Recovering After Open Heart Surgery: Speaking to the Heart of the. Family. The total family constellation-- the patient, spouse, children, and significant. others-- can be significantly affected by cardiac surgery.
The noun ATMOSPHERE has 6 senses: 1. a particular environment or surrounding influence. 2. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade. 3. the mass of air surrounding the Earth.
Atmosphere is the layer of gases and vapor that surrounds the earth. It consists of a mixture of the gases, nitrogen (78.084% by volume), oxygen (20.9476%), water vapor (variable), carbon dioxide (0.0314%), and inert gases such as argon (0.934%) and some other rare gases (Lide 1996) .