Postural
adjective
Related to the position of the body or posture.
He has a postural defect that causes him to slump over.
Often appears as...
- postural defect
- postural changes
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Related to or used for correcting the body's position.
She uses postural exercises to improve her back health.
Often appears as...
- postural exercises
- postural correction
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Fitness, Medical
adjective
Related to an organism's instinctive adjustment of its body position.
Postural reflexes in babies help them learn to walk.
Often appears as...
- postural reflexes
- postural adjustments
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Biological
adjective
Related to the position of the body or posture.
He has a postural defect that causes him to slump over.
Often appears as...
- postural defect
- postural changes
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Related to or used for correcting the body's position.
She uses postural exercises to improve her back health.
Often appears as...
- postural exercises
- postural correction
Usage tips
Fitness, Medical
adjective
Related to an organism's instinctive adjustment of its body position.
Postural reflexes in babies help them learn to walk.
Often appears as...
- postural reflexes
- postural adjustments
Usage tips
Biological
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'postural' when discussing conditions or issues related to body alignment and posture.
The doctor mentioned a postural problem affecting his spine.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Adjective
'Postural' can modify nouns, describing attributes related to body posture.
After the accident, she had postural difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Usage
Use 'postural' when observing or describing someone's body posture, often in a medical context.
The physiotherapist noted her improved postural alignment.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'postural' when discussing conditions or issues related to body alignment and posture.
The doctor mentioned a postural problem affecting his spine.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Adjective
'Postural' can modify nouns, describing attributes related to body posture.
After the accident, she had postural difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Usage
Use 'postural' when observing or describing someone's body posture, often in a medical context.
The physiotherapist noted her improved postural alignment.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'postural' when discussing conditions or issues related to body alignment and posture.
The doctor mentioned a postural problem affecting his spine.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Adjective
'Postural' can modify nouns, describing attributes related to body posture.
After the accident, she had postural difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Observational Usage
Use 'postural' when observing or describing someone's body posture, often in a medical context.
The physiotherapist noted her improved postural alignment.
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Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
and witness a change in the time constants and space constants with which, for example, the brain is representing language again. Just as the brain came out of chaos at the beginning, it's going back into chaos in the end. This results in declines in memory in cognition, and in postural ability and agility.
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Gravity and the human...
it changes too. And it turns out that in weightlessness, you lose bone. And then you also cause the muscles that work against gravity, what are called the postural muscles, they'll start to shrink and lose strength. There are other things in the cardiovascular system, the heart and blood vessels.
Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
and witness a change in the time constants and space constants with which, for example, the brain is representing language again. Just as the brain came out of chaos at the beginning, it's going back into chaos in the end. This results in declines in memory in cognition, and in postural ability and agility.
Video examples
Gravity and the human...
it changes too. And it turns out that in weightlessness, you lose bone. And then you also cause the muscles that work against gravity, what are called the postural muscles, they'll start to shrink and lose strength. There are other things in the cardiovascular system, the heart and blood vessels.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
When it first notices an approaching threat, a fly's body might be in any sort of posture depending on what it was doing at the time, like grooming, feeding, walking, or courting. Our experiments showed that the fly somehow 'knows' whether it needs to make large or small postural changes to reach the correct preflight posture.
Quote examples
Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
When it first notices an approaching threat, a fly's body might be in any sort of posture depending on what it was doing at the time, like grooming, feeding, walking, or courting. Our experiments showed that the fly somehow 'knows' whether it needs to make large or small postural changes to reach the correct preflight posture.
Example 1 of 1
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