(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
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Light adaptation
the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative
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(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.
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Operative surgery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or app…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present its…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, relatively, high, levels.Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…
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