failure
(fāl′yĕr)
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.
[Fr. faillir, fr L. fallere, to deceive]
Inability to function, esp. the loss of what was once present, as of eyesight or hearing.
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Failure." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750579/20/failure.
Failure. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750579/20/failure. Accessed December 8, 2024.
Failure. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750579/20/failure
Failure [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750579/20/failure.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - failure
ID - 750579
ED - Venes,Donald,
BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary
UR - https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750579/20/failure
PB - F.A. Davis Company
ET - 24
DB - Nursing Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -