Low concentrations of HDL (below 40 mg/dL for men, below 50 mg/dL for women) increase the risk for atherosclerotic diseases. Data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study showed that, for a given level of LDL, the risk of heart disease increases 10-fold as the HDL varies from high to low.
evacuation. 1  the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents. 2  Physiology. discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels. 3  something evacuated or discharged. 4  the removal of persons or things from an endangered area.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: rescue (Noun). An act or episode of rescuing, saving. rescue (Noun). A liberation, freeing. rescue (Noun). The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril. The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders.