The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) which is a recognized leader and advisor on improving the Nation's health care, defines quality in health care as a direct correlation between the level of improved health services and the desired health outcomes of individuals and populations.
Medical Definition of phthisis bulbi. : wasting and shrinkage of the eyeball following destructive diseases of the eye (as panophthalmitis)
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: laminitis, founder(noun) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. founder, beginner, founding father, father(noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution.