sta·bi·liz·er

(stā'bi-līz'ĕr),

1. That which provides or maintains stability.

2. An agent that retards the effect of an accelerator, thus preserving a chemical equilibrium.

3. A part possessing the quality of rigidity or creating rigidity when added to another part.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sta·bi·liz·er

(stā'bi-līz'ĕr)

1. That which provides or maintains stability.

2. Part possessing quality of or creating rigidity when added to another part.

3. Agent that retards effect of an accelerator, thus preserving a chemical equilibrium.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

Patient discussion about stabilizer

Q. Mood stabilizer Hi there, I just got know Trileptal, as a mood stabilizer. Now what I want to know is that how does a drug for epilepsy WORK to stabilize moods for someone who is bipolar?

A. Lithium - treatment alone is sometimes not enough to control the mood swings seen in people with bipolar disorder. A number of different classes of drugs including the anticonvulsants are used in addition to or sometimes instead of lithium. Trileptal has been evaluated in several studies involving a small number of patients. About 60% of patients treated with lithium alone, saw mild to moderate improvement in their symptoms when Trileptal was added. Side-effects were a big enough problem that about 25% of the people had to stop taking the Trileptal. Drowsiness was the biggest problem. Dizziness, headache, blurred vision, rash, weight gain and tingling were also reported by the patients.

Q. What age does eye sight stabilizes? I was just wondering at what age does your eye sight usually level off and stop getting worse? Any ideas much appreciated!

A. It will stabilize in a few years-age of 26-27.That is the average age people perform lasik surgery.
It is also the age the eye is fully grown.
Don't worry it will not get much worse maybe about -0,75.
Take care

Q. Can acupuncture be used to stabilize the liver and kidney. I am writing here to get some advice or suggestion. Months back my brother was diagnosed with Liver Cirrhosis. Doctor says that he has water/liquid in his abdomen. Recently we took a blood test, the result states that his kidney is not functioning well. I like to help him. Can acupuncture be used to stabilize his liver and kidney? I could really do with something, even if it's just a hello…

A. The symptom of having water in abdomen is ascites. Chinese herbs are more helpful for Ascites and liver cirrhosis. Acupuncture can also be very helpful. You should seek out a qualified TCM doctor and take your brother to him. Don’t worry; herbs will help him to cure.

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By basing the stabiliser on the oil price cycle, the level of fuel duty could be calculated against a trend price for oil.

Leaders claim that introducing a stabiliser would also provide greater certainty for businesses and families by stabilising the cost of fuel and allowing them to factor in fuel costs as they plan for the future.

SMALL FIRMS BACK FUEL BILLS BUFFER

The stabiliser would be a mechanism designed to reduce the tax on petrol and diesel as the price of oil rises, and visa versa, in order to keep fuel prices relatively constant.

FPB calls on Goverment to cut fuel duty to help small firms

Baerlocher started production in the UK with lead stabiliser one-packs in 1996 for the uPVC building products sector.

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Farming: Signing up to Stabiliser made sense for family

The BREEDS analysis for the Givendale herd at Pocklington, near York, indicates that by establishing a pure Stabiliser herd of 150 cows, net income will improve by pounds 9,300 per year over the current herd of Limousin cross Holstein cows.

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"For example we achieved 97pc calves reared from 59 Limousin cross cows put to the stabiliser bull and it was noticeable that they all calved without any real problem.

Breeding a better quality beef herd

The Northwest Stabiliser Project is managed by a board of directors of seven farmers.

Ambitious targets for Stabiliser project team

A previous incident involving an MD-83 aircraft also occurred on 2 February when an American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Dallas carrying 65 passengers was forced to return to Phoenix 20 minutes into the flight due to a reported jammed stabiliser trim.

MD-83 stabiliser trim-related incidents noted

2005: Continued with grading up process with bought in heifers, also put in 10 Stabiliser embryos in the remaining original dairy cows.

Stabiliser breeding offered best way ahead; farming

Within two years of its launch, 12 new multiplier Stabiliser herds have been established in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire which will subsequently contribute to increasing the pool of breeding stock.

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Within 12 months of its launch, a producer group and a total of 11 multiplier Stabiliser herds have been established to generate a pool of breeding stock.

farming: Stabiliser scheme supported