The pancreas for example secretes insulin( a hormone) directly into the blood in response to the blood glucose level. Lastly, a seizure is a type of involuntary movement. Seizures like a grand mal seizure is a storm of electrical activity in the brain that causes uncontrollable muscular movements.
The noun DAMPER BLOCK has 1 sense: 1. damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration. Familiarity information: DAMPER BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses. Damper may refer to: 1  Dashpot, a type of hydraulic or mechanical damper, 2  Shock absorber (British or technical use: damper), a mechanical device designed to dissipate kinetic energy. 3  In electronics, a kind of diode, intended to absorb energy peaks, normally generated by inductive circuitry.