characteristic
(kar″ăk-tĕ-ris′tik)
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[Gr. charaktēristikos, pert. to a stamp]
1. A trait or character typical of an organism or of an individual.
2. In logarithmic expressions, the number to the left of the decimal point, as distinguished from the mantissa, the number to the right of the decimal point.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Characteristic." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765429/all/characteristic.
Characteristic. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765429/all/characteristic. Accessed November 3, 2024.
Characteristic. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765429/all/characteristic
Characteristic [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765429/all/characteristic.
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