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2. Adjective. (physiology) Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues ¹

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Definition of Phasic

1. phase [adj] - See also: phase

Medical Definition of Phasic

1. 1. The adjustment of an organism to its environment or the process by which it enhances such fitness. 2. The normal ability of the eye to adjust itself to variations in the intensity of light, the adjustment to such variations. 3. The decline in the frequency of firing of a neuron, particularly of a receptor, under conditions of constant stimulation. 4. (a) the proper fitting of a denture, (b) the degree of proximity and interlocking of restorative material to a tooth preparation, (c) the exact adjustment of bands to teeth. 5. The adjustment of bacterial physiology to a new environment. Origin: L. Adaptare = to fit (18 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Phasic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"... (2) Method of Direct Effect Response of grape skin—Similar response of frog's skin—phasic variation of current of rest induced as result of successive ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Sinus Irregularities (a) phasic Variations in Rate The small portion of tissue at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium (the ..."

3. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"phasic Changes in Co-existent Lesions.—Several important lesions, valvular, vascular, or myocardial, may co-exist in the same heart, and, with the passage ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"An earlier study from this laboratory (1) showed that the phasic contraction ... These observations suggested that the phasic response of the cat mesenteric ..."

5. Movement and Mental Imagery: Outlines of a Motor Theory of the Complexer by Margaret Floy Washburn (1916)
"Secondly, it is clear that an important difference in phasic systems relates to ... But the carrying out of a phasic system may require the simultaneous ..."

6. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"These measures provide important context for the measures of event-related responsivity, phasic responsivity, which define the primary measures. ..."

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