relaxation |
A state of relative freedom from both anxiety and skeletal muscle tension. (16 Dec 1997) |
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relaxation factor |
Substance presumably involved in the return of muscle fibrils to the resting state after nervous stimulation ceases, postulated to act by withdrawing Calcium from myosin-ATPase sites. (05 Mar 2000) |
relaxation response |
An integrated hypothalamic reaction resulting in decreased sympathetic nervous system activity which, physiologically and psychologically, is almost a mirror image of the body's response's to Cannon's emergency theory (flight or fight response); can be self-induced through the use of techniques associated with transcendental meditation, yoga, and biofeedback. See: emergency theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
relaxation suture |
A suture so arranged that it may be loosened if the tension of the wound becomes excessive. (05 Mar 2000) |
relaxation techniques |
The use of muscular relaxation techniques in treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
relaxation time |
Time taken for a system to return to the resting or ground state or a new equilibrium state following perturbation. Often used in context of receptor systems that have a refractory period after responding and then relax to a competent state. Can be used more precisely to mean the time for a system to change from its original equilibrium value to 1/e of this original value. (18 Nov 1997) |
cardioesophageal relaxation |
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muscle relaxation |
progressive muscle relaxation |
spin-lattice relaxation |
spin-spin relaxation |
isometric relaxation |
isometric relaxation period |
isovolumetric relaxation |
isovolumic relaxation |
endothelium derived relaxation factor |
transverse relaxation |
longitudinal relaxation |