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hardness scale (medicine) and health care (oh)


hardness scale (medicine)


hardness scale


A qualitative scale in which minerals are classified in order of their increasing hardness, based on the fact that the harder of two materials will scratch the softer and will not be scratched by it. The scale lists 15 substances: 1, talc; 2, gypsum; 3, calcite; 4, fluorite; 5, apatite; 6, orthoclase, periclase; 7, vitreous pure silica; 8, quartz, stellite; 9, topaz; 10, garnet; 11, tantalum carbide, fused zirconia; 12, fused alumina; 13, silicon carbide; 14, boron carbide; 15, diamond.

Synonym: Mohs scale.


health care (oh)



n [U]
the service that is responsible for looking after the Health of all the people in a country or an area
ĦĦThe government has promised wide-ranging Health care for all.
ĦĦHealth care workers