| blood loss, surgical | Loss of blood during surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| rate schedule | A price list showing how the electric bill of a particular type of customer will be calculated by an electric utility company. (05 Dec 1998) |
| reinforcement schedule | <psychology> A schedule prescribing when the subject is to be reinforced or rewarded in terms of temporal interval in psychological experiments. The schedule may be continuous or intermittent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mental status schedule | Standardised clinical interview used to assess current psychopathology by scaling patient responses to the questions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| work schedule tolerance | Physiological or psychological effects of periods of work which may be fixed or flexible such as flexitime, work shifts, and rotating shifts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schedule | A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc. 2. Timetable, especially. A list of times at which a conveyance is expected to arrive or leave. 3. Program, a list of items which will occur during an event, usu. With the expected time for each item. 4. Agenda. Synonym: Catalogue, list, inventory. See List. Origin: F. Cedule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. Schedula, dim. Of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. From) Gr. A tablet, leaf, and to L. Scindere to cleave, Gr. See Schism, and cf. Cedule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dosage schedule | A scheme set up to determine and regulate size, frequency and number of doses. (18 Nov 1997) |
| drug administration schedule | Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunization schedule | Schedule giving optimum times usually for primary and/or secondary immunization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| birth order | The sequence in which children are born into the family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maximal | The greatest possible, allowable or appreciable, the reverse of minimal. (18 Nov 1997) |
| maximal dose | <pharmacology> The largest amount of a drug or physical procedure that an adult can take with safety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximal expiratory flow rate | <chest medicine, physiology> Measurement of rate of airflow during the first liter expired after the first 200 ml have been exhausted during a forced vital capacity determination. Common abbreviations are MEFR, FEF 202-1200, and fef 0.2-1.2. Acronym: MEFR (21 Jun 2000) |
| maximal expiratory flow-volume curve | <chest medicine> Curves depicting maximal expiratory flow in liters/second at each point of lung inflation (expressed in liters or percentage of forced vital capacity) during a forced vital capacity determination. Common abbreviation is mefv. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maximal Histalog test | A test for measurement of maximal production of gastric acidity or anacidity; it is similar to the histamine test, but uses Histalog (betazole hydrochloride), an analogue of histamine. Synonym: maximal Histalog test. (05 Mar 2000) |