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.
adj. 1. (Sociology) of or characteristic of a metropolis. 2. (Human Geography) constituting a city and its suburbs: the metropolitan area. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis.