| DW | daily weight; deionized water; dextrose in water; distilled water; doing well; dry weight |
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| HLDA | HoLD Acknowledge |
| c | hold withhold |
| HB | health board; heart block; heel to buttock; held back; hemoglobin; hepatitis B; His bundle; hold bre... |
| HBBW | hold breakfast blood work |
| BH | breath hold |
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| w/o/w | Water-in-oil in water |
| FHV | Flock House Virus |
| HDM | House Dust Mite |
| HD | House dust |
| hold | In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: 1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. "And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"" (Shak) 2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. "Our force by land hath nobly held." (Shak) 3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. "While our obedience holds." (Milton) "The rule holds in land as all other commodities." (Locke) 4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. "He will hold to the one and despise the other." (Matt. Vi. 24) 5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. "His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled." (Dryden) 6. To derive right or title; generally with of. "My crown is absolute, and holds of none." (Dryden) "His imagination holds immediately from nature." (Hazlitt) Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. To hold off, to keep at a distance. To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," . To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc, beyond a certain date. To hold to or with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. . To hold up. To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| halfway house | A facility for individuals who no longer require the complete facilities of a hospital or institution but are not yet prepared to return to independent living. Specialised residences for persons who do not require full hospitalisation, and are not well enough to function completely within the community without professional supervision, protection and support. (20 Sep 2002) |
| house | 1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. "Houses are built to live in; not to look on." (Bacon) "Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away." (Shak) 2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below. 3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household. "One that feared God with all his house." (Acts x. 2) 4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel. "The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name." (Tennyson) 5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament. 6. A firm, or commercial establishment. 7. A public house; an inn; a hotel. 8. <astronomy> A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. 9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. 10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house. 11. The body, as the habitation of the soul. "This mortal house I'll ruin, Do Caesar what he can." (Shak) 12. [With an adj, as narrow, dark, etc] The grave. "The narrow house." House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework. <medicine> House ant, the common wren of the Eastern United States (Troglodytes aedon). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See Wren. Religious house, a monastery or convent. The White House, the official residence of the President of the United States; hence, colloquially, the office of President. To bring down the house. See Bring. To keep house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment. To keep open house, to entertain friends at all times. Synonym: Dwelling, residence, abode. See Tenement. Origin: OE. Hous, hus, AS. Hs; akin to OS. & OFries. Hs, D. Huis, OHG. Hs, G. Haus, Icel. Hs, Sw. Hus, Dan. Huus, Goth. Gudhs, house of God, temple; and prob. To E. Hide to conceal. See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| house calls | Visits to the patient's home by professional personnel for the purpose of diagnosis and/or treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| house officer | An intern or resident employed by a hospital to provide service to patients while receiving training in a medical specialty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| house staff | Physicians and surgeons in specialty training at a hospital who care for the patients under the direction and responsibility of the attending staff. (05 Mar 2000) |
| house surgeon | The senior member of the surgical house staff responsible for the execution of the orders of the attending surgeon, and who also substitutes when the latter is absent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline water | A water that contains appreciable amounts of the bicarbonates of calcium, lithium, potassium, or sodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aromatic water | 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. "With tears watering the ground." (Milton) "Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands." (Longfellow) 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water. 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water. Origin: AS. Waeterian, gewaeterian. 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. "We will drink water." ."Powers of fire, air, water, and earth." . Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, and is a colourless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. at its maximum density, 39 deg Fahr. Or 4 deg C, it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32 deg Fahr. Or 0 deg C. And boils at 212 deg Fahr. Or 100 deg C. (see Ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. "Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled." (Fuller) 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; especially, the urine. 4. <pharmacology> A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, 3, Damask, and Damaskeen. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See Hard. Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from 1/12 of an inch to 1 inch above its top. Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. To hold water. See Hold, To keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig, to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. To make water. To pass urine. <medicine> Hydrothorax. Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. Origin: AS. Waeter; akin to OS. Watar, OFries. Wetir, weter, LG. & D. Water, G. Wasser, OHG. Wazzar, Icel. Vatn, Sw. Vatten, Dan. Vand, Goth. Wat, O. Slav. & Russ. Voda, Gr, Skr. Udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. Unda wave. Cf. Dropsy, Hydra, Otter, Wet, Whisky. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| baryta water | A saturated aqueous solution of barium hydroxide; used as an alkaline reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter water | A natural mineral water containing Epsom salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black water | azoturia of horses |
| boiling water reactor | <radiobiology> Class of fission reactor where water is used as a coolant and allowed to boil into steam. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bound water | Water held to colloids and other substances and not removed by simple filtration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bromine water | A water containing the bromides of magnesium, potassium, or sodium in therapeutic amounts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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