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.
breadbasket of north america For most of its history, the word breadbasket was tied to the consumption of food, referring since the early 1700s to one's stomach or belly. Not until after World War II did the word's slang usage switch to the production side of the food story.