Environment
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Environment. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Environment.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Acid Rain - Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes...
Acid Rain - Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes...
Air - The mixture of gases present in the earth's atmosphere consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxid...
Air Conditioning - The maintenance of certain aspects of the environment within a defined space to facilitate the funct...
Air Ionization - The dissociation of molecules in the air into positive and negative ions under the influence of an e...
Air Movements - The motion of air currents....
Air Pressure - The force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface in contact with it. Primarily used for ar...
Altitude - A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body....
Atmosphere - The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary,...
Atmospheric Pressure - The pressure at any point in an atmosphere due solely to the weight of the atmospheric gases above t...
Biodiversity - The variety of all native living organisms and their various forms and interrelationships....
Biofuels - Hydrocarbon-rich byproducts from the non-fossilized BIOMASS that are combusted to generate energy as...
Biomass - Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of ...
Cities - A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center....
Climate - The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6...
Coal - A natural fuel formed by partial decomposition of vegetable matter under certain environmental condi...
Coke - A residue of coal, left after dry (destructive) distillation, used as a fuel....
Cold Climate - A climate characterized by COLD TEMPERATURE for a majority of the time during the year....
Cold Temperature - An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm....
Cold Temperature - An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm....
Confined Spaces - A space which has limited openings for entry and exit combined with unfavorable natural ventilation ...
Conservation of Energy Resources - Planned management, use, and preservation of energy resources....
Conservation of Natural Resources - The protection, preservation, restoration, and rational use of all resources in the total environmen...
Cosmic Radiation - High-energy radiation or particles from extraterrestrial space that strike the earth, its atmosphere...
Desert Climate - A type of climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable plant life. It is a ...
Disaster Planning - Procedures outlined for the care of casualties and the maintenance of services in disasters....
Disasters - Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural pheno...
Diving - An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as n...
Ecological Systems, Closed - Systems that provide for the maintenance of life in an isolated living chamber through reutilization...
Ecological Systems, Closed - Systems that provide for the maintenance of life in an isolated living chamber through reutilization...
Ecosystem - A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environm...
Emergencies - Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results....
Endangered Species - An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing clim...
Endangered Species - An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing clim...
Energy-Generating Resources - Natural sources from which power is obtained....
Environment - The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development ...
Environment Design - The structuring of the environment to permit or promote specific patterns of behavior....
Environment, Controlled - A state in which the environs of hospitals, laboratories, domestic and animal housing, work places, ...
Extreme Cold - Below normal weather temperatures that may lead to serious health problems. Extreme cold is a danger...
Extreme Cold - Below normal weather temperatures that may lead to serious health problems. Extreme cold is a danger...
Extreme Heat - High temperature weather exceeding the average and of several weeks duration. Extreme heat is a dang...
Extreme Heat - High temperature weather exceeding the average and of several weeks duration. Extreme heat is a dang...
Fire Extinguishing Systems - Automatic or hand operated equipment used to control and extinguish fires....
Food Chain - The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food c...
Fossil Fuels - Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are p...
Fresh Water - Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and lakes....
Fuel Oils - Complex petroleum hydrocarbons consisting mainly of residues from crude oil distillation. These liqu...
Gasoline - Volative flammable fuel (liquid hydrocarbons) derived from crude petroleum by processes such as dist...
Greenhouse Effect - The effect of GLOBAL WARMING and the resulting increase in world temperatures. The predicted health ...
Heating - The application of heat to raise the temperature of the environment, ambient or local, or the system...
Hindlimb Suspension - Technique for limiting use, activity, or movement by immobilizing or restraining animal by suspendin...
Hot Springs - Habitat of hot water naturally heated by underlying geologic processes. Surface hot springs have bee...
Hot Temperature - Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm....
Hot Temperature - Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm....
Housing - Living facilities for humans....
Housing for the Elderly - Housing arrangements for the elderly or aged, intended to foster independent living. The housing may...
Humidity - A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air....
Humidity - A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air....
Ice - The solid substance formed by the FREEZING of water....
Ice Cover - A thick mass of ICE formed over large regions of land, RIVERS, lakes, ponds, or SEAWATER....
Infrared Rays - That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum usually sensed as heat. Infrared wavelengths are longer...
Kerosene - A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent....
Life Support Systems - Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions ...
Lighting - The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal vis...
Lightning - An abrupt high-current electric discharge that occurs in the ATMOSPHERE and that has a path length r...
Mass Casualty Incidents - Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to...
Meteorological Concepts - The atmospheric properties, characteristics and other atmospheric phenomena especially pertaining to...
Microclimate - The climate of a very small area....
Noise - Any sound which is unwanted or interferes with HEARING other sounds....
Nuclear Energy - Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion....
Nuclear Fission - Nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of a heavy atom such as uranium or plutonium is split into two...
Nuclear Fusion - Thermonuclear reaction in which the nuclei of an element of low atomic weight unite under extremely ...
Oceans and Seas - Geographic locations providing habitat for marine organisms....
Odors - The volatile portions of substances perceptible by the sense of smell. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dic...
Petroleum - Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, ...
Public Housing - Housing subsidized by tax funds, usually intended for low income persons or families....
Rain - Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Rain - Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Relief Work - Assistance, such as money, food, or shelter, given to the needy, aged, or victims of disaster. It is...
Rescue Work - Activities devoted to freeing persons or animals from danger to life or well-being in accidents, fir...
Rivers - Large natural streams of FRESH WATER formed by converging tributaries and which empty into a body of...
Seasons - Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climat...
Seawater - The salinated water of OCEANS AND SEAS that provides habitat for marine organisms....
Snow - Frozen water crystals that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Soil - The loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow. (Webster, 3d ed)...
Solar Energy - Energy transmitted from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation....
Space Simulation - An environment simulating one or more parameters of the space environment, applied in testing space ...
Spontaneous Combustion - A circumstance where a substance or organism takes fire and burns without an exogenous source. Spont...
Steam - Water in its gaseous state. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)...
Structure Collapse - Failure in built environment with loss of functional integrity....
Sunlight - Irradiation directly from the sun....
Temperature - The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct th...
Temperature - The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct th...
Tropical Climate - A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high tempe...
Ultraviolet Rays - That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum immediately below the visible range and extending into ...
Vacuum - A space in which the pressure is far below atmospheric pressure so that the remaining gases do not a...
Ventilation - Supplying a building or house, their rooms and corridors, with fresh air. The controlling of the env...
Water Movements - The flow of water in enviromental bodies of water such as rivers, oceans, water supplies, aquariums,...
Weather - The state of the ATMOSPHERE over minutes to months....
Weightlessness Simulation - Condition under normal Earth gravity where the force of gravity itself is not actually altered but i...
Wetlands - Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic sys...
Wind - The motion of air relative to the earth's surface....
Wind - The motion of air relative to the earth's surface....
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
