micromovement

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English micromovement From micro- + movement.

  1. derived from *mey-der

Definitions

  1. A microscopic movement.

    • Belkoff et al. reported that pain reduction was attributable to the immobility and inhibition of micromovements of the fractured fragment and the cytotoxic effect of PMMA, which relieves pain by damaging the terminal nerve.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for micromovement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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