facilitation: Meaning and Definition of

fa•cil•i•ta•tion

Pronunciation: (fu-sil"i-tā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. the act or process of facilitating.
  2. the lowering of resistance in a neural pathway to an impulse, resulting from previous or simultaneous stimulation.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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