See Also: health service(dictionary)
Health Service, the(dictionary)
Naracoorte Health Service(health)
Occupational Health Service(health)
Chambersburg Health Service(health)
National Health Service(dictionary)
National Health Service (NHS)(encyclopedia)
Integrated Health Service(health)
Universal Health Service Inc(health)
Montgomery Corp Health Service(health)

Ismo (health) and self-service (iou)


Ismo (health)


Ismo is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): isosorbide mononitrate.





self-service (iou)



self-service noun & adjective. E20.
[from SELF- + SERVICE noun1.]
A. noun.
A system whereby customers in a shop, restaurant, garage, etc., serve themselves instead of being attended to or waited on by the staff, usu. paying for all purchases at the same checkout desk or counter. E20.
An establishment or department operating this system. M20.
J. Mann She had pulled into the motorway cafe..and had gone into the self-service.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating a shop, restaurant, garage, etc., operating this system; of or pertaining to self-service. E20.
M. Drabble They..collected themselves a large self-service meal. Which? For clothes, some people liked self-service arrangements. B. Pym A small self-service store run by Uganda Asians.