When a doctor orders laboratory tests, like blood tests for disease or for nutritional status, the doctor is the referring doctor: he refers the patient to the lab. In medicine, it approximately means sends, because the doctor is sending the patient to the lab, or other doctor, or . . .
Definitions for still waters run deep. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word still waters run deep. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: still waters run deep(Proverb) A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.
Still waters run deep.. Some rivers have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the surface and the water is smooth and still. Still waters run deep means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a strong, deep personality. The unusual structure of this proverb may make it difficult to understand. The word ill here means badly.