(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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Uterine contraction
a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
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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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That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.One who crowds or pushes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rhythmic, tightening, labor, upper, uterine.
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