| tablets | Solid dosage forms, of varying weight, size, and shape, which may be molded or compressed, and which contain a medicinal substance in pure or diluted form. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tablets, enteric-coated | Tablets coated with material that delays release of the medication until after they leave the stomach. (12 Dec 1998) |
| milligram hour | An obsolete term for a unit of exposure in radium therapy, i.e., the application of 1 milligram of radium during 1 hour. Synonym: milligramage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hour | 1. <physics> The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at what hour shall we meet? 3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. "Woman, . . . Mine hour is not yet come." (John II. 4) "This is your hour, and the power of darkness." (Luke xxii. 53) 4. A measure of distance traveled. "Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels." (J. P. Peters) After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labour. Canonical hours. See Canonical. 5. <astronomy> Hour angle, a line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial. Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. Solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day. The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early. Origin: OE. Hour, our, hore, ure, OF. Hore, ore, ure, F. Heure, L. Hora, fr. Gr, orig, a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See Year, and cf. Horologe, Horoscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kilowatt-hour | <unit> A standard measure of electrical energy, equals one kilowatt of power delivered for one hour. Equivalent to 3.6 million joules. For example, 1 kWh will light a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours. 1 kWh = 3,413 Btu. Abbreviation: kWh (05 Dec 1998) |
| 24-hour cardiac monitor | <apparatus> A recording device, worn by the patient for the purpose of monitoring the hearts rhythm and rate, over a period of 24 hours. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mastectomy, extended radical | Radical mastectomy with removal of the ipsilateral half of the sternum and a portion of ribs two through five with the underlying pleura and the internal mammary lymph nodes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact lenses, extended-wear | Hydrophilic contact lenses worn for an extended period or permanently. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extended clasp | A clasp that extends from its minor connector along the lingual and/or facial surface of two or more teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended family | A group of persons comprising members of several generations united by blood, adoptive, marital or equivalent ties. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended family therapy | A type of family therapy that involves family members outside the nuclear family and who are closely associated with it and affect it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended insulin zinc suspension | A long-acting insulin suspension, obtained from beef, with an approximate time of onset of 7 hours and a duration of action of 36 hours. Synonym: crystalline insulin zinc suspension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended pyelotomy | Extension of a standard pyelotomy into the lower pole infundibulum through the avascular plane between the posterior and basilar segmental renal arteries. Synonym: Gil-Vernet operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended radical mastectomy | Excision of the entire breast including the nipple, areola, and overlying skin, as well as the pectoral muscles and the lymphatic-bearing tissues of the axilla and chest wall and internal mammary chain of lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carpal tunnel release | <orthopaedics, procedure> An orthopaedic surgical procedure which relieves the pressure exerted on the median nerve within the carpal tunnel in the wrist. This surgery may be performed conventionally via a small incision or using a fibreoptic scope (endoscopic carpal tunnel repair). (08 Jan 1998) |