rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
rhythm regular recurrence | recurring at regular intervals |
cardiac rhythm heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
atrioventricular nodal rhythm nodal rhythm | the normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the atrioventricular node |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
rhythm and blues R and B | a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians, an important precursor of rock 'n' roll |
rhythm speech rhythm | the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements, the rhythm of Frost's poetry |
rhythm beat musical rhythm | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music, the piece has a fast rhythm, the conductor set the beat |
poetic rhythm rhythmic pattern prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
sprung rhythm | a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
percussion section percussion rhythm section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
rhythm and blues musician | a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music |
alpha rhythm alpha wave | the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed, occurs with a frequency of - hertz |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
beta rhythm beta wave | the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert, occurs with a frequency between andhertz |
delta rhythm delta wave | the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep, occurs with high voltage and low frequency ( to hertz) |
theta rhythm theta wave | the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy, occurs with low frequency and low amplitude |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
gallop rhythm cantering rhythm | cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound, can indicate a heart abnormality |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
circadian rhythm | a daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
cycle rhythm round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs, the never-ending cycle of the seasons |