geloses
geloses is the plural of gelose.
geloses is the plural of gelosis.
Meaning of gelose
Noun
gelose (countable and uncountable, plural geloses)
- A gummy polysaccharide obtained from agar-agar and similar organisms.
Meaning of gelosis
Noun
gelosis (countable and uncountable, plural geloses)
- A localized hardening or stiffness of tissue after exposure to severe cold, supposedly caused by a colloidal change resulting in gel formation and increased viscosity in the protoplasm of cells.
- [H.] Schade explains the effect of chilling as tending to gel the colloids in the protoplasm. Any change in the colloid condition, no matter how transient, must upset the normal processes more or less. This “gelosis” from the action of cold can be felt in the stiffness in the face and hands after...1922 September 9, “Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, Basel: “Colds””, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 79, number 11, Chicago, Ill., →DOI, page 922
- A hardening or stiffness of tissue, especially in a muscle.
- If the tension of the bowstring decreases, the bow wood relaxes equally. However, if you pull on the string, the tension of the bow increases immediately. Myofascial geloses can exist on both sides, but the pain predominantly occurs on the hypertension side.2023, Rolf Eichinger, Kerstin Klink, “The Assessment in KLINEA” (chapter 9), in Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Diagnostics and Therapy, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 68
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