| C-TPN | cyclic total parenteral nutrition |
|---|---|
| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| PPN | partial parenteral nutrition; pedunculopontine nucleus |
| TPN | thalamic projection neuron; total parenteral nutrition; transition protein; triphosphopyridine nucle... |
| TPPN | total peripheral parenteral nutrition |
| infant nutrition disorders | Malnutrition, occurring in infants ages 1 month to 24 months, which is due to insufficient intake of food, dietary nutrients, or a pathophysiologic condition which prevents the absorption and utilization of food. Growth and development are markedly affected. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| enteral nutrition | Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemodialysis, home | Long-term maintenance haemodialysis in the home. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home | 1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; especially, the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. "The disciples went away again to their own home." (John xx. 10) "Home is the sacred refuge of our life." (Dryden) "Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home." (Payne) 2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England]" 3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. "He entered in his house his home no more, For without hearts there is no home." (Byron) 4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine. "Her eyes are homes of silent prayer." (Tennyson) "Flandria, by plenty made the home of war." (Prior) 5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. "Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets." (Eccl. Xii. 5) 6. The home base; he started for home. at home. At one's own house, or lodgings. In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home. Prepared to receive callers. Home department, the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. To feel at home, to be at one's ease. To make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home. Synonym: Tenement, house, dwelling, abode, domicile. Origin: OE. Hom, ham, AS. Ham; akin to OS. Hem, D. & G. Heim, Sw. Hem, Dan. Hiem, Icel. Heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. Haims village, Lith. Kemas, and perh. To Gr. Village, or to E. Hind a peasant; cf. Skr.kshma abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. Home base, that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack. 1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. 2. Close; closely. "How home the charge reaches us, has been made out." (South) "They come home to men's business and bosoms." (Bacon) 3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home. "Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home." (Shak) Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc. To bring home. See Bring. To come home. To touch or affect personally. See Come. To haul the clews close to the sheave hole. <zoology> See Homelyn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| home care agencies | Public or private organizations that provide, either directly or through arrangements with other organizations, home health services in the patient's home. (hospital administration terminology, 2d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| home care services | Community health and nursing services providing coordinated multiple service home care to the patient in his home. It includes services provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospitals, or other organised community groups. It differs from home nursing in that it is given by professionals while home nursing is provided by non-professionals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home care services, hospital-based | Hospital-sponsored provision of health services, such as nursing, therapy, and health-related homemaker or social services, in the patient's home. (hospital administration terminology, 2d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| home childbirth | Childbirth taking place in the home. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home health aides | Persons who assist ill, elderly, or disabled persons in the home, carrying out personal care and housekeeping tasks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home health nurse | A nurse who is responsible for a group of clients in the home setting. Visits clients on a routine basis to assist client and family with care as needed and to teach family the care needed so that the client may remain in his/her home. Synonym: visiting nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| home infusion therapy | Use of any infusion therapy on an ambulatory, outpatient, or other non-institutionalised basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home nursing | Nursing care given to an individual in the home. The care may be provided by a family member or a friend. Home nursing as care by a non-professional is differentiated from home care services provided by professionals: visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospital, or other organised community group. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home oxygen therapy | A form of oxygen that is typically delivered via nasal cannula. Commonly provided to those with severe heart or lung disease. See: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Home's lobe | The enlarged middle lobe of the prostate gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nursing home | A convalescent home or private facility for the care of individuals who do not require hospitalization and who cannot be cared for at home. (05 Mar 2000) |