Recovering After Open Heart Surgery: Speaking to the Heart of the. Family. The total family constellation-- the patient, spouse, children, and significant. others-- can be significantly affected by cardiac surgery.
The noun ATMOSPHERE has 6 senses: 1. a particular environment or surrounding influence. 2. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade. 3. the mass of air surrounding the Earth.
The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather is described by variable conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation, and barometric pressure. See also atmosphere; climate; clouds; lightning; rain; snow; sun; thunder; wind.