order
(or′dĕr)
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[L. ordo, a row, series]
1. Instructions from a health care provider specifying patient treatment and care.
2. A directive mandating the delivery of specific patient care services.
3. An arrangement or sequence of events, rule, regulations, or procedures.
4. In biological classification, the main division inferior to a class, superior to a family.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Order." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737083/all/order.
Order. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737083/all/order. Accessed December 19, 2024.
Order. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737083/all/order
Order [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 19]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737083/all/order.
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