kangaroo care n.— «To tackle the problem of low core body temperature of such babies, doctors are today increasingly adopting Kangarooing or Kangaroo care as it is called, in which the temperature of the baby is normalised through skin-to-skin...
kangarooing n.— «To tackle the problem of low core body temperature of such babies, doctors are today increasingly adopting Kangarooing or Kangaroo care as it is called, in which the temperature of the baby is normalised through skin-to-skin...
dead band n.— «At night, the nanostats are set to “dead band,” a term coined by the university that means that the temperature in the room must be held within a broadened range, reducing the amount of intense heating or cooling required...
in-custody death syndrome n.— «A condition known as “excited delirium,” sometimes also referred to as “in-custody death syndrome,” has been attributed by some US and Canadian coroners to a number of deaths in custody, especially in the case of...
telltale n.— «The telltales for gas, oil, temperature, and battery voltage—standard, fixed icons that don’t change in real time—reside in the PROM memory.» —“Design A Minimum-Space Auto-Instrument Module” by Ralph Ong Electronic Design Aug. 4, 1989...
zeitgeber n. a naturally occurring cue, such as light or temperature, which regulates biological rhythms; something which influences or regulates the timing or rhythm of something else. Etymological Note: zeit ‘time’ + geber ‘giver.’ Coined by...