See Also: self care(medicine)
day care(dictionary)
care(2)(dictionary)
don't-care(dictionary)
care(1)(dictionary)
CARE(dictionary)
Care(medicine)
day care(medicine)
postnatal care(medicine)
Prenatal care(health)

haemoptysis (iou) and care(2) (iou)


haemoptysis (iou)



haemoptysis noun. Also *hemoptysis. M17.
[mod. Latin hemoptysis, formed as HAEMO- + Greek ptusis spitting.]
Medicine. Expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.

care(2) (iou)



care verb.
[Old English carian = Old Saxon karon, Old High German charon, -en, Gothic karon, from Germanic; in later senses from the noun.]
verb intrans. Sorrow, grieve. OE-M16.
verb intrans. Feel concern or interest (about, for; if, though, whether; whom, what, etc.); feel deference, fondness, affection, etc. (about, for). Freq. with adverbs of degree or expletives. OE.
for all I care colloq. as a matter of complete indifference to me. know little and care less, know nothing and care less: see KNOW verb. not care a cent, not care a chip, not care a hang, not care a snap, not care a tinker's curse, etc.
J. Galsworthy I don't..care a fig for his opinion. Dylan Thomas I don't care a bugger whether you won't or will. J. Braine I don't mean that one has to love people, but simply that one ought to care. Stevie Smith What care I if good God be If he be not good to me? B. Tarkington Don't you care enough about me to marry me?
verb intrans. Foll. by for: provide for, look after, take care of. ME.
R. Macaulay A cared-for looking white skin.
verb trans. Take care of, look after, regard. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
verb intrans. Have an inclination for; be inclined or disposed to, to do; be agreeable or willing to do. M16.
A. Fraser His sister..did not care to study the Art of how to please. J. Fenton Would you care for a boiled sweet?
carer noun a person who cares or (now esp.) takes care of another or others L17.