compliance

(kəm-plī'əns)
n.

1. 1. The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence.
   2. Medicine. Willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment.
2. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
3. 1. Extension or displacement of a loaded structure per unit load.
   2. Flexibility.

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Conforming to a specification, standard or law that has been clearly defined.

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noun

1. An act of willingly carrying out the wishes of others: obedience, observance. See resist/yield.
2. The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others: acquiescence, amenability, amenableness, compliancy, deference, obedience, submission, submissiveness, tractability, tractableness. See resist/yield.

n

Definition: agreement
Antonyms: defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto

1. A form of direct motivation, which relies on the use of extrinsic rewards and punishments. For example, compliance is used when a coach offers athletes a day off training if they win a competition, or when the coach threatens extra training if instructions are not listened to and carried out.

2. The elastic resistance of tissue to distension

3. The volume change in the lungs, measured in litres, produced by a unit change in pressure, measured in centimetres of water. Lung compliance is measured using a balloon placed in the intrathoracic oesophagus so that the pressure can be applied at the end of normal expiration and again after the subject has inhaled a known volume of gas. Compliance is reduced with some diseases and age.

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Observance; conformity; obedience.

Compliance with the federal income tax laws is essential to avoid prosecution for tax evasion.

The maximum possible peak-to-peak output of an amplifier.

1. the quality of yielding to pressure or force without disruption, or an expression of the measure of ability to do so, as an expression of the distensibility of an air- or fluid-filled organ, e.g. the lung or urinary bladder, in terms of unit of volume per unit of pressure.
The compliance of the lungs (C_L) and thorax (C_T) determine the elastic resistance to ventilation. The total compliance of the lungs and thorax (C_LT) is given by the formula 1/C_LT = 1/C_L + 1/C_T. C_L is measured by determining the intrapleural pressure at different end-inspiratory volumes. A balloon-tipped catheter is used to determine the intrapleural pressure, which is transmitted through the soft wall of the esophagus. C_L is usually divided by the functional residual capacity to give the specific compliance. Lung compliance is decreased in congestive heart failure and interstitial lung disease and increased in emphysema. C_LT can be measured by determining the change in lung volume for various amounts of pressure difference between the mouth and chest surface using a body plethysmograph.
2. The willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment or the extent to which owners follow the veterinary advice given.

• blood vessel c. — the ability of each blood vessel to expand, or contract, to best accommodate a particular volume, and a particular hydrostatic pressure of blood depends on the proportional composition, and the distribution, of its content of collagen, elastin, smooth muscle.
• C. Policy Guide — a 1984 addition to the (US) Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which allows for the extralabel use of drug products, approved for use in other species, to be used in animals.

n

1. the fulfillment by the patient of the caregiver’s prescribed course of treatment. 2. the fulfillment of oversight criteria and/or standards of care necessary for licensure, certification, and accreditation.

For a list of words related to compliance, see:

• Physiology - compliance: distensibility of chest and lungs
• Customs, Formalities, and Practices - compliance: conformity in fulfilling legal obligations

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indvilligelse, føjelighed, slaphed

Nederlands (Dutch)
gehoorzaamheid, meegaandheid, onderdanigheid, naleving

Français (French)
n. - conformité, caractère conciliant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einverständnis, Unterwürfigkeit, Befolgung, Einhalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενδοτικότητα, υποχωρητικότητα, (πρόθυμη) συμμόρφωση, ευπείθεια

Italiano (Italian)
docilità, rispetto, osservanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aquiescência (f), obediência (f)

Русский (Russian)
покорность, подчинение, соответствие

Español (Spanish)
n. - obediencia, conformidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppfyllelse, eftergivenhet, fjädringsmjukhet (tekn.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
承诺, 屈从, 顺从

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 承諾, 屈從, 順從

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 승낙, 고분고분함, 탄력성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 応諾, 追従, 盲従, コンプライアンス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امتثال ( للأوامر), اذعان, رضوخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נכנעות, ציות‬

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