| set-point |
The concept that homeostatic mechanisms maintain variables such as body temperature, body weight, blood glucose level, and hormone levels within a certain physiological range compatible with optimal function. SEE: homeostasis.
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| Setchenov phenomenon |
[I. M. Setchenov, Russ. scientist] The more rapid recovery of a limb if the opposite limb is exercised during the rest period.
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| Setchenov's inhibitory centers |
[Ivan M. Setchenov, Russian neurologist, 1829?1905] Centers in the spinal cord and medulla oblongata involved in reflex inhibition of muscular and visceral activity.
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| setting time |
The time required for a material to polymerize or harden, as in dental amalgam, cement, plaster, resin, or stone.
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| set p. |
see under S.
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