waste
(wāst )

[L. vastus, empty, desolate]
SEE: 1. Cachexia.
2. Loss by breaking down of bodily tissue.
3. Excreted material no longer useful to an organism.
4. In health care management, any activity that consumes human attention or economic resources, but does not meet organizational goals.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Waste." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749282/all/infectious_waste.
Waste. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749282/all/infectious_waste. Accessed May 11, 2025.
Waste. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749282/all/infectious_waste
Waste [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749282/all/infectious_waste.
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