pile
(pīl)
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[L. pila, a ball, a pillar]
1. A single hemorrhoid.
SEE: hemorrhoid
2. A battery for production of electricity.
3. An apparatus for producing and regulating a nuclear chain-reaction fission process.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Pile." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747988/all/pile.
Pile. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747988/all/pile. Accessed December 2, 2024.
Pile. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747988/all/pile
Pile [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747988/all/pile.
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