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.
verb (used without object), toppled, toppling. 1. to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down. 2. to lean over or jut, as if threatening to fall. verb (used with object), toppled, toppling. 3. to cause to topple.