Effleurage, a French word meaning "to skim" or "to touch lightly on", is a series ofmassagestrokes used in Swedish massage to warm up themusclebefore deeptissuework usingpetrissage.This is a soothing, stroking movement used at the beginning and the end of the facial and/or body massage. It is also used as a linking move between the different strokes and movements. Effleurage is basically a form of massage involving a circular stroking movement made with the palm of the hand.Effleurage can be firm or light without dragging the skin and is performed using either the padded parts of the finger tips or the palmar surface of the hands, and works as a mechanical pump on the body to encourage venous and lymphatic return. It consists of four sub-categories:1. Ethereal or aura strokes2. Feathering, or nerve-stroking3. Superficial effleurage4. Deeper effleurage5. SANITIZE(verb) The verbSANITIZEhas 2 senses:6. 1.make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing2.make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features

7. CUTICLE8. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.9. 2.The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.

PATHOGENA bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

Synonymsgerm

RADIATION1. The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles.2. The energy transmitted in this way.

Synonymsradiance - irradiation - eradiation - radiancy

BEVELDefinition ofBEVEL1:an instrument consisting of two rules or arms jointed together and opening to any angle for drawing angles or adjusting surfaces to be cut at an angle2a:the angle that one surface or line makes with another when they are not at right anglesb:the slant of such a surface or line3:the part of printing type extending from face to shoulderINFECTIONInfectionis the invasion of ahostorganism'sbodilytissuesbydisease-causingorganisms, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and thetoxinsthey produce.[1]Infections are caused by microorganisms such asviruses,prions,bacteria, andviroids, and larger organisms likemacroparasitesandfungi.