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recruitment
(re-krldbomact´mәnt)
the gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged.
in audiology, an abnormal increase in loudness caused by a very slight increase in sound intensity, as in Meniere disease.
follicle recruitment
the process by which certain primordial ovarian follicles begin growing in a given menstrual cycle.

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