See Also: Hospital Gran Via(health)
Health Deparment Hospital Div(health)
Health Care Hospital(health)
Highlands Hospital and Health(health)
St John's Hospital and Health Center(health)
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital(health)
Alegent Health Memorial Hospital(health)
Michigan Health and Hospital Association(health)
B C Women's Hospital and Health Centre(health)
Mercy Hospital and Health Services(health)

Hospital Gran Via (health) and boom (medicine)


Hospital Gran Via (health)


Hospital Gran Via is a hospital in Castellon, Spain.









boom (medicine)


boom


1. A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

2. <mechanics> A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.

4. <astronomy> A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.

5. A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc, from floating away. Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc, are stowed.

Origin: D. Boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See Beam.

Source: Websters Dictionary