distance
(dis′tăns )
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The space between two objects.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Distance." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730119/all/distance. 
Distance. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730119/all/distance. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Distance. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730119/all/distance
Distance [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730119/all/distance.
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