vibroacoustic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English vibro- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English vibroacoustic From vibro- + acoustic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to a vibratory sound stimulus applied to the abdomen of a pregnant woman to induce FHR accelerations, which reliably predict the absence of fetal metabolic acidemia.
The experiment was performed on a group of 28 women with vibroacoustic therapy (30 Hz, 3 times per week, 5 minutes, 6 months of therapy).
2015 March 25, Magdalena Weber-Rajek et al., “Whole-body vibration exercise in postmenopausal osteoporosis”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review, volume 14, →DOI: