rounds
The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.
Other meanings
A route taken by someone in authority.
“the hourly rounds of the night watchman.”
A descending diatonic scale played on a ring of bells.
Related words
- prerounds
- roundsman
- roundswoman
- do the rounds
- grand rounds
- hearts and rounds
- make the rounds
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rounds” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.