| cornell medical index | Self-administered health questionnaire developed to obtain details of the medical history as an adjunct to the medical interview. It consists of 195 questions divided into eighteen sections; the first twelve deal with somatic complaints and the last six with mood and feeling patterns. The index is used also as a personality inventory or in epidemiologic studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hotel | 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class. 2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. Origin: F. Hotel, OF. Hostel. See Hostel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |