Category: S

In industrial safety, the number of days lost due to accidents per million hours worked.  

A description of those individuals who exhibit physical, sensory, intellectual, and/or social and interpersonal performance deficits beyond three standard deviations from the norm. These deficits are evident in all environmental settings.  

Mental development measured by IQ tests at a level of between 20 and 34. At this level, individuals are unable to care for them selves and engage in very limited communication, and are listless and inactive.  

The variety of organizational entities in which health educators are found working.  

The total external environment of an individual. In relation to drug use, the physical surroundings in which a drug is taken.  

The theory that different persons have different set-points for weight.  

A general term for the level at which negative feedback tries to maintain the system. The concept that homeostatic mechanisms maintain variables such as body temperature, body weight, blood glucose level, and hormone levels within a certain physiological range compatible with optimal function. Set point is a fat amount or weight level that the body…

In exercise and weight lifting, the number of repetitions done consecutively without resting. Groups of muscular repetitions performed for a particular movement or exercise. To put the parts of a broken bone back into their proper places and keep the bone fixed until it has mended. (Of a broken bone) to mend, to form a…

A small nodular bone embedded within a tendon or joint capsule. Any small bony nodule in a tendon, the largest being the kneecap. Resembling a grain of sesame in size or shape. Oval in shape, resembling a sesame seed, such as the small, short bones found in the hands and feet, nestled within tendons.  

A contract benefit that is paid directly to the provider of hospital or medical care for health services rendered.