| EMT-A | emergency medical technician-ambulance; emergency medical technician providing basic life support or... |
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| EMS | early morning specimen; early morning stiffness; electrical muscle stimulation; Electronic Medical S... |
| IMS | incurred in military service; Indian Medical Service; industrial methylated spirit; information mana... |
| HAS | Hamilton Anxiety Scale; health advisory service; highest asymptomatic [dose]; hospital administrativ... |
| SMS | senior medical student; serial motor seizures; Shared Medical Systems; Smith-Magenis syndrome; somat... |
| paracrine communication | Cellular signaling in which a factor secreted by a cell affects other cells in the local environment. This term is often used to denote the action of hormones on surrounding cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| manual communication | Method of nonverbal communication utilizing hand movements as speech equivalents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cell communication | Any of several ways in which living cells of an organism communicate with one another, whether by direct contact between cells or by means of chemical signals carried by neurotransmitter substances, hormones, and cyclic AMP. (12 Dec 1998) |
| persuasive communication | A mode of communication concerned with inducing or urging the adoption of certain beliefs, theories, or lines of action by others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| communication | The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
| communication aids for disabled | Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons, who cannot speak effectively, with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, typewriters, cathode ray tubes, computers, and speech synthesisers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, morse code, and pictures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| communication barriers | Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
| communication disorders | Disorders characterised by the individual's inability to comprehend or share ideas or feelings because of impairment of language, speech, or hearing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| communication methods, total | Utilization of all available receptive and expressive modes for the purpose of achieving communication with the hearing impaired, such as gestures, postures, facial expression, types of voice, formal speech and non-speech systems, and simultaneous communication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| computer communication networks | A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nonverbal communication | Transmission of emotions, ideas, and attitudes between individuals in ways other than the spoken language. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiology service, hospital | The hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the cardiac patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| patient escort service | A special service provided by volunteers to accompany patients who need help in moving about the health facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chaplaincy service, hospital | Hospital department which administers religious activities within the hospital, e.g., pastoral care, religious services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmacy service, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the receiving, storing, and distribution of pharmaceutical supplies. (12 Dec 1998) |