Author: Glossary

The design of places and objects to enable access and use by all persons, to the greatest extent possible, without adaptation or modification.  

A device fitted around the palm of the hand to permit attachment of self-care tools when normal grasp is absent.  

General or applicable or common to all situations or conditions.  

The condition of having only one valence.  

The capacity of a condenser that gives a difference of potential of 1 volt when charged with 1 coulomb.  

Lack of gender distinction by external appearance, especially with respect to hairstyle or clothing.  

A six-digit code, consisting of numbers and letters, assigned in the U.S. to all health care providers who take care of Medicare patients. It allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to collect information about a provider’s billing practices and to assess his or her utilization of medical services.  

A woman who has had one pregnancy of more than 20 weeks duration or has produced a fetus weighing at least 500 g, regardless of the fetus’s viability. A woman who has experienced one pregnancy that led to the birth of a living child.  

Developed from one ovum, as identical twins.