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TENS

  [tenz]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
Origin:
t(ranscutaneous) e(lectrical) n(erve) s(timulator)
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ten

  [ten]
–noun
1. a cardinal number, nine plus one.
2. a symbol for this number, as 10 or X.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a playing card with ten pips.
5. Informal. a ten-dollar bill: She had two tens and a five in her purse.
6. Also called ten's place. Mathematics.
a. (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point.
b. (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right.
–adjective
7. amounting to ten in number.
—Idiom
8. take ten, Informal. to rest from what one is doing, esp. for ten minutes.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ten(e), tenn(e), OE tēn(e), tīen(e); c. D tien, G zehn, ON tīu, Goth taihun, L decem, Gk déka, Skt daśa
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ten   (těn)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 9 + 1.

  2. The tenth in a set or sequence.

  3. Something having ten parts, units, or members.

  4. Games A playing card marked with ten spots.

  5. A ten-dollar bill.


[Middle English, from Old English tīen; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
ten adj. & pron.
TENS   (těnz)   
n.  A technique used to relieve pain in an injured or diseased part of the body in which electrodes applied to the skin deliver intermittent stimulation to surface nerves, blocking the transmission of pain signals.

[t(ranscutaneous) e(lectrical) n(erve) s(timulation).]
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Word Origin & History

ten 
O.E. ten (Mercian), tien (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc. *tekhan (cf. O.S. tehan, O.N. tiu, Dan. ti, O.Fris. tian, O.Du. ten, Du. tien, O.H.G. zehan, Ger. zehn, Goth. taihun "ten"), from PIE *dekm (cf. Skt. dasa, Avestan dasa, Armenian tasn, Gk. deka, L. decem, O.C.S. deseti, Lith. desimt, O.Ir. deich, Bret. dek, Welsh deg, Alb. djetu "ten"). Tenth is O.E. teoða, teogoða. Tenner "ten-pound note" is slang first recorded 1861; as "ten-dollar bill," 1887 (ten-spot in this sense dates from 1848). The ten-foot pole that you wouldn't touch something with (1909) was originally a 40-foot pole; the idea is the same as the advice to use a long spoon when you dine with the devil. Ten-four "I understand, message received," is attested in popular jargon from 1962, from use in CB and police radio 10-code (in use in U.S. by 1950).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: TENS
Function: abbreviation
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator
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Medical Dictionary

TEN abbr.
toxic epidermal necrolysis

TENS (těnz)
n.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; a technique used to relieve pain in an injured or diseased part of the body in which electrodes applied to the skin deliver intermittent stimulation to surface nerves and block the transmission of pain signals.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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