Dr. Cruz referred the patient either to the lab doing the testing or to another doctor. Presumable, the other doctor then referred the patient for lab tests, but as this is fiction, it is equally possible the other doctor was a scientific researcher who worked in/owned a research lab. Since Dr. Cruz referred the patient, he was the referring doctor.
â¢ SURFACE TENSION (noun). The noun SURFACE TENSION has 1 sense: 1. a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces. Familiarity information: SURFACE TENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Tension(adj) the act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx. Tension(adj)