A review of this assertion, published later the same year, determined that medical homes are associated with better health,... with lower overall costs of care and with reductions in disparities in health.. By 2005, the American College of Physicians had developed an advanced medical home model.
5. striker-the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. clapper, tongue-metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. firing pin-striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer. hammer-a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate. hammer, cock-the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
Definition of CRACKER. 1. chiefly dialect: a bragging liar: boaster. 2.: something that makes a cracking or snapping noise: as a: firecracker b: the snapping end of a whiplash: snapper c: a paper holder for a party favor that pops when the ends are pulled sharply.3. plural: nutcracker.4. something that makes a cracking or snapping noise: as a: firecracker b: the snapping end of a whiplash: snapper c: a paper holder for a party favor that pops when the ends are pulled sharply. 3.