transcranial magnetic stimulation

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the electromagnetic stimulation of areas of the brain, used in studying or treating the effects of strokesAbbreviation: TMS

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“Everything for someone like Christopher is over-stimulation,” Sharp says.
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In 2006, the firm presided over a routine steam-injection procedure known as “well stimulation.”
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I need some stimulation in my blood,” Bergesio says, “and here you have confrontation.
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In the future, the ship could be fitted with futuristic lasers and electro-magnetic rail-guns too.
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Both are the result of magnetic activity on the sun, but a solar flare has more energy than a CME.
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He went off whistling, and Isabel raised her hand and looked at it meditatively; his own had been unexpectedly warm and magnetic.
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Non-phagocytic leukocytosis is probably due more to stimulation of blood-making organs than to chemotaxis.
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She came with an easy smile into the little group, and immediately her magnetic presence seemed to rivet all attention.
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Thus, the magnetic telegraph was expected for quite three hundred years before its first tap of the keys announced its presence.
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Each movement of the ball within its cage, where magnetic fields crossed and recrossed, would bring instant response.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various

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