process assessment |
An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards. (12 Dec 1998) |
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process heat |
Heat used in an industrial process rather than for space heating or other housekeeping purposes. (05 Dec 1998) |
process schizophrenia |
An obsolete term for those forms of severe schizophrenic disorders in which chronic and progressive biologic conditions in the brain are considered to be the primary cause and in which prognosis is poor as well, with insidious onset at a young age, as contrasted with reactive schizophrenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
processing |
1. Posttranslational modification of proteins, particularly secretory proteins and proteins targeted for membranes or specific cellular locations. Synonym: trafficking. 2. Posttranscriptional modification of polynucleic acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
procession |
1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. "That the procession of their life might be" "More equable, majestic, pure, and free." (Trench) 2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. "Here comes the townsmen on procession." (Shak) 3. An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. 4. An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling. Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. Origin: F, fr. L. Processio. See Proceed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
processional |
1. A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions. 2. A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn. Origin: F. Processionnal, LL. Processionale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
processionary |
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. <zoology> Processionary moth, any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially C. Processionea of Europe, whose larvae make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs. Origin: Cf. LL. Processionarius, F. Processionnaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
processus |
Synonym: process. Origin: L. See process (05 Mar 2000) |
processus accessorius |
A small apophysis at the posterior part of the base of the transverse process of each of the lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: processus accessorius, accessory tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
processus alveolaris |
That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
processus anterior mallei |
A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
processus articularis |
One of the small flat projections on the surfaces of the arches of the vertebrae on either side, at the point where the pedicles and laminae join, forming the zygapophysial joint surfaces; superior articular process, diapophysis; one of the anticular processes on the superior surface of the vertebral arch; inferior articular process, one of the articular processes on the inferior surface of the vertebral arch. Synonym: processus articularis, zygapophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
processus articularis superior ossis sacri |
The large process on each side of the sacrum posteriorly that articulates with the corresponding inferior articular process of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Synonym: processus articularis superior ossis sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
processus ascendens |
An upward extension of the embryonic pterygoquadrate cartilage; it develops into the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: ascending process. (05 Mar 2000) |
processus brevis |
A short projection from the base of the manubrium of the malleus, attached firmly to the drum membrane. Synonym: processus lateralis mallei, processus brevis, short process of malleus, tuberculum mallei. (05 Mar 2000) |