rubber ear n.— «While Scots have never been backward about coming forward with complaints, they stand more chance of getting the rubber-ear treatment than anywhere else. According to the survey, 15 per cent of Scots interviewed complained...
terminal weaning n.— «Of physicians who withdrew ventilators, 33% preferred the gradual withdrawal of supplemental oxygen and positive end-expiratory pressure treatment before removing the ventilator, a process called terminal weaning...
hippotherapy n.— «Hippotherapy literally means “treatment with the help of a horse.” The center provides physical therapy for children with disabilities.» —“Scouts aim high in Eagle projects” by Alan...
GUBU adj.— «My youth was spent in an English hospital, receiving treatment for scoliosis, which also caused spinal curvature. So we were both, as far as Haughey hard-liners were concerned, twisted. But to suggest this was a voluntary...
road diet n.— «A study of these “road diets”—the change of a roadway from four lanes to three—shows that four-lane streets with up to 20,000 vehicles per day are candidates for this kind of treatment.» —“Bikeways and...
ghost v.— «A set of current federal documents about treatment of prisoners that has been ghosted to unreadability.» —“Building a One-Man Magazine, One Impossible Feat at a Time” by David Carr New York Times Nov...