| dent | 1. <prefix> Relating to the teeth or dentition, dental. See: odonto-. Origin: L. Dens, tooth 2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. "A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter." (De Quincey) Origin: A variant of Dint. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |
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| commitment of mentally ill | Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ill | 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. "Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors." (Bacon) "There 's some ill planet reigns." (Shak) 2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. "Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example." (Shak) 3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. Synonym: Bad, evil, wrong, wicked, sick, unwell. Origin: ill, ille, Icel. Illr; akin to Sw. Illa, adv, Dan. Ilde, adv. (11 Mar 1998) |
| terminally ill | Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| louping ill | <veterinary, virology> An acute tick-borne arbovirus infection causing meningoencephalomyelitis of sheep. (12 Dec 1998) |
| louping-ill virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus that causes louping ill and is transmitted by the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. (05 Mar 2000) |