(n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) This paper describes a prototype system to maintain an electronic "scut" sheet.
(2) Similarly, performing intravenous cannulation at the request of ward staff was rated as scut by 94% of residents, whereas performing cannulation at another resident's request was rated as scut by 56% (P less than 0.01).
(3) Residents and faculty then completed a detailed questionnaire that included ratings of the educational value, "scut content," and residents' responsibility for 20 specific tasks.
(4) SCUT makes use of pen-input and background rule checking to enhance patient care.
(5) Scutting is shown to be the most dangerous pastime and is responsible for more deaths than any other type of road traffic accident involving children.
(6) A total of 38 children presented at the Accident and Emergency Department of The Children's Hospital, Temple Street during the period January 1985 to July 1987 with injuries sustained while scutting.
(7) Our results suggest that the characteristics of scutwork can be identified, that the perception of scut varies between faculty and residents, and that the context of a task often determines whether residents perceive it as scut.
(8) Scutting is a pastime which has taken place in Dublin for many years.
(9) GO Corporation's PenPoint Operating System is used to implement the SCUT project.
(10) Residents' ratings of tasks as scut varied according to the context of the task.
(11) Injuries sustained while scutting have never previously been reported.
(12) Twenty hours (22%) of nonconference waking hours were spent on so-called scut work.
(13) Night-time admission of a patient for an elective procedure was rated as scut by 75% of residents, whereas admission of such a patient after discussion with a faculty member was labeled scut by only 44% (P less than 0.01).
(14) A very low virus level was found for a short time in the blood of ducklings and goslings after experimental Lednice (Yaba 1) virus infection by subcutaneous (scut) and intranasal (inas) route and in blood of ducklings also after infection by intracerebral (icer) route.