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Muscular dystrophy or MD refers to a chronic disease characterized by a progressive wasting away of the muscles. Likewise, Muscular dystrophy is a broad term used to describe a genetic disorder of the muscles. It causes the muscles in the body to become very weak, and over a period of time, the muscles break down and are replaced with fatty deposits.

Muscular strength is defined as the maximal amount of force that can be generated by a muscle or muscle group.

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) is a term used to describe a range of disorders or injuries which may include injuries and disorders of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage and spinal discs. Some examples include Carpel tunnel syndrome, Pinched nerves, or Sciatica.

Muse means to be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. Muse may also mean "to consider or say thoughtfully"; and a state of meditation.

Music Therapist refers to a qualified musician and therapist who uses music to achieve therapeutic aims.

Music therapy is a kind of therapy where patients may listen or participate in musical experiences through singing or using musical instruments to improve emotional expression, reduce stress, or to deal nonverbally with a variety of issues.

Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence is defined as the ability to produce and appreciate music. These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms and patterns. They immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear. Many of these learners are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds, as in the sound of crickets, bells, dripping taps and many more.

English: Musterbation / Deutsch: Musterbefriedigung / Español: Musturbación / Português: Masturbação / Français: Masturbation mentale / Italiano: Masturbazione

Musterbation refers to Albert Ellis’s phrase to characterize the behavior of clients who are inflexible and absolutistic in their thinking, maintaining that they must not fail or that they must have their way.


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