| 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) |
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| 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) |
| golden | 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the colour of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. A tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. Golden marcasite tin. Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. "Angels guard him in the golden mean." (Pope) Golden mole, a bright-coloured hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididae. The colours are golden, blue, and green. Golden wedding. See Wedding. Origin: OE. Golden; cf. OE. Gulden, AS. Gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| golden-eye | <zoology> A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| golden-rod | <botany> A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. <botany> Golden-rod tree, a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Golden, Ross | <person> U.S. Radiologist, 1890-1975. See: S sign of Golden. (05 Mar 2000) |
| golden seal | The dried rhizome of Hydrastis canadensis (family Ranunculaceae), a native of the eastern U.S.; formerly used in the treatment of chronic catarrhal states of the mucous membranes and in metrorrhagia. Synonym: golden seal, jaundice root, yellow root. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. G. Hydor (hydro-), water, + drao, to accomplish (05 Mar 2000) |
| S sign of Golden | In pulmonary radiology, the combination of an atelectatic lobe and a central obstructing mass produces a concavity and a convexity, like the letter "S." (05 Mar 2000) |