Useful english dictionary. 2012.
general practitioner — n a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty * * * a doctor working in the community who provides family health services to a local area. General practitioners (also known as family doctors or family practitioners)… … Medical dictionary
general anesthetic — n an anesthetic used to produce general anesthesia * * * an agent that produces general anesthesia … Medical dictionary
general adaptation syndrome — n the sequence of physiological reactions to prolonged stress that in the classification of Hans Selye includes alarm, resistance, and exhaustion * * * a syndrome defined by Hans Selye to include all nonspecific systemic reactions of the body to… … Medical dictionary
general anesthesia — n anesthesia affecting the entire body and accompanied by loss of consciousness * * * a reversible state of unconsciousness, produced by anesthetic agents, with absence of pain sensation over the entire body and a greater or lesser degree of… … Medical dictionary
general hospital — n 1) a hospital in which patients with many different types of ailments are given care 2) a military hospital usu. located in a communications zone that gives treatment to all kinds of cases … Medical dictionary
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
General paresis — Progressive dementia and generalized paralysis due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of the brain (meningoencephalitis). General paresis is a part of late (tertiary) syphilis, occurring a decade or more after the initial… … Medical dictionary
general — gen·er·al jen (ə )rəl adj 1) not confined by specialization or careful limitation <a general surgeon> 2) belonging to the common nature of a group of like individuals <the general characteristics of a species> 3) involving or… … Medical dictionary
general practitioner — general prac titioner n a doctor who is trained in general medicine = ↑GP … Dictionary of contemporary English
general anatomy — the study of the structure and composition of the body, and its tissues and fluids in general … Medical dictionary
