Postoperative pain was felt by 40 percent of patients after three months, 22 percent of patients after six months, 17 percent after one year, and 10 percent of patients after two years, according to the study in the current issue of the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Definition of breadwinner. 1  1 : a means (as a tool or craft) of livelihood. 2  2 : a member of a family whose wages supply its livelihood.
Proofing (also called proving or more rarely blooming), as the term is used by bakers, is the final rise of shaped bread dough before baking. It refers to a specific rest period within the more generalized process known as fermentation.