| jo | Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. A sweetheart; a darling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| job | 1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. 2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars. 3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business. 4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. 5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. By the job, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job. Job lot, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot. Job master, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. Job printer, one who does miscellaneous printing, especially. Circulars, cards, billheads, etc. Odd job, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people. Origin: Prov. E. Job, gob, a small piece of wood, v, to stab, strike; cf. E. Gob, gobbet; perh. Influenced by E. Chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. Job's comforter. A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. A boil. Job's news, bad news. <botany> Job's tears, a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| job application | Process of applying for employment. It includes written application for employment or personal appearance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| job description | Statement of the position requirements, qualifications for the position, wage range, and any special conditions expected of the employee. (12 Dec 1998) |
| job satisfaction | Personal satisfaction relative to the work situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Job syndrome | <syndrome> An immunodeficiency disorder characterised by high levels of plasma IgE concentrations, a leukocyte chemotactic defect, and recurrent staphylococcal infections of the skin, upper respiratory tract, and other sites. Synonym: Job syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| job's syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder of neutrophils characterised by the presence of abnormal or absent chemotactic responses and hyperimmunoglobulinaemia e. It is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait and most cases reported have been in girls. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Jobert de Lamballe's fossa | The hollow just above the knee formed by the adductor magnus and the sartorius and gracilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jobert de Lamballe's suture | An interrupted intestinal suture, used for invaginating the margins of the intestines in circular enterorrhaphy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jobert de Lamballe, Antoine | <person> French surgeon, 1799-1867. See: Jobert de Lamballe's fossa, Jobert de Lamballe's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jocasta complex | A mother's libidinous fixation on a son. Origin: Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus (05 Mar 2000) |
| jock itch | Tinea cruris is a fungal infection of the perineum, better known as jock itch. This condition is often treated with clotrimazole or miconazole cream. Good general hygiene is vital in the prevention of tinea cruris. Keep the groin area clean and dry and avoid chafing. Launder athletic supporters frequently. Use an antifungal or drying powder after showering. (27 Sep 1997) |
| jocose | Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. "To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary." (Shaftesbury) "All . . . Jocose or comical airs should be excluded." (I. Watts) Synonym: Jocular, facetious, witty, merry, pleasant, waggish, sportive, funny, comical. Jocose"ly, Jocose"ness, "Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity." (Broome) "He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life." (Buckle) Origin: L jocosus, fr. Jocus joke. See Joke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jod-Basedow | <endocrinology> Induction of thyrotoxicosis in a previously euthyroid individual as a result of exposure to large quantities of iodine. It occurs most often in areas of endemic iodine-deficient goiter and in patients with multinodular goiter. It can also can develop following use of iodine-containing agents for diagnostic studies. Synonym: iodine-induced hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jod-Basedow phenomenon | <endocrinology> Induction of thyrotoxicosis in a previously euthyroid individual as a result of exposure to large quantities of iodine. It occurs most often in areas of endemic iodine-deficient goiter and in patients with multinodular goiter. It can also can develop following use of iodine-containing agents for diagnostic studies. Synonym: iodine-induced hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |