recruitment

recruitment /re·cruit·ment/ (re-krldbomact´ment)

1. the gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged.

2. in audiology, an abnormally rapid increase in the loudness of a sound caused by a slight increase in its intensity.

3. the orderly increase in number of activated motor units with increasing strength of voluntary muscle contractions.

4. the process by which certain primordial ovarian follicles begin growing in a particular menstrual cycle.

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re·cruit·ment (r-krtmnt)

n.

1. An abnormal disproportionate sensation of loudness felt in response to sounds of increasing intensity.

2. The activation of additional motor neurons in response to sustained stimulation of a given receptor or afferent nerve.

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recruitment

[rikro̅o̅t′mənt]

1 the perception of a rapid growth of loudness, commonly seen in sensorineural hearing losses that are cochlear in nature. The impaired ear cannot hear faint sounds but hears intense sounds as loudly as a normal ear.

2 in muscle contractions, the ability to recruit additional motor units into action as the need to overcome resistance increases.

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recruitment,

n 1. the use of adjunct muscles to assist an overburdened muscle or group of muscles during movement.
2. in clinical studies, the process of soliciting and selecting patients for participation.

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recruitment

the gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged.

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collateral recruitment

dilatation of collateral capillaries in the lungs with exercise.

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recruitment

Medtalk The process of finding a suitable candidate for a position Neurology An ↑ in number of active motor units involved in a neuromuscular response, resulting from the temporal or spatial summation of a stimulus or from an ↑ intensity of a stimulus