Recovering After Open Heart Surgery: Speaking to the Heart of the. Family. The total family constellation-- the patient, spouse, children, and significant. others-- can be significantly affected by cardiac surgery.
The noun ATMOSPHERE has 6 senses: 1. a particular environment or surrounding influence. 2. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade. 3. the mass of air surrounding the Earth.
Definition of atmosphere. 1  1a : the gaseous envelope of a celestial body (such as a planet)b : the whole mass of air surrounding the earth. 2  2 : the air of a locality the stuffy atmosphere of the waiting room. 3  3 : a surrounding influence or environment an atmosphere of hostility.