qi, ch'i
(chē )
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the vital force or energy of life.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Qi, Ch'i." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734453/0/qi_ch'i.
Qi, ch'i. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734453/0/qi_ch'i. Accessed October 12, 2026.
Qi, ch'i. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734453/0/qi_ch'i
Qi, Ch'i [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734453/0/qi_ch'i.
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