Empty-Nest Family
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Glossary
Emerging Disease Definition An Emerging Disease is a disease which has shown a significant increase in incidence in the human population in recent years.
Emetogenicity of Chemotherapies Definition Chemotherapies can be classified according to their emetogenic potential in: highly emetogenic chemotherapies (almost all patients not receiving antiemetic prophylaxis suffer from CINV; i.e., cisplatin, dacarbazine); moderately emetogenic chemotherapies (many, but not all, patients suffer from CINV if not treated; i.e., cyclophosphamideand anthracycline-containing chemotherapies); chemotherapies with a low emetogenic potential (only a very few patients who do not receive antiemetic prophylaxis experience CINV).
Empty-Nest Family Definition Empty-Nest syndrome is generally seen as the final stage of family life cycle development. Empty-Nest Family is a kind of family in which the children are not living close to the elderly and they are left living alone in the family home.
Enabling Factors Definition Factors that ‘‘enable’’ the motivation for behavior change to be realized and may include organizational, community and policy related factors such as available resources and services.
Encephalitis Definition Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection.
End of Life Emmetropia Definition Describes an eye which is naturally in focus for light coming from optical infinity.
Definition The period of time before a patient dies when a terminal illness or end-stage condition has been diagnosed.
End-Stage Renal Disease Emphysema Synonyms Smoker’s Lung Definition A lung disease characterized by fixed airflow limitations and hyperinflated lungs. The vast majority of cases are caused by smoking.
Definition Chronic irreversible renal failure.
Endemic Definition Endemic describes the constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area or population group.
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