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drop (drop) 1. a minute sphere of liquid as it hangs or falls. 2. to descend or fall. 3. a descent or falling below the usual position.
drop (gtt) Etymology: AS, dropa a small spherical mass of liquid. A drop may vary in size with differences in temperature, viscosity, and other factors. For therapeutic purpose, a drop is regarded as having a volume of 0.06 to 0.1 mL, or 1 to 1.5 minims. 1.5 drops |m= 1 mL. drop 1. a minute sphere of liquid as it hangs or falls. 2. a descent or falling below the usual position. Patient discussion about a drop in the bucket. Q. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and she told me that Visine was not very good for my eyes. Why is that? I like to use a few drops every other day to make me feel fresh and remove the redness from my eyes. Do you know if I need to watch out or use another product? A. try refresh its like your own tears,REFRESH eye drops Q. when do i know if my hobby of drinking become not healthy as addiction to the sorrow drop? A. CRISTA;YOU NEED TO GET A BETTER HOBBIE?--hobbies are fun but this one is dangerous(check out some of the answers on this web site about alcohol--every time you take a drink you are killing brain cells -liver cells an causing an electro imbalance in your body,thats way people get a hangover ofter drinking--ALCOHOL AS A HOBBIE(BAD NEWS)-mrfoot56 Q. what is the red line when your body temperature drops before you are getting hypothermia? A. Hypothermia is a condition in which an organism's temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and function. For people in stage 1 hypethermia, body temperature drops by 1-2°C below normal temperature (35-36°C). Mild to strong shivering occurs. In stage 2, body temperature drops by 2-4°C (35-33 degrees). Shivering becomes more violent. Muscle mis-coordination becomes apparent and movements are slow and labored and there is mild confusuin. In stage 3, body temperature drops below approximately 32 °C (89.6 °F). Shivering usually stops and there's difficulty speaking, sluggish thinking, and amnesia start to appear. Cellular metabolic processes shut down. This is life threatening. Read more or ask a question about a drop in the bucketHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``What little funds we can contribute helps even though it's
just a drop in the bucket, but that's not really the purpose of
this,'' Brown said. No matter what it costs, it
is just a drop in the bucket compared to what Russia has lost. Spellings fined Texas $444,000, a drop in the bucket, after
Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley granted testing exemptions to
nearly 300,000 students with learning disabilities, preventing 40
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