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.
The definition of atmosphere is an overall feeling and/or effect of a place, specially if it is an environment of pleasure or interest. 1  An example of atmosphere is the creepy feeling one gets whenever they walk past the old, abandoned neighborhood house which is rumored to be haunted.