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Definition of Mounding
1. mound [v] - See also: mound
Medical Definition of Mounding
1. A localised contraction of a degenerating muscle, occurring at the point of a sharp blow, independent of the nerve supply. Synonym: idiomuscular contraction, mounding, myoidema. Origin: myo-+ G. Oidema, swelling (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mounding
Literary usage of Mounding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"mounding PEACH-TREES. There is a considerable amount of evidence that, by
maintaining a permanent mound of earth—say a foot and a half or two feet high— ..."
2. In-Situ Bioremediation of Ground Water and Geological Material: A Review of ...by Robert D. Norris by Robert D. Norris (1995)
"However, the mounding produced by sparging is caused by the displacement of water
with air. Flow away from the mound may not be induced because the net ..."
3. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1894)
"The most successful, I think, is in mounding the trees in the late spring or
early summer, to the height of six inches or more; then level the ground in ..."
4. Farm Horticulture: Prepared Especially for Those Interested in Either Home by George William Hood (1921)
"The banking or mounding of soil about the trunk of the trees is often used.
The mounding is not so very effective in itself, but when used in conjunction ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of by Scotland Court of Session, Robert Stuart (1852)
"By written agreement A. contracted with B., for a certain slump sum, to form a
new pond in his grounds, with an embankment, and mounding, and puddle-dyke, ..."
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