| hospital design and construction | The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| facility design and construction | Architecture, exterior and interior design, and construction of facilities other than hospitals, e.g., dental schools, medical schools, ambulatory care clinics, and specified units of health care facilities. The concept also includes architecture, design, and construction of specialised contained, controlled, or closed research environments including those of space labs and stations. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| interior design and furnishings | The planning of the furnishings and decorations of an architectural interior. (12 Dec 1998) |
| financing, construction | Funding resources and procedures for capital improvement or the construction of facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maintenance and engineering, hospital | Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise. (12 Dec 1998) |
| commission on professional and hospital activities | The non-profit, non-governmental organization which collects, processes, and distributes data on hospital use. Two programs of the commission are the professional activity study and the medical audit program. (12 Dec 1998) |
| obstetrics and gynecology department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and management of services provided for obstetric and gynecologic patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equipment and supplies, hospital | Any materials used in providing care specifically in the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| block design test | A performance test using coloured blocks which the individual must use to match pictured designs; one of the subtests of the Wechsler intelligence scales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rational drug design | <pharmacology> Modeling the molecular structure of the target of a drug, for example, an antigen, and then designing a drug that will attack it. (17 Dec 1997) |
| research design | A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| computer-aided design | The use of computers for designing and/or manufacturing of anything, including drugs, surgical procedures, orthotics, and prosthetics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prosthesis design | The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| software design | Specifications and instructions applied to the software. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental prosthesis design | The plan and delineation of dental prostheses in general or a specific dental prosthesis. It does not include denture design. The framework usually consists of metal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| denture design | The plan, delineation, and location of actual structural elements of dentures. The design can relate to retainers, stress-breakers, occlusal rests, flanges, framework, lingual or palatal bars, reciprocal arms, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |