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calorie
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(kăl′ŏ-rē )
[L. calor, heat]
A unit of heat. A calorie may be equated to work or to other units of heat measurement. Small calories are converted to joules by multiplying by 4.1855.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Calorie." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731117/all/calorie.
Calorie. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731117/all/calorie. Accessed October 24, 2019.
Calorie. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731117/all/calorie
Calorie [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 October 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731117/all/calorie.
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