| holidays | Days commemorating events. Holidays also include vacation periods. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| holing | <chemical> Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. See: Hole a hollow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| holism | 1. The principle that an organism, or one of its actions, is not equal to merely the sum of its parts but must be perceived or studied as a whole. 2. The approach to the study of a psychological phenomenon through the analysis of a phenomenon as a complete entity in itself. Compare: atomism. Origin: G. Holos, entire (05 Mar 2000) |
| holistic | Pertaining to the characteristics of holism or holistic psychologies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holistic health | Health as viewed from the perspective that man and other organisms function as complete, integrated units rather than as aggregates of separate parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| holistic medicine | Various systems of health protection and restoration, both traditional and modern, that are reputedly based on the bodys natural healing powers, the various ways the different tissues affect each other and the influence of the external environment. (09 Oct 1997) |
| holistic nursing | A philosophy of nursing practice that takes into account total patient care, considering the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of patients, their response to their illnesses, and the effect of illness on patients' abilities to meet self-care needs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| holistic psychology | Any psychologic system which postulates that the human mind or any mental process must be studied as a unit; e.g., gestaltism, existential psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holl's ligament | <anatomy> Ligament joining the corpora cavernosa clitoridis in front of the urinary meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holl, Moritz | <person> Austrian surgeon, 1852-1920. See: Holl's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollander test | A test to determine the completeness of vagotomy for peptic ulcer; after the surgical procedure is performed, insulin is administered to cause hypoglycaemia; if vagotomy is complete, the acid output from the stomach following administration of insulin is less than that before insulin administration; if the reverse if true, incomplete vagotomy is likely. Synonym: Hollander test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollander, Franklin | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1899-1966. See: Hollander test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollenhorst plaques | Glittering, orange-yellow, atheromatous emboli in the retinal arterioles that contain cholesterol crystals and originate in the carotid artery or great vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollenhorst, Robert | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, *1913. See: Hollenhorst plaques. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holliday junction | <molecular biology> A structure which occurs during homologous recombination between homologous chromosomes. While the two chromosomes are side by side, one strand of DNA on each chromosome is broken and then attached to the broken strand of DNA on the other chromosome. The crossover point, which is called the Holliday junction, is able to slide up and down between the two chromosomes, so that a little or a lot of DNA can ultimately be switched between them. (09 Oct 1997) |
Synonyms : Cruciform Cutting Endonuclease, Cruciform DNA Resolving Endonuclease, Endonuclease, Cruciform Cutting, Resolvase, Holliday Junction
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Synonyms : Deficiency, Holocarboxylase Synthetase, Deficiency, Multiple Carboxylase, Neonatal Form, Deficiencies, Holocarboxylase Synthetase, Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiencies
Synonyms : Holocausts
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| holistic medicine |
medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors; "holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body"
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| hollow |
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year" false: deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses" a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom" excavate: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" hole: a depression hollowed out of solid matter empty: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
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| hollow-back |
lordosis: an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
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| holmium |
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
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| holography |
the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image
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| hol | the act of grasping |
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| hol | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
| hol | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
| hol | a cell in a jail or prison |
| hol | (archaic) a stronghold |
| hol | power by which something or someone is affected or dominated |
| hol | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something |
| hol | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| hol | time during which some action is awaited |
| hol | keep from exhaling or expelling |
| hol | remain committed to |
| hol | assert or affirm |