California Hospital Association. Hospital-Based Outpatient Clinics. A hospital-based outpatient clinic (HBOC) is defined as a clinic providing âoutpatient serviceâ as listed on the hospitalâs general acute-care license issued by the State Department of Public Health.
trample verb [ I or T, usually + prep ] (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT) âº to act without any respect for someone or something: She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen. He argues that Congress trampled the constitutional rights of legal immigrants in the new welfare reform law.
stippling. a spotted condition or appearance, such as an appearance of the retina as if dotted with light and dark points, or the spotted appearance of the erythrocytes in basophilic stippling. basophilic stippling. see basophilic stippling.