tension
(ten′shŏn)
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[L. tensio, a stretching]
1. The act or process of stretching; the state of being strained or stretched.
2. Pressure, force.
3. Expansive force of a gas or vapor.
4. Mental, emotional, or nervous strain.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Tension." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768555/all/tension.
Tension. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768555/all/tension. Accessed October 9, 2024.
Tension. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768555/all/tension
Tension [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768555/all/tension.
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