contact
(kon′takt)
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[L. contingere, to touch]
1. Mutual touching or apposition of two bodies.
2. One who has been recently exposed to a contagious disease.
3. A contact lens.
SEE: contact lens
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Contact." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769032/all/contact.
Contact. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769032/all/contact. Accessed December 20, 2024.
Contact. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769032/all/contact
Contact [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769032/all/contact.
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