(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.
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(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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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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The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, shortening, tensing, part, organ.A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita…
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