parent
(par′ĕnt)
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[L. parere, to bring forth, bear]
1. One who begets or bears offspring; a father or a mother.
2. In radiation physics, a radioactive substance that decays into another nuclide.
3. The origin or source of something, as of a cell, a cell mass, a tissue, or a tissue fragment.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Parent." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/parent.
Parent. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/parent. Accessed December 6, 2024.
Parent. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/parent
Parent [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/parent.
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