See Also: Decrease(medicine)
decrease(1)(dictionary)
decrease(2)(dictionary)
decrease 2, noun(dictionary)
decrease 1, verb(dictionary)
Stroke (apoplexy, cerebral accident, cerebrovascular accident, CVA, cerebral apoplexy)(health)
accident(dictionary)
accident(medicine)
accident(dictionary)
Chernobyl accident(encyclopedia)

accident and emergency (oh) and decrease(2) (iou)


accident and emergency (oh)



n [C] BrE
the room or department in a hospital where people go if they have an accident or suddenly become ill
-synonym A & E A & E
American Equivalent: emergency room

decrease(2) (iou)



decrease verb intrans. & trans. LME.

(Cause to) grow less; lessen; diminish.
A. Sillitoe The bruise was still visible..though the swelling had decreased. J. G. Farrell Decreasing the chances of his proposal being accepted.
decreasingly adverb to a decreasing extent E19.