process physical process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states, events now in process, the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls |
hair care haircare hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
care maintenance upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
camera care | keeping a camera in good working order |
car care | keeping a car in good working order |
service serving service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
dental care | care for the teeth |
medical care medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
hospitalization hospitalisation hospital care | placing in medical care in a hospital |
nursing care | care by a skilled nurse |
tender loving care TLC | considerate and solicitous care, young children need lots of TLC |
personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
skin care skincare | care for the skin |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
intensive care | close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions |
care charge tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
mathematical process mathematical operation operation | (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods, the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation, they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic |
procedure process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
healthcare health care | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
healthcare delivery health care delivery care delivery | the provision of health care |
health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
due care ordinary care reasonable care | the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances, the standard for determining legal duty |
foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home |
great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
slight care | such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise |
due process due process of law | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles, based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards |
childcare child care | a service involving care for other people's children |
daycare day care | childcare during the day while parents work |
day nursery day care center | a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
compulsory process | the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court |
right to due process | a right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, reaffirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment |
acromion acromial process | the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade |
xiphoid process | smallest of the three parts of the breastbone, articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib |
alveolar ridge gum ridge alveolar process | a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth |
process outgrowth appendage | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant, a bony process |
condylar process condyloid process mandibular condyle | the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull |
coronoid process processus coronoideus | a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone |
coronoid process of the mandible | the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle |
appendix vermiform appendix vermiform process cecal appendage | a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
mastoid mastoid process mastoid bone mastoidal | process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull |
styloid process | extends from the base of the temporal bone |
pterygoid process | two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone |
zygomatic process | a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch |
transverse process | one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs |
odontoid process | a toothlike process at the back of nd vertebra of the neck |
olecranon olecranon process | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended |
caution precaution care forethought | judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger, he exercised caution in opening the door, he handled the vase with care |