| HS | Haber syndrome; half strength; hamstring; hand surgery; Hartmann solution; head sling; healthy subje... |
|---|---|
| ACOS | American College of Osteopathic Surgeons; associate chief of staff |
| ACOS/AC | associate chief of staff for ambulatory care |
| AHP | accountable health plan or partnership; acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis; after hyperpolarization; air... |
| AHS | Academy of Health Sciences; African horse sickness; alveolar hypoventilation syndrome; American Hear... |
| FHV | Flock House Virus |
|---|---|
| HDM | House Dust Mite |
| HD | House dust |
| H-B | House-Brackmann |
| PRHO | Preregistration house officer |
| 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) |
|---|
| 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 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) |
| attending staff | Physicians and surgeons who are members of a hospital staff and regularly attend their patients at the hospital; may also supervise and teach house staff, fellows, and medical students. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical staff | Professional medical personnel who provide care to patients in an organised facility, institution or agency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical staff, hospital | Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical staff privileges | Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rock staff | An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge. Origin: Cf. Rock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| consulting staff | Specialists affiliated with a hospital who serve in an advisory capacity to the attending staff. (05 Mar 2000) |
| professional staff committees | Committees of professional personnel who have responsibility for determining policies, procedures, and controls related to professional matters in health facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| staff | 1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. "And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal." (Ex. Xxxviii. 7) "With forks and staves the felon to pursue." (Dryden) 2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. "Hooked staves." "The boy was the very staff of my age." (Shak) "He spoke of it [beer] in "The Earnest Cry," and likewise in the "Scotch Drink," as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man's hand." (Prof. Wilson) 3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. "Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, Was broke in twain." (Shak) "All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them." (Hayward) 4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. 5. The round of a ladder. "I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves." (Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels)) 6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. "Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical." (Dryden) 7. The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; formerly called stave. 8. <mechanics> An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. 9. <surgery> The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See etat Major. 11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. Jacob's staff, a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. The staff of life, bread. "Bread is the staff of life." <botany> Staff tree, any plant of the genus Celastrus, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species (C. Scandens) is commonly called bittersweet. See Bittersweet . To set, or To put, up, or down, one's staff, to take up one's residence; to lodge. (04 Mar 1998) |
| staff cell | <pathology> Immature neutrophils released from the bone marrow reserve in response to acute demand. (18 Nov 1997) |
| staff development | The process by which the employer promotes staff performance and efficiency consistent with management goals and objectives. (12 Dec 1998) |
Á¦Ç°¸í |
ÆÇ¸Å»ç |
º¸ÇèÄÚµå | ¼ººÐ/ÇÔ·® | ±¸ºÐ/º¸Çè±Þ¿© |
|---|
Á¦Ç°¸í |
ÆÇ¸Å»ç |
º¸ÇèÄÚµå | ¼ººÐ/ÇÔ·® | ±¸ºÐ/º¸Çè±Þ¿© |
|---|