halo
[Gr. halōs, threshing floor, disk (of the sun or moon), shield, halo]
1. The areola, esp. of the nipple.
2. A ring surrounding the macula lutea in ophthalmoscopic images.
3. A circle of light surrounding a shining body.
4. A ring of depigmented skin surrounding a nevus.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Halo." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737678/all/halo.
Halo. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737678/all/halo. Accessed November 20, 2024.
Halo. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737678/all/halo
Halo [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737678/all/halo.
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