tonic
ടോണിക്ക്
definition
noun
Nineteenth-century medicine vendors often peddled tonics as a cure-all for symptoms as varied as a mild cough or severe rash.
a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigor or well-being.
Britten's score breaks off at bar 30, just at the moment of the return to the tonic .
the first note in a scale that, in conventional harmony, provides the keynote of a piece of music.
adjective
The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal tonic formulas.
giving a feeling of vigor or well-being; invigorating.
At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.
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Milk thistle extract - long used as a liver 'tonic' in European folk medicine - may be a far better nutritional supplement than its acclaimed herbal cousins.
In summer, drinkers take gin and 'tonic' on the lawn or recline on the armchairs on the wooden verandah, while two great restaurants inside specialise in tasty Thai and Indian cuisine.
The range features a cleansing gel, 'tonic' lotion, facial mask, day lotion and concentrate and a night gel as well as a blemish control stick and cream.
The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal 'tonic' formulas.
While I wait, I nurse a vodka and 'tonic' and attempt to intelligently assess my surroundings.
I can't believe it - it was the perfect 'tonic' after my heart operation.
The effect is like a 'tonic' , and the fact that her character - and others similarly drawn - are all still very funny is a tribute to the director's talents.
Black haw, which has been described as having a uterine 'tonic' effect, has been used to prepare women for labor.
I now prefer the intoxicating blend of Russian caravan and lapsang souchong to the heady mix of vodka and 'tonic' , going to bed early to sleeping in late, cook books to comic books.
Contrition isn't much in fashion these days, but it's still a 'tonic' for the guilty soul - and who amongst us doesn't bear regrets for at least a few decisions.
Ten years on, I like my vodka and 'tonic' in a well-cut piece of glass with a few roughly hewed hunks of ice and a generous squeeze of real lime, thank you very much.
Indeed, the 'tonic' D, which has held sway over much of the movement's main tonal and harmonic thrust, is thrown into some degree of crisis.
It fights cholesterol, and is used as a 'tonic' and a laxative.
Flavonoids are the most powerful health bestowing constituent of 'tonic' herbs.
This sea change in music distribution is already upon us, and could provide the 'tonic' for the revival of those beleaguered music companies.
His letters mention ‘excellent spirits’ and 'tonic' air full of wonderful odours.
The music doesn't seem ‘anchored’ in a key, even though you can almost always find a 'tonic' .
Further, the number of both synapses and active zones per length terminal is significantly larger for the 'tonic' axon in the leg extensor muscle.
The places that we see, these slow 'tonic' muscle fibres, are almost the exact places where the muscles are shaping the surface of the tongue, and shaping them to do the shapes that we know are producing our speech.
These were the words that worked like a 'tonic' on the renowned music composer.
As such it is a common ingredient in 'tonic' formulas, particularly for elderly or debilitated people.
To a borderline workaholic like me, his attitude is a complete 'tonic' .
For a person like me, who sees too much speed in all areas of modern life, his introspective takes on American music were the perfect 'tonic' .
Spontaneous carbonation or bubbles that sprung from natural mineral springs were believed to relieve common ailments with their 'tonic' properties.
The superimposition of the 'tonic' and dominant forms of the motif does not bring a resolution, only an uneasy symbiosis.
He is definitely a 'tonic' in this depressing age of faceless conductors.
So the mere presence of a fixed percentage of ginsenosides does not guarantee the 'tonic' properties of a well-aged root.
The penultimate piece, a ‘Song without Words’, is centred on F, the work's main 'tonic' .
Laughter is an invigorating 'tonic' that heightens and brightens the mood, gently releasing us from tensions and social constraints.
Galleries provide a 'tonic' for the overstimulated senses
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