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hand-to-mouth
hand-to-mouth (hănd′tə-mouth′)adj. Having or providing only the bare essentials: a hand-to-mouth existence.
hand to mouth adv.hand-to-mouth adj, advwith barely enough money or food to satisfy immediate needs: a hand-to-mouth existence. hand′-to-mouth′
adj. offering or providing the barest livelihood or sustenance; precarious: a hand-to-mouth existence. [1500–10] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | hand-to-mouth - providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence"meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
hand-to-mouthadjective insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsure, precarious They live a meaningless hand-to-mouth-existence.adverb in poverty, precariously, uncertainly, by necessity, on the breadline (informal), insecurely, improvidently I just can't live hand-to-mouth, it's too frightening.Translationshand-to-mouth
hand-to-mouthHaving, providing, or characterized by the bare minimum of money, food, or resources to survive, with little or nothing else to spare. I enjoy being a college student, but I'm so sick of this hand-to-mouth lifestyle.EncyclopediaSeehandHand-Schuller-Christian disease
Hand-Schüller-Christian disease [hand´shil´er kris´chan] a chronic, slowly progressive form of histiocytosis" >multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis, characterized by granulomatous lesions with histiocyte proliferation involving mainly the bones and skin; it affects children and young adults. The three classic symptoms are softened areas of the skull and other flat bones, exophthalmos, and diabetes insipidus, although all three symptoms are rarely found in one patient. otitis frequently accompanies the disease. Skin lesions resembling those of seborrheic dermatitis may appear, as may xanthomas. Treatment depends on the symptoms associated with the disease. X-ray therapy is sometimes helpful in treating specific local lesions, and corticosteroids have been used with success in some cases. Complete recovery does occur, but about 40 per cent of the cases end fatally. Called also Hand's disease, Schüller's disease, Schüller-Christian disease, and chronic idiopathic xanthomatosis.Hand-Schül·ler-Chris·tian dis·ease (hand shēl'ĕr kris'chĕn), the chronic disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The classic triad of signs consists of diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, and bony lesions composed of histiocytes. Synonym(s): Christian disease (1) , Christian syndrome, normal cholesteremic xanthomatosis, Schüller disease, Schüller syndromeHand-Schüller-Christian disease A form of histiocytosis X, characterized by a childhood onset of osteolytic lesions of skull and sella turcica, loss of teeth, chronic draining ears. See Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. Hand-Schül·ler-Chris·tian dis·ease (hand shē'ler kris'chen di-zēz') The chronic disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The classic triad of signs consists of diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, and bony lesions composed of histiocytes.
Synonym(s): Christian disease (1) , Christian syndrome, Schüller syndrome. Hand-Schuller-Christian disease A condition of multiple destructive HISTIOCYTOSIS of bone causing skull defects, pituitary gland disturbances with DIABETES INSIPIDUS, middle ear infection and loss of teeth. (Alfred Hand, American paediatrician, 1868–1949, Artur Schuller, Austrian neurologist, 1874–1958, and Henry Asbury Christian, American physician, 1876–1951)Christian, Henry Asbury, U.S. internist, 1876-1951. Christian disease - (1) Synonym(s): Hand-Schüller-Christian disease; - ; (2) Synonym(s): Weber-Christian diseaseChristian syndrome - Synonym(s): Hand-Schüller-Christian diseaseHand-Schüller-Christian disease - see under HandWeber-Christian disease - see under Weber, Frederick Parkes
Hand, Alfred, Jr., U.S. pediatrician, 1868-1949. Hand-Schüller-Christian disease - the chronic disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Synonym(s): Christian disease (1); Christian syndrome; normal cholesteremic xanthomatosis; Schüller disease; Schüller syndrome
Schüller, Artur, Austrian neurologist, 1874-1958. Hand-Schüller-Christian disease - see under HandSchüller disease - Synonym(s): Hand-Schüller-Christian diseaseSchüller phenomenon - in cases of functional hemiplegia, the patient usually turns to the sound side in walking, but in cases of organic lesion, to the affected side.Schüller syndrome - Synonym(s): Hand-Schüller-Christian diseaseHand-Schül·ler-Chris·tian dis·ease (hand shēlĕr krischăn di-zēz) Chronic disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis; triad of signs consists of diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, and bony histiocytic lesions. FinancialSeeHandhand-to-mouth
Related to hand-to-mouth: Off handSynonyms for hand-to-mouthadj insecureSynonyms- insecure
- uncertain
- unsettled
- unsure
- precarious
adv in povertySynonyms- in poverty
- precariously
- uncertainly
- by necessity
- on the breadline
- insecurely
- improvidently
Words related to hand-to-mouthadj providing only bare essentialsRelated Words- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- scrimpy
- stingy
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