compound
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(kom′pownd″)

[L. componere, to place together]
1. In chemistry, a substance composed of two or more units or parts combined in definite proportions by weight and having specific properties of its own. Compounds are formed by all living organisms and are of two types, organic and inorganic.
2. Made up of more than one part.
3. In pharmacy, to prepare a prescription.
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(kom′pownd″)

[L. componere, to place together]
1. In chemistry, a substance composed of two or more units or parts combined in definite proportions by weight and having specific properties of its own. Compounds are formed by all living organisms and are of two types, organic and inorganic.
2. Made up of more than one part.
3. In pharmacy, to prepare a prescription.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Compound." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768808/all/compound.
Compound. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768808/all/compound. Accessed April 1, 2023.
Compound. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768808/all/compound
Compound [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 April 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768808/all/compound.
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