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1. the use of a meaningful pattern of vocal sounds (or corresponding written symbols) to convey thoughts and feelings, or a system of such patterns that is understood by a group of people.
2. by extension, any of various other systems of communication that use sets of discrete symbols.
3. any of numerous sets of standardized vocabulary terms for use among health care providers in a variety of settings allowing comparisons of care across populations, settings, regions, and time. There are over 30 researched standardized health care languages. Called also standardized vocabulary.
body language the expression of thoughts or emotions by means of posture or gesture.
International Sign language a sign language composed of a blending of vocabulary signs from numerous different countries, sometimes used at international meetings and events of deaf persons; formerly called Gestuno.
natural language ordinary language as used by the speakers of that language, as opposed to a language made up for a special purpose (as for use by a computer system).
nursing language any of various sets of standardized terms and definitions for use in nursing to provide standardized descriptions, labels, and definitions for expressing the phenomena of nursing; some include category groupings of terms. The American Nurses Association has recognized twelve official languages.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
1. the expression of thoughts and feelings by means of nonverbal bodily movements, for example, gestures, or via the symptoms of hysterical conversion;
2. communication by means of bodily signs.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
The gestures, postures, and facial expressions by which a person manifests various physical, mental, or emotional states and communicates nonverbally with others.
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body languagePsychology An informal often culture-independent form of communication in which emotions, feelings, motives, and thoughts are expressed by changes in facial expressions, gestures, posture, body positions, and other nonverbal signs. See Kinesics.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
bod·y lan·guage(bod'ē lang'gwăj)
A form of communication using body movements or gestures instead of or in addition to speech or other forms of communication.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
body languageThe communication of information, usually of a personal nature, without the medium of speech, writing or other agreed codes. Body language involves a range of subtle or obvious physical attitudes, expressions, gestures and relative positions. It can, and often does, eloquently reflect current states of mind and attitudes towards others, whether positive or negative. Body language is often at variance with explicit verbal statement and in such cases is often the more reliable indicator.
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