| SPECT | Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography = SET |
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| CISC | complex-instructional-set computing |
| MDS | Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data system... |
| MDS+ | minimum data set (plus) |
| NMDS | nursing minimum data set |
| standard-wing | <zoology> A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ICAO standard atmosphere | The standard atmosphere adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, used for calibrating altimeters and for expressing hypobaric chamber pressures in terms of equivalent altitude; it ignores many deviations found in nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emission standard | This regulatory value is a quantitative limit on the emission or discharge of a potentially toxic substance from a source. The simplest form for regulatory purposes is a uniform emission standard (UES) where the same limit is placed on all emissions of a particular contaminant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| environmental quality standard | This regulatory value defines the maximum concentration of a potentially toxic substance which can be allowed in an environmental compartment, usually air (air quality standard - AQS) or water, over a defined period. (09 Oct 1997) |
| administration | 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. "His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration." (Macaulay) 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. "A mild and popular administration." (Macaulay) "The administration has been opposed in parliament." (Johnson) 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. 4. The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc. Synonym: Conduct, management, direction, regulation, execution, dispensation, distribution. Origin: OE. Administracioun, L. Administratio: cf. F. Administration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| administration, buccal | Administration of a soluble dosage form between the cheek and gingiva. It may involve direct application of a drug onto the buccal mucosa, as by painting or spraying. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, cutaneous | The application of suitable drug dosage forms to the skin for either local or systemic effects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, inhalation | The administration of drugs by the respiratory route. It includes insufflation into the respiratory tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, intravaginal | The insertion of drugs into the vagina to treat local infections, neoplasms, or to induce labour. The dosage forms may include medicated pessaries, irrigation fluids, and suppositories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, intravesical | The instillation or other administration of drugs into the bladder, usually to treat local disease, including neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, rectal | The insertion of drugs into the rectum, usually for confused or incompetent patients, like children, infants, and the very old or comatose. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, sublingual | Administration of a soluble dosage form by placement under the tongue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Veterans Administration hospital | A hospital operated at federal government expense and administered by the Veterans Administration for care of veterans of U.S. Wars and retired military personnel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personnel administration, hospital | Management activities concerned with hospital employees. (12 Dec 1998) |