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tense 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I and T]
also tense up
to make your muscles tight and stiff, or to become tight and stiff
::Relax, and try not to tense up so much.
::Every time the phone rang, she tensed.

kinesiatrics (medicine)


kinesiatrics
<medicine> A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.

Origin: Gr. Motion (fr. To move) + pertaining to medicine, fr. A physician.

Source: Websters Dictionary