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Acoustic

Introduction: Acoustic

Description of Acoustic

Acoustic: Refering to hearing or sound.

Acoustic: The science concerned with sound. [G. akoustikos, relating to sound]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Acoustic: a remedy for hearing loss or deafness.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Acoustic: The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

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Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Acoustic

The following list attempts to classify Acoustic into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

  • curative,cure,remedy
  • medicament,medication,medicinal drug,medicine
  • drug
  • agent
  • causal agency,causal agent,cause
  • entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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