| kinesiatrics | <medicine> A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure. Origin: Gr. Motion (fr. To move) + pertaining to medicine, fr. A physician. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kinesics | Systematic study of the body and the use of its static and dynamic position as a means of communication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kinesimeter | An instrument for measuring the extent of a movement. Synonym: kinesiometer. Origin: G. Kinesis, movement, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesin | <molecular biology> Cytoplasmic protein (110 kD) that is responsible for moving vesicles and particles towards the distal end of microtubules. Differs from cytoplasmic dynein (MAP1C) in the direction in which it moves and its relative insensitivity to vanadate. It has two heavy chains and two light chains. A large number of related gene products are believed to be motor proteins active in mitosis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kinesio- | See: kinesi-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesiology | The science or the study of movement, and the active and passive structures involved. Origin: G. Kinesis, movement, + -logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesiology, applied | The study of muscles and the movement of the human body. In holistic medicine it is the balance of movement and the interaction of a person's energy systems. Applied kinesiology is the name given by its inventor, dr. George goodheart, to the system of applying muscle testing diagnostically and therapeutically to different aspects of health care. (thorsons introductory guide to kinesiology, 1992, p13) (12 Dec 1998) |
| kinesiometer | An instrument for measuring the extent of a movement. Synonym: kinesiometer. Origin: G. Kinesis, movement, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesioneurosis | Rarely used term for a neurosis, or functional nervous disease, marked by tics, spasms, or other motor disorders. Origin: G. Kinesis, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesipathist | A nonmedical person who treats disease by movements of various kinds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesipathy | <medicine> See Kinesiatrics. Origin: Gr. Motion + suffering. <medicine> See Kinesiatrics. Origin: Gr. Motion + to heal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kinesis | <cell biology> Alteration in the movement of a cell, without any directional bias. Thus speed may increase or decrease (orthokinesis) or there may be an alteration in turning behaviour (klinokinesis). See: chemokinesis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kinesitherapy | <medicine> See Kinesiatrics. Origin: Gr. Motion + to heal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kineso- | See: kinesi-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinesodic | <physiology> Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; applied especially. To the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly. Origin: Gr. Motion + way: cf. F. Kinesodigue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |