immersion
(i-mĕr′zhŏn, shŏn)
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[L. immersio, a dip into]
1. Placing a body under water or other fluid.
2. In microscopy, the act of immersing the objective (then called an immersion lens) in water or oil, preventing total reflection of rays falling obliquely upon peripheral portions of the objective.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Immersion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746835/all/immersion.
Immersion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746835/all/immersion. Accessed November 6, 2024.
Immersion. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746835/all/immersion
Immersion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746835/all/immersion.
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