polarity

polarity

 [po-lar´ĭ-te]

the condition of having poles or of exhibiting opposite effects at the two extremities.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

po·lar·i·ty

(pō-lar'i-tē),

1. The property of having two opposite poles, as that possessed by a magnet.

2. The possession of opposite properties or characteristics.

3. The direction or orientation of positivity relative to negativity.

4. The direction along a polynucleotide chain, or any biopolymer or macrostructure (for example, microtubules).

5. With respect to solvents, ionizing power.

6. The tendency of an organism to develop differentially along an axis.

[Mod. L. polaris, polar]

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polarity therapy

Fringe medicine
A system of healthcare developed in the 1920s by an Austrian-American holistic doctor, Randolph Stone, who was a chiropractor, osteopath and naturopath. Stone’s system is based on the belief that the life forces controlling a person’s physical and emotional well-being can be blocked by poor habits and diet; good health depends on restoring a balance, or polarity, of the life forces, by promoting the body’s natural self-healing capabilities.

Each body region is said to have positive (+),negative (-) or null (0) energy. Polarity therapy involves five basic elements (ether, air, fire, water and earth) that affect five distinct energy centres. Four techniques are used to restore polarity: therapeutic touch or bodywork, enhancing awareness, diet (liver flush drink, “live foods”, i.e., fruits and vegetables) and stretching exercises. 

Polarity therapy energy centres 
• Air centre—Cardiorespiratory system.
• Earth centre—Rectum and bladder, which eliminate solids and liquids.
• Ether centre—Voice, ears, throat.
• Fire centre—Eyes, GI tract, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, spleen, sympathetic nervous system.
• Water centre—Pelvic and endocrine secretions, which control generative and emotional forces.

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po·lar·i·ty

(pō-lar'i-tē)

1. The property of having two opposite poles, as that possessed by a magnet.

2. The possession of opposite properties or characteristics.

3. The direction or orientation of positivity relative to negativity.

4. The direction along a polynucleotide chain, or any biopolymer, or macro structure (e.g., microtubules).

[Mod. L. polaris, polar]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

polarity

the morphological and/or physiological difference between the two ends of an axis, such as root and stem.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005