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121systole and diastole — ▪ prosody in prosody, systole is the shortening of a syllable that is by pronunciation or by position long. Systole is most often used to adjust the rhythm of a line to achieve metrical regularity. The word is from the Greek systolḗ,… …
122bradykinin — noun One of the kinins, a nonapeptide that reduces blood pressure by dilating blood vessels …
123levator labii superioris alaeque nasi — noun A muscle of the face, dilating the nostril and elevating the upper lip. Syn: levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle …
124dilation — noun a) Delay. b) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation …
125lentor — noun a) slowness, sluggishness b) ...she walked through dilating space with the lentor of one walking under water... mdash; Nabokovs Lolita, 1955 …
126dilatation — noun a) prolixity; diffuse discourse. b) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated; dilation …
127dilatancy — noun a) The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts. b) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure …
128Automatism — 1. A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious control. This curious type of behavior occurs in a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The neurologic disorders associated… …
