| PES | Patient Escort Service; photoelectron spectroscopy; physicians' equity services; polyethylene sulfon... |
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| ADM | abductor digiti minimi; administrative medicine; admission; Adriamycin; Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Ment... |
| HDS | Hamilton Depression Scale; Health Data Services; health delivery system; Healthcare Data Systems; he... |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration |
| AUPHA | Association of University Programs in Health Administration |
| student health services | Health services for college and university students usually provided by the educational institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| suburban health services | Health services, public or private, in suburban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental health services | Services designed to promote, maintain, or restore dental health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational health services | Health services for employees, usually provided by the employer at the place of work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states dept. Of health and human services | A department of the united states government concerned with administering those agencies and offices having programs pertaining to health and human services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urban health services | Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |