tonic
ٹانک
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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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.
This excellent 'tonic' herb is high in mineral content, with a preference for supporting the liver.
I like gin based drinks: Gin and 'tonic' is usually a safe bet in any bar.
For a chef at the top of his game, his humility is a 'tonic' .
As such it is a common ingredient in 'tonic' formulas, particularly for elderly or debilitated people.
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.
The former is designated a slow twitch muscle fiber, and the latter as slow 'tonic' muscle fiber.
Cardiac syncope often causes immediate loss of consciousness, 'tonic' stiffening of body and limbs, and often myoclonic jerking.
These were the words that worked like a 'tonic' on the renowned music composer.
The brash and disrespectful attitude of the music was a 'tonic' , while the band's lack of anonymity broke the mould.
Adults still dutifully head home to mother for 'tonic' soups when a hectic all-work-and-no-play lifestyle leaves them feeling under the weather.
People are going back to basics like Scotch on the rocks and Tanqueray and 'tonic' .
Spontaneous carbonation or bubbles that sprung from natural mineral springs were believed to relieve common ailments with their 'tonic' properties.
Further, the number of both synapses and active zones per length terminal is significantly larger for the 'tonic' axon in the leg extensor muscle.
I can't believe it - it was the perfect 'tonic' after my heart operation.
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 food certainly tasted wonderful and was the perfect 'tonic' before the long flight home.
This has what was doubtless the desired effect: a mouthful of gin and 'tonic' comes back out through my nose.
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.
To a borderline workaholic like me, his attitude is a complete 'tonic' .
Galleries provide a 'tonic' for the overstimulated senses
The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal 'tonic' formulas.
It fights cholesterol, and is used as a 'tonic' and a laxative.
This, technically speaking, is tonal music, but you'd be hard pressed to identify the 'tonic' .
Any time I spend a few days in the company of these happy souls, it always feels like a complete 'tonic' .
Milk Thistle has a long history as a medicinal plant which can be used as a liver stimulant, for detoxification and as a liver 'tonic' .
While I wait, I nurse a vodka and 'tonic' and attempt to intelligently assess my surroundings.
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' .
This 'tonic' contraction defines the lower esophageal sphincter.
After an unusually long and chromatic development the recapitulation begins in the 'tonic' minor.
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