vibration (iou) and vascular stripe (medicine)

vibration (iou)

vibration noun. M17.
[Latin vibratio(n-), formed as VIBRATE: see -ATION.]
gen. The action of vibrating or moving to and fro rapidly and repeatedly; an instance of this, a vibrating or tremulous movement. M17.
T. C. Wolfe He felt a slight vibration in the massive walls around him. D. Shields A whisper...Sibilant speech with little or no vibration of the vocal cords.
a. Physics. The rapid alternating or reciprocating motion about an equilibrium in the particles of an elastic body, as produced in air by the propagation of sound; the motion in the particles of a body by which sound is produced; a single cycle of this. M17.
b. A supposed movement of this kind in the nerves, formerly believed to be the means by which sensory nerve impulses are transmitted to the brain. obsolete exc. Hist. E18.
The action of vacillating or fluctuating between extremes; an instance of this. L18.
J. H. Burton The same restlessness..the same vibration between anarchy and abject submission.
A characteristic signal or impression about a person or thing, regarded as communicable to others; (an) atmosphere. Also, a mental (esp. occult) influence. Usu. in pl. L19.
T. K. Wolfe Something's getting up tight, there's bad vibrations. M. Roberts I must not attempt to approach too closely to the apparition lest I violate the vibrations surrounding her.
Comb.: vibration damper a device for damping vibration; esp. one for counteracting torsional vibration in a crankshaft; vibration white finger Medicine Raynaud's syndrome caused by prolonged use of vibrating hand tools or machinery.
vibrationless adjective L19.

vascular stripe (medicine)

vascular stripe -->
stria vascularis of cochlea

The stratified epithelium lining the upper part of the ligamentum spirale cochleae; it is penetrated by capillaries and is believed to be the site of production of endolymph.

Synonym: stria vascularis ductus cochlearis, psalterial cord, vascular stripe.

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