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The act of moving from one thing to another.

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The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.

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A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.

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Development, increase, evolution.

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Chord progression

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(exercise) The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

These numbers constitute an arithmetical progression of the rth order.

Understanding the progression eases that anxiety.

Similarly, retinoids derived from vitamin A are being tested for their ability to slow the progression of or to prevent head and neck cancers.

Progression is marked by a tensing of the muscles, arching, fever, seizures, and high-pitched crying.

The rate of progression of FA is highly variable.

Treatment decisions for scoliosis are based on the degree of curvature, the likelihood of significant progression, and the presence of pain, if any.

Progression. The cancer continues to grow.

Tocolytic drug-A compound given to women to stop the progression of labor.

Windows Mobile 6.5 is a natural progression to the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform that preceded it.

Treatment plans focus on delaying progression of the disease or reducing a patient's symptoms.

It appears in a characteristic progression, from the head, face, and neck, to the trunk, then abdomen, and next out along the arms and legs.

Some neurological diseases are chronic and require conservative medical treatment and frequent follow-up visits for monitoring and stability or progression of the disease.

For children with cancer, CT is used to assist in treatment planning and to monitor cancer progression and response to treatment.

Factors such as age or genetic differences among persons with HIV, the level of virulence of an individual strain of virus, and co-infection with other microbes may influence the rate and severity of disease progression.

In some cases, patients may be able to control their symptoms to a great degree with various treatments, or progression of the disease is slow.

If these conditions are discovered early, the progression of retardation can be stopped and, in some cases, partially reversed.

For those types of MPS, bone marrow transplantation has sometimes helped slow down the progression or reverse some of symptoms of the disorder in some children.

Curve progression is greatest near the adolescent growth spurt.

Bracing cannot correct curvature but may be effective in halting or slowing progression.

More importantly, mostly unknown individual factors affect the likelihood of progression and the severity of the curve.

Progression of scoliosis may be prevented through bracing or surgery.

These programs can help to catch scoliosis early, so that treatment can begin and progression can often be halted or slowed.

Children with language delay may acquire language skills in the usual progression but at a much slower rate, so that their language development may be equivalent to a normally developing child of a much younger chronological age.

With timely diagnosis and treatment, the progression of tooth decay can be stopped relatively painlessly.

When disseminated intravascular coagulation occurs, progression can be rapid, and treatment is complicated by the large variety of possible underlying causes.

Myotonic dystrophy cannot be cured, and no treatment can delay its progression.

Medical treatment at early signs of glaucoma prevents progression of the disease to blindness.

The distribution of symptoms, age of onset, and progression differ significantly.

Though the progression of symptoms may parallel that of DMD, the symptoms are usually milder, and the course more variable.

Prednisone, a corticosteroid, has been shown to delay the progression of DMD somewhat, for reasons that as of 2004 are still unclear.

The progression of chronic bronchitis, on the other hand, may be slowed, but an initial improvement in symptoms may be achieved.

The timing and progression of the sleep cycle and the total amount of nightly sleep required for optimal health varies from infancy to adulthood, depending on developmental stage and temperament.

It is very important for those attending an individual with a concussion to pay close attention to the person's symptoms and progression immediately after the accident.

Surgery must be carefully timed with attention to the progression of the disease process, the size of the infant, and the size of the various defects.

A wide variation in disease progression, however, has been noted.

The remaining 80 percent of infected children have a slower rate of disease progression, many not developing the most serious symptoms of AIDS until school entry or even adolescence.

Early injection of the antitoxin, ideally within 24 hours of onset of symptoms, can preserve nerve endings, prevent progression of the disease, and reduce mortality.

Because of the slow progression of symptoms, individuals with Types III or Kennedy syndrome may have normal life spans.

Dream researchers have observed a developmental progression in the content and frequency of children's nightmares.

The progression of these symptoms may only take a few minutes.

Such a person experiences the full progression of whooping cough symptoms; symptoms only improve when the old, damaged lining cells of the respiratory tract are replaced over time with new, healthy, cilia-bearing cells.

Early treatment is essential to limit the progression of the disease.

Speech therapy, especially that performed at a young age, can stop the progression of stuttering.

Some literature refers to JA as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, although most types of JA differ significantly from the adult disease called rheumatoid arthritis, in terms of symptoms, progression, and prognosis.

Systemic onset JA has a variable prognosis, depending on the organ systems affected and the progression to polyarticular JA.

In the early 2000s, chronic exposure to lead in the environment has been found to speed up the progression of kidney disorders in people without diabetes.

Rumba is a romantic dance, with plenty of showy moves that are learned in progression once this simple partner box step is mastered.

The class starts at a novice pace, gauging its progression off of the most introductory student.

The Sheng (birth) or creative cycle is when chi energy flows in the natural progression of order from one element to the next.

This progression trains students how to pay attention.