tonic
టానిక్
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.
translation of 'tonic'
శరీరంకు బలమును, ఆరోగ్యాన్ని ఇచ్చే మందు
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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.
The brash and disrespectful attitude of the music was a 'tonic' , while the band's lack of anonymity broke the mould.
Cardiac syncope often causes immediate loss of consciousness, 'tonic' stiffening of body and limbs, and often myoclonic jerking.
Love it or hate it, you're sure to find it an invigorating 'tonic' .
I imagine all your adventures have served as a restorative 'tonic' to the high-speed life of a newsman.
Galleries provide a 'tonic' for the overstimulated senses
His letters mention ‘excellent spirits’ and 'tonic' air full of wonderful odours.
This 'tonic' contraction is mostly myogenic, due to special properties of this smooth muscle, but it is modified by excitatory and inhibitory nerves.
But it is neither a variation on one of the old iron supplements nor is it a food, although its adherents say it has 'tonic' properties and you do apply it to the body.
Yes, I know that the 'tonic' has sugar in it (you can, of course, use diet), but with this quantity divided among eight it isn't that much per person.
With commentary and analysis, its members provided a 'tonic' for much of the mainstream media's excesses.
Their usual intonation pattern is a rising tone on and after the 'tonic' syllable, but, when rhetorical or emphatic, they are said with a falling tone.
Digestive 'tonic' properties and early experimental findings that its long-term use promotes the heart and vascular system are other feathers in the cap for this herb.
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.
A 'tonic' resolution such as that at the end of this piece seems to me have quite an ironic quality.
This excellent 'tonic' herb is high in mineral content, with a preference for supporting the liver.
To a borderline workaholic like me, his attitude is a complete 'tonic' .
People are going back to basics like Scotch on the rocks and Tanqueray and 'tonic' .
While I wait, I nurse a vodka and 'tonic' and attempt to intelligently assess my surroundings.
Very, very expensive - the last time I went, I paid £7 for a gin and 'tonic' .
For a chef at the top of his game, his humility is a 'tonic' .
This 'tonic' contraction defines the lower esophageal sphincter.
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.
I like gin based drinks: Gin and 'tonic' is usually a safe bet in any bar.
The boy brings us vodka and 'tonic' which we drink on the balcony.
This, technically speaking, is tonal music, but you'd be hard pressed to identify the 'tonic' .
Back in 1981, when this triple bill was new and the Met a more conservative place than it is today, such an original evening of opera was a positive 'tonic' .
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.
The former is designated a slow twitch muscle fiber, and the latter as slow 'tonic' muscle fiber.
Unphosphorylated, attached cross-bridges in 'tonic' mammalian smooth muscle have a very slow rate of release of ADP.
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