mean
(mēn)
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[Fr. meen fr. L. medianus, middle, in the middle]
In statistics, the average of a set of values.
SEE: arithmetic mean; SEE: median
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Mean." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742518/all/mean.
Mean. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742518/all/mean. Accessed February 5, 2025.
Mean. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742518/all/mean
Mean [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742518/all/mean.
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