See Also: adynamic(medicine)
adynamic ileus(medicine)
adynamic ileus simulating bowel obstruction(medicine)

let-down (iou) and adynamic (medicine)


let-down (iou)



let-down noun & adjective. M18.
[from let down s.v. LET verb1.]
A. noun.
A disappointment; a drawback, a disadvantage. M18.
A. Lurie They sent me to Fresh Air Camp. What a let-down. J. Heller He felt a melancholy let-down at the thought she might not care.
The descent of an aircraft or spacecraft prior to landing. M20.
The flow of milk in a nursing mother or a cow as a reflex response to suckling or massage. M20.
b. attrib. adjective. Able to be let down or lowered. M20.

adynamic (medicine)


adynamic


1. <medicine> Pertaining to, or characterised by, debility of the vital powers; weak.

2. <physics> Characterised by the absence of power or force. Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

Origin: Cf. F. Adynamique. See Adynamy.

Source: Websters Dictionary