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response
(redirected from Relaxation response)

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response
1. Bridge a bid replying to a partner's bid or double
2. Christianity a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service
3. Electronics the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device
4. any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system

response [ri′späns]
(communications)
(control systems)
A quantitative expression of the output of a device or system as a function of the input. Also known as system response.
(statistics)
The value of some measurable quantity after a treatment has been applied.


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She commenced Bowen therapy, an alternative form of massage developed by Tom Bowen (1916-1982) in Geelong, Australia, which consists of "rolling the thumbs and forefingers over a muscle or tendon at precise locations triggering a relaxation response.
If the relaxation response is a function of the level of stress developed at a given strain, then the type of samples (e.
The Relaxation Response also involves communication between the brain and other body systems and is characterized by decreases
 
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