Vibratory

  • 81trill — trill1 /tril/, v.t. 1. to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect. 2. Phonet. to produce (a sound) with a trill. 3. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds. v.i. 4. to resound vibrantly,… …

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  • 82vibrator — /vuy bray teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that vibrates. 2. any of various machines or devices causing a vibratory motion or action. 3. a small appliance of variable shape, made to oscillate very rapidly and used in vibratory massage. 4. Elect. a …

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  • 83ear disease — ▪ human Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human ear and hearing.       Impaired hearing (deafness) is, with rare exception, the result of disease or abnormality of the outer, middle, or inner ear. Serious… …

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  • 84musical sound — Introduction       any tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre. The sounds are produced by instruments in which the periodic vibrations can be controlled by the performer.       That some sounds are intrinsically musical,… …

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  • 85sound reception — Introduction       response of an organism s aural mechanism, the ear, to a specific form of energy change, or sound waves. Sound waves can be transmitted through gases, liquids, or solids, but the hearing function of each species is particularly …

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  • 86Urticaria — Another name for the hives. Raised, itchy areas of skin that are usually a sign of an allergic reaction. Hives can be rounded or flat topped but are always elevated above the surrounding skin. They reflect circumscribed dermal edema (local… …

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  • 87purr — A low vibratory murmur. * * * purine repressor * * * (pur) a low vibratory murmur …

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  • 88speech — Talk; the use of the voice in conveying ideas. [A.S. spaec] alaryngeal s. a form of s. achieved after laryngectomy by using either an external vibratory source or the pharyngoesophageal segment as an internal vibratory source. see also esophageal …

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  • 89vibration — 1. A shaking. 2. A to and fro movement, as in oscillation. [L. vibratio, fr. vibro, pp. atus, to quiver, shake] * * * vi·bra·tion vī brā shən n 1 a) a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite… …

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  • 90branchial plate — (Class Ostracoda): Enlarged, flattened modification of outer branch (exopod) of either mandible, maxillule, maxilla, or first thoracic limb. Bears long setae along margin and maintains water circulation within carapace. (Syn. vibratory plate,… …

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