facilitation
(fă-sil″ĭ-tā′shŏn)
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.
[L. facilitas, stem facilitat-, ease]
1. The hastening of an action or process.
2. In neuromuscular rehabilitation, any of the various techniques that elicit muscular contraction through reflex activation.
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Facilitation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740369/0/facilitation.
Facilitation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740369/0/facilitation. Accessed September 17, 2024.
Facilitation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740369/0/facilitation
Facilitation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 September 17]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740369/0/facilitation.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - facilitation
ID - 740369
ED - Venes,Donald,
BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary
UR - https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740369/0/facilitation
PB - F.A. Davis Company
ET - 24
DB - Nursing Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -