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 - the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting. and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. clause - a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. colloquial - the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.