(n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our results demonstrate that bloodless cardiac surgery on bypass is feasible in children as shown in this special group of children of Jehovah's Witnesses.
(2) Recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) administration to a Jehovah's witness refusing blood transfusions increased her nadir packed cell volume from 13% to 37% and reticulocyte count from 2% to 17.7%.
(3) Reading the first, I felt like I did as a child when I accepted a luridly illustrated magazine about the end of the world from a Jehovah's Witness because I thought it was a comic.
(4) The hemodilution technique for cardiopulmonary bypass using blood substitutes for priming has permitted open heart operations in Jehovah's Witnesses who refuse to accept blood, and has reduced the need for massive blood transfusion in certain procedures including aortocoronary bypass.
(5) The legal aspects of either administering blood to or withholding necessary blood transfusion from a Jehovah's witness are not clarified.
(6) When we got to the Oshwal Centre, the first thing we did was gather together and say a prayer of gratitude to Jehovah for sparing us.
(7) In addition, ethical convictions were sought regarding abortion, fetal research, AIDS, HIV testing, denial of medical care due to religious beliefs (Jehovah's Witness), and limitations in health care access for indigents.
(8) Jehovah's Witnesses believe that a human must not sustain his life with another creature's blood, and they recognize no distinction "between taking blood into the mouth and taking it into the blood vessels."
(9) Patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses present a special problem when undergoing open heart surgery since they refuse blood transfusion.
(10) A clear understanding of the philosophy of the Jehovah's Witnesses regarding blood transfusion and of the medicolegal and ethical aspects of their care is essential to clinicians who care for such patients.
(11) Larry Graham had recovered from a life of drugs and violence through being born again as a Jehovah's Witness.
(12) Selection of articles was limited to the history, philosophy, medicolegal and ethical issues, and clinical management of anemic Jehovah's Witnesses; a recent article on recommendations for red cell transfusion was also reviewed.
(13) Eleven Jehovah's Witnesses who were not candidates for hypotensive anesthesia had a total hip replacement under normotensive techniques.
(14) For the community of Jehovah's Witnesses the blood transfusion taboo still functions as a significant mechanism of sectarian boundary maintenance.
(15) The fundamentalist beliefs of a Jehovah's Witness can create major clinical and medicolegal problems when blood or blood products are needed to sustain life.
(16) The brothers, who were brought up as Jehovah's Witnesses, were not allowed to visit friends, and were made to rehearse into the night.
(17) The present study of 50 Jehovah's Witnesses admitted to the Mental Health Service facilities of Western Australia suggests that members of this section of the community are more likely to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital than the general population.
(18) The anaesthetic management of Jehovah's witnesses undergoing cardiac surgery is discussed.
(19) I asked Mr Putin to utilise his influence to protect these minority rights, as well as in the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses,” she said.
(20) As a consequence, patients with anemia and particular contraindications to homologous blood derivatives (irregular antibodies, Jehovah's Witnesses) may be able to undergo major surgery successfully.
Yahweh
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles - is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.