See Also: assistive movement(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Device, assistive(health)
device, assistive(medicine)
Assistive technology(health)
Assistive device(health)
assistive device(medicine)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
Movement(money)

chondroclast (medicine) and assistive movement (medicine)


chondroclast (medicine)


chondroclast


A multinucleated cell (giant cell) involved in the resorption of calcified cartilage; morphologically identical to osteoblasts.

Origin: chondro-+ G. Klastos, broken in pieces


assistive movement (medicine)


assistive movement


In massage, a movement which the partially paralysed muscle of the patient would be unable to perform unaided but which is effected with the graduated assistance of the operator.