discrimination
(dis-krim″ĭ-nā′shŏn)

[L. discriminatio, a contrast]
1. The process of distinguishing or differentiating.
2. Unequal, unjust, or illegal treatment or denial of rights or privileges without reasonable cause.
3. The accuracy with which risk factors separate a population into the healthy and the sick.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Discrimination." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745408/all/discrimination.
Discrimination. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745408/all/discrimination. Accessed April 4, 2025.
Discrimination. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745408/all/discrimination
Discrimination [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745408/all/discrimination.
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