See Also: CAPD(medicine)
CAPD(health)

avocation (iou) and CAPD (medicine)


avocation (iou)



avocation noun. E16.
[Branch I after Latin advocatio(n-) ADVOCATION; branch II from Latin avocatio(n-), from avocat- pa. ppl stem of avocare, from a- AB- + vocare to call: see -ATION.]
I.
= ADVOCATION 3. E16.
II. Diversion of the thoughts. E17-M18.
T. Gray Try, by every method of avocation and amusement, whether you cannot..get the better of that dejection.
The condition of having one's attention diverted; distraction. arch. M17.
S. R. Maitland He devoted himself, with less avocation, to prayer.
A (less important) distraction; a minor occupation; colloq. (a) vocation, (a) calling. M17.
G. B. Shaw It was at the university that I became..a sky pilot. When the war took me it seemed natural that I should pursue that avocation as a member of the air force. W. Faulkner A horseman, a groom, merely by accident, but by avocation and dedication a minister of God.
avocational adjective M20.

CAPD (medicine)


CAPD
<abbreviation> Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.