Complications of Uncontrolled, Persistent Pain. Persistent, unremitting pain may adversely affect the bodyâs endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, neurologic and musculo-skeletal systems and require aggressive treatment of the pain as well as the resulting complications. By Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH.
The noun PREFECTURE has 2 senses: 1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) 2. the office of prefect. Familiarity information: PREFECTURE used as a noun is rare.
Full Definition of PROVINCE. 1. a: a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b: an administrative district or division of a country c plural: all of a country except the metropolises. 2.unction, office, duty, province mean the acts or operations expected of a person or thing. function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work. office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others.