gymnastics (jim-nas'tiks)

The science or art of systematic bodily exercise, active g. Gymnastic exercise by the patient himself without an a istant, antagonistic g. G. consisting of movements by two persons, one of whom resists the other, medical g. The treatment of disease by g. ocular g. G. applied to the ocular muscles, e. g., by means of prisms, pa ive g. Pa ive exercise by the patient's submi ion to the manipulations or a gymnast or ma eur. Swedish g. A system of g. devised by Ling, of Sweden, in which there is an effort to aid the recovery of paretic parts by bringing the muscles into methodical exercise, voluntary g. See active g. [Gr., gymnastike, gymnasia.]