age
(āj)
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[Fr. age, fr. L. aetas]
1. The time, measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, or years that an organism has lived since its birth.
2. A particular period of life (such as middle age or old age).
3. To grow old.
4. In psychology, the degree of development of one individual as compared or contrasted with another of comparable development or accomplishment.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Age." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747181/all/age.
Age. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747181/all/age. Accessed December 11, 2024.
Age. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747181/all/age
Age [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747181/all/age.
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