facilitation

(fă-sil″ĭ-tā′shŏn)

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[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.

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