rod
(rŏd)
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[AS. rodd, club]
1. A slender, straight bar.
2. One of the sensory receptors in the retina that detects light.
3. A bacterium shaped like a rod, a bacillus.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Rod." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767867/all/rod.
Rod. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767867/all/rod. Accessed October 13, 2024.
Rod. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767867/all/rod
Rod [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/767867/all/rod.
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