| emergency supplies kit | You and your family can cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to prepare is by assembling a Disaster Supplies Kit. Once disaster hits, you won't have time to shop or search for supplies. But if you've gathered supplies in advance, your family can endure an evacuation or home confinement. For useful information, see the MedicineNet site on YOUR FAMILY DISASTER SUPPLIES KIT. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| emergency theory | A theory of the emotions, advanced by W.B. Cannon, that animal and human organisms respond to emergency situations by increased sympathetic nervous system activity including an increased catecholamine production with associated increases in blood pressure, heart and respiratory rates, and skeletal muscle blood flow. See: relaxation response. Synonym: Cannon's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emergency treatment | First aid or other immediate intervention for accidents or medical conditions requiring immediate care and treatment before definitive medical and surgical management can be procured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emergent | Any of various plants (as a cattail) rooted in shallow water and having most of the vegetative growth above the water. (09 Oct 1997) |
| emergent evolution | Appearance of a property in a complex system e.g., organism that could have been predicted only with difficulty, or perhaps not at all, from a knowledge and understanding of the individual genotype changes taken separately. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emerging viruses | In epidemiology, a class of viruses that have long infected humans or animals but now have the opportunity to attain epidemic proportions due to human encroachment on tropical rainforests, increased international travel, burgeoning populations in less developed countries, and, possibly, global warming. About two dozen viruses have been termed emergent, including haemorrhagic viruses such as Ebola, Marburg, and Hantaan; the rabies-like viruses Mokola and Duvenhage; rodent-borne Jinin and Lassa virus; and mosquito-borne dengue. Virologists speculate that the strain of HIV that causes AIDS may also fall into this category, having entered humans through contact with monkeys in central Africa, possibly having existed among monkey populations for some 50,000 years. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emersed | Standing out of or rising above a surface as an aquatic plant with flower stalk emersed. (09 Oct 1997) |
| emersed plant | Plants growing with their roots and a portion of the shoot below the water and the remainder of the shoot above the surface of the water. (09 Oct 1997) |
| emersion | 1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. "Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same." (Knatchbull) 2. <astronomy> The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon. Origin: Cf. F. Emersion. See Emerge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emery | <chemical> Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer. Origin: F. Emeri, earlier emeril, It. Smeriglio, fr. Gr, cf. To wipe; perh. Akin to E. Smear. Cf. Emeril. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emery disks | Disk's of paper or other materials coated with emery powder used to abrade or smooth the surface of teeth or fillings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Emery, Alan | <person> Contemporary British physician. See: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy | A generally benign type of muscular dystrophy, with onset in childhood or early adulthood. Weakness begins with the pectoral girdle and proximal upper extremity muscles and spreads to the pelvic girdle and distal lower extremity muscles. Contractures of the elbow, flexors, neck flexors, and calf muscles often occur; muscle pseudohypertrophy and mental retardation do not occur. A cardiomyopathy is common. An X-linked inherited disorder, nonallelic to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emesis | Vomiting, an act of vomiting. Also used as a word termination, as in haematemesis. Origin: Gr. Emein = to vomit (18 Nov 1997) |
| emetic | <pharmacology> An agent that causes vomiting. Origin: Gr. Emetikos, L. Emeticus (18 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : PL 93-406, PL93-406, Public Law 93 406
Synonyms : Employer Health Cost, Health Cost, Employer
Synonyms : Child Labor, Employment Status, Informal Sector, Labor Force, Occupational Status, Status, Occupational, Underemployment, Employment Terminations, Informal Sectors, Labor Forces, Labor, Child, Sector, Informal, Sectors, Informal, Status, Employment
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Synonyms : Empty Sella Turcica Syndrome, Primary Empty Sella Syndrome, Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome, Empty Sella Syndromes
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a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
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| empiricism |
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience the application of empirical methods in any art or science quackery: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
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vomit: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting
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a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
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| EM | an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through |
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| EM | administer an oil or ointment to |
| EM | a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain |
| EM | add details to |
| EM | decorate with needlework |
| EM | adorned with embroidery |
| EM | someone who ornaments with needlework |
| EM | a woman embroiderer |
| EM | decorative needlework |
| EM | elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail |
| EM | a frame made of two hoops |
| EM | a frame made of two hoops |