retained object

An object in a passive construction that is identical to the object in the corresponding active construction, as story in Susan was told the story by John.

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retained object

(Grammar) grammar a direct or indirect object of a passive verb. The phrase the drawings in the sentence Harry was given the drawings is a retained object

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retained′ ob′ject

an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the corresponding active construction, as the picture in I was shown the picture.

[1930–35]

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retained object - an object in a passive construction

object - (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"

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References in periodicals archive

| Unintentional connection of a patient requiring oxygen to an air flowmeter at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - covering North Manchester and Royal Oldham hospitals; | A retained object following surgery on a patient at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Potentially fatal failures at hospitals

Some have suggested adding an intraoperative or postoperative radiograph for all procedures, but a cost-effectiveness report found that such a "universal" radiograph strategy is prohibitive due to an estimated cost of >$1.3 million per retained object prevented [9].

Gossypiboma Resection after Eight Years in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

In the case of retained foreign body, a readmission involving the removal of a retained object following surgery may also be flagged as a HAC associated readmission.

Enhancing Medicare's hospital-acquired conditions policy to encompass readmissions

The disproportionate number of retained object errors led the commission to convene an expert panel to develop recommendations.

Partners in patient safety

The presence of the retained object is prima facie evidence of negligence by the surgeon in carrying out that responsibility.

Foreign object left in bypass pt.: why wasn't Dr. Responsible?

The term which Gardiner proposed for what he interprets as the direct object of a passive verb form is "retained object." Since the term already features in [section]377 of the first edition of Gardiner's deservedly influential Egyptian Grammar (1927), it has a familiar ring to the Egyptological ear and is probably often heard in the classroom.

Agent-less indirect adjectival verb forms in Egyptian and Arabic: the case of jrrw n.f. and maf ul lahu, "for whom one acts."

A short vertical |7~ precedes the direct object; a short squiggle (5), the retained object. (Of the latter, Pence and Emery say, "When a verb with an indirect object and a direct object is turned into the passive voice, one of the objects becomes the subject of the passive verb and the other object remains...as a retained object.") In this case, our retained object is an infinitive phrase.

Diagram for analysis

The management of patients with FB in the rectum is often very challenging due to the different characteristics of retained objects. After rectal lesions have been excluded by radiological exams, a transanal extraction is required.

A Particular Use of Endobag[R]: Extraction of Rectal Foreign Bodies