activity
(ak-tiv′ĭt-ē)
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[Fr. activité, fr L. activitas]
1. The production of energy or motion; the state of being active. In the medical sciences, activity applies to various conditions: from enzyme activity to the rate of influence of an enzyme on a particular system; radiation activity to the energy produced by a source of radiation.
2. A person's use of time.
3. Action, drug.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Activity." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761431/all/activity.
Activity. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761431/all/activity. Accessed October 13, 2024.
Activity. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761431/all/activity
Activity [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761431/all/activity.
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