Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cannabis sativa
(kan′ă-bĭs )
[L. cannabis, fr Gr. kannabis, hemp]
A species of annual herb native to Central and South Asia, whose tough fiber (hemp) is used for making rope and its oils, resins, and seeds used medicinally and as a psychoactive, recreational drug.
SEE: hashish; SEE: marijuana; SEE: tetrahydrocannabinol
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Cannabis sativa. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753203/all/Cannabis_sativa. Accessed February 26, 2020.
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