiki — Rei·ki rā .kē n a system of hands on touching based on the belief that such touching by an experienced practitioner produces beneficial effects by strengthening and normalizing certain vital energy fields held to exist within the body * * * n. a… …
38zymosthenic — zy·mos·then·ic .zī məs then ik adj strengthening the activity of an enzyme …
39flexion back exercises — an exercise regimen designed to decrease low back pain by flexing the lumbosacral spine and strengthening the muscles in the region …
40progressive resistance exercise — progressive resistive exercise a physical therapy method of strengthening debilitated muscles by increasing the amount of the resisting force at regular time intervals …
