HERNIATION Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For HERNIATION
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alignment | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty • the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines • (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac • the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other | ||||||||
compression | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an increase in the density of something • the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together • encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required • applying pressure | ||||||||
contraction | nounn | |||||||
noun • (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) • the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together • a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds • the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | ||||||||
correction | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right • a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure • something substituted for an error • a rebuke for making a mistake • a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases • the act of disciplining • treatment of a specific defect | ||||||||
receding | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a slow or gradual disappearance • the act of becoming more distant adjective satellite • (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back | ||||||||
regression | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state • the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) • returning to a former state | ||||||||
retraction | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion • the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back | ||||||||
tautness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the physical condition of being stretched or strained • lack of movement or room for movement | ||||||||
tightening | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of making something tighter | ||||||||
straightening | verbv | |||||||
verb • straighten up or out; make straight • make straight • get up from a sitting or slouching position • put (things or places) in order • straighten by unrolling • make straight or straighter |