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1. The distance from one fixed point to another. Originally, it was the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully expanded.
2. A length of time.
3. The duration of a process.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Span." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767788/all/memory_span.
Span. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767788/all/memory_span. Accessed April 24, 2024.
Span. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767788/all/memory_span
Span [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 April 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767788/all/memory_span.
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