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.
The Evacuation That Saved the British Army During WWII. The Evacuation of Dunkirk as painted by Charles Cundall, Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940.