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.
Groundwater levels are so high in some parts of the country that flooding is likely to persist for weeks or even months, experts say. Scientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS) say levels are likely to keep rising even if there is no more rain, as so much water is soaking through the soil. It means an increased risk of groundwater flooding, where water seeps up through the ground because the earth is so saturated it cannot hold any more water. Last month, the Met Office said parts of England had experienced their wettest January since records began, more than 100 years ago.