must be contacted by the staff in the operating room so that the patientâs post-operative. recovery in a single room either in Variety Ward or ICU can be arranged. 6 Protective Isolation. Protective Isolation is designed to protect patients who are severely immunocompromised.
uk â /Î¸Êm/ us â /Î¸Êm/. B1 the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that makes it possible to hold and pick things up easily. Examples. The thorn was embedded in her thumb. She hit her thumb with the hammer. I gave my thumb quite a nip with the pliers. I sucked my thumb until I was seven.
The thumb. noun. The thumb is the short finger on your hand that is nearest your wrist. The short finger on your hand that is opposable to your other fingers is an example of a thumb. To thumb is to use the short finger of your hand to touch something or to turn the pages of a book. When you turn the pages of a book using the short finger on your hand, this is an example of a time when you thumb through the book.