Category: E

One’s surroundings outside of the body, internal environment.  

Environmental sensations that provide a person with information, internal cues.  

A group made up of people outside the organization or agency, internal committee.  

In law, circumstances that make an offense seem less serious.  

Criterion of performance.  

The surgical removal of the breast, skin, pectoral muscles, all auxiliary mammary lymph nodes, fat, and sometimes a section of rib.  

In labor relations, a national emergency strike remedy whereby a cooling off period is continued by Congressional action for an additional 30 days.  

A family in which children, parents, and grandparents live under the same roof. A type of family that goes beyond the nucleus of parents and children to include other generations or more distant relatives. The people who are outside the nuclear family but are related to the nuclear family, such as aunts, uncles, grandparents, and…

A special convalescent wing of a hospital or a nursing home staffed by registered nurses. Previously used in Medicare to mean a skilled nursing facility which qualified for participation in Medicare. In 1972, the law was amended to use the more generic term skilled nursing facility for both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare coverage is limited…

Health care of a long-term nature with a minimum of nursing and rehabilitative services.