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buffeting (medicine)


buffeting


1. A striking with the hand.

2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. "He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . Fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm." (Wirt)

Source: Websters Dictionary


cataplasia (medicine)


cataplasia


Cataplasis

A degenerative change in cells or tissues that is the reverse of the constructive or developmental change; a return to an earlier or embryonic stage.

Synonym: retrograde metamorphosis, retrogression, retromorphosis.

Origin: cata-+ G. Plasis, a molding