| legislation, nursing | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| legislation | The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, dental | Laws and regulations pertaining to the field of dentistry, proposed for enactment or recently enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, drug | Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, food | Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, hospital | Laws and regulations concerning hospitals, which are proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, medical | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, pharmacy | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of pharmacy, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, veterinary | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of veterinary medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absent state | The saemiconscious state associated with an epileptic attack. Synonym: absent state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activated state | <chemistry, radiobiology> An atom or nucleus which possesses more energy than its ground state energy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| acute confusional state | <psychiatry> A condition of severe confusion or rapid change in brain function. This often occurs as the result of a mental illness or physical illness. Symptoms include lethargy, agitation, confusion, disorientation and delirium. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anxiety tension state | A milder form of an anxiety disorder. See: anxiety disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apallic state | Diffuse, bilateral cerebral cortical degeneration caused by head injury, anoxia, or encephalitis, a state of persistent unresponsiveness, such as akinetic mutism, caused by brain damage. See: vegetative. Synonym: apallic syndrome, apallic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carrier state | A condition in which a human who is not himself sick harbors an infective organism which may cause disease in those to whom it is transmitted. (12 Dec 1998) |