Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dynamic development; increase of power in anything; dynamogeny: as, dynamization of nerve-force.
- noun In homeopathy, the extreme trituration of medicines with a view to increase their efficiency or strength.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Homeop.) The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
hypothetical increase of medicinal effectiveness bydilution andtrituration .
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Examples
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Homoeopathic Medical Society of Northern New York, in which Hahnemann's theory of "dynamization" is characterized in a formal resolve as
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Homoeopathic Medical Society of Northern New York, in which Hahnemann's theory of "dynamization" is characterized in a formal resolve as
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Much has been made of "dynamization" of water by Rudolph Steiner and his biodynamic followers.
The Zinquisition 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as "dynamization" or "potentization".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The most characteristic - and controversial - principle of homeopathy is that the efficacy of a remedy can be enhanced and its side-effects reduced by a process known as 'dynamization' or 'potentization', whereby liquids are diluted (with water or ethanol) and shaken by ten hard strikes against an elastic body ( 'succussion'), to get the next, succeeding higher potency.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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