tending
31convergent — Tending toward a common point. * * * con·ver·gent (kən vurґjənt) [con + vergere to incline] meeting at or tending toward a common point …
32depurative — Tending to depurate; depurant. * * * dep·u·ra·tive (depґu ra″tiv) tending to purify or cleanse …
33ergogenic — Tending to increase work. * * * er·go·gen·ic .ər gə jen ik adj increasing capacity for bodily or mental labor esp. by eliminating fatigue symptoms <an ergogenic drug> * * * er·go·gen·ic (ur″go jenґik) [ergo + genic] tending to… …
34excitatory — Tending to produce excitation. * * * ex·cit·ato·ry ik sīt ə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj 1) tending to induce excitation (as of a neuron) <excitatory substances> <excitatory and inhibitory pathways from the brain (W. G. Van der Kloot)> 2)… …
35expulsive — Tending to expel. [L. ex pello, pp. pulsus, to drive out] * * * ex·pul·sive ik spəl siv adj 1) serving to expel <expulsive efforts during labor> 2) characterized by concern with the elimination of feces <there are two anal phases the… …
36noncomedogenic — Tending not to promote the formation of comedones. * * * non·com·e·do·gen·ic .käm ə dō jen ik adj not tending to clog pores (as by the formation of blackheads) <a noncomedogenic cosmetic> …
37vasotropic — Tending to act on the blood vessel s. [vaso + G. trope, a turning] * * * vaso·tro·pic (va″zo ) (vas″o troґpik) tending to act on blood vessels …
38prone to anxiety — tending to worry, tending to feel nervous …
39spinescent — tending towards the form of a spine, e.g. in the gill rakers of Gempylidae and Trichiuridae …
40antimyasthenic — Tending toward the correction of the symptoms of myasthenia gravis, e.g., as in the action of neostigmine. * * * an·ti·my·as·then·ic (an″te ) (an″ti mi″əs thenґik) 1. counteracting or relieving muscular weakness in… …
