| vicarious | 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority. 2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. "The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . In the hands of the Almighty." (Sir M. Hale) 3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. "The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer." (I. Taylor) 4. <medicine> Acting as a substitute; said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. Origin: L. Vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. To yield, give way, G. Wechsel a change, and probably also to E. Weak. See Weak, and cf. Vice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vicarious hypertrophy | Hypertrophy of an organ following failure of another organ because of a functional relationship between them; e.g., enlargement of the pituitary gland, after destruction of the thyroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement" occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation" suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"
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| vicarious menstruation |
discharge of blood from an extragenital source at the time a menstrual period is normally expected; thought to result from generally increased capillary permeability related to the menstrual cycle.
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| vicarious liability |
In a negligence lawsuit, when someone is assigned responsibility for damages caused by someone else, it is called "vicarious liability" or "imputed liability."
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| vicarious liability |
Liability that a supervisory party such as an employer bears the conduct of a subordinate or associate such as an employee because of the relationship between the two parties. See Imputed Negligence and Respondeat Superior
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| vicarious liability |
Liability imposed upon a person even though not a party to a particular occurrence, eg, the owner of a motor vehicle is vicariously responsible for injuries even though he is not driving the car at the time of the occurrence.
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| vicarious | suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another |
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| vicarious | (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function |
| vicarious | experienced at secondhand |
| vicarious | indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute |
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