gain
(gān)
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1. To increase in weight, strength, or health.
2. In electronics, the amplification factor for a given circuit or device.
3. The real or imagined positive effect of an action or situation. For example, an illness might allow a person to put off going to school or meeting some other obligation such as a court appearance.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Gain." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770836/1/gain.
Gain. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770836/1/gain. Accessed November 10, 2024.
Gain. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770836/1/gain
Gain [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770836/1/gain.
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