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Sick-Building Syndrome Sick-Building Syndrome
SICK-BUILDING SYNDROME Environmental Medicine When the carpenter, electrician, and plumber finally packed up their tools and left Joan in her new kitchen, she breathed a sigh of relief. After two months of making do with the microwave oven on the dining-room table and the camp... Read more
kitchen kitchen
kitchen separate room or other space set aside for the cooking or preparation of meals. When cooking first moved indoors, it was performed, with other domestic labors, in the common room, where the fire burned on the hearth, or—even earlier, before chimneys were known—on the floor in... Read more
Operating Room Operating Room
Operating room Definition An operating room (OR), also called surgery center, is the unit of a hospital where surgical procedures are performed. Purpose An operating room may be designed and equipped to provide care to patients with a range of conditions, or it may be designed... Read more
Endowment Endowment
ENDOWMENT A transfer, generally as a gift, of money or property to an institution for a particular purpose. The bestowal of money as a permanent fund, the income of which is to be used for the benefit of a charity, college, or other institution. A classic example of an endowment is money... Read more
teleology teleology
teleology , in philosophy, term applied to any system attempting to explain a series of events in terms of ends, goals, or purposes. It is opposed to mechanism, the theory that all events may be explained by mechanical principles of causation. Aristotle argued that all nature reflects the purposes... Read more
Absentee Absentee
ABSENTEE One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her within... Read more
Computer Modeling Computer Modeling
Computer Modeling ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT Modeling, in the technical use of the term, refers to the translation of objects or phenomena from the real world into mathematical equations. Computer modeling is the representation of three-dimensional objects on a computer, using some... Read more
tortoiseshell tortoiseshell
tortoiseshell horny, translucent, mottled plates covering the carapace of the tropical hawksbill turtle. The plates, too thin for most purposes in their original form, are usually built up in layers that are molded or compressed after the surfaces have been liquefied by heat; thus, a firm union is... Read more
stele stele
stele , slab of stone or terra-cotta, usually oblong, set up in a vertical position, for votive or memorial purposes. Upon the slabs were carved inscriptions accompanied by ornamental designs or reliefs of particular significance. Stelae were often used as commemorative stones in ancient Egypt and... Read more
Fundoplication Fundoplication
Gastroesophageal reflux surgery Definition Gastroesophageal reflux surgery is typically performed in patients with serious gastroesophageal reflux disease that does not respond to drug therapy. Gastroesophageal reflux is classified as the symptoms produced by the... Read more

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