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.
A chief officer or chief magistrate (the prefect of Paris police) Wiktionary From Old French prefect (French prÃ©fet), from Latin praefectus (âoverseer, director, prefectâ). Literally 'one having been put in charge'. An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.