tear (1)
(tār)

[Old English teran]
1. To separate or pull apart by force.
2. A wound or injury caused by the tearing of a body part.
3. A third-degree sprain or strain.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Tear (1)." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772559/all/tear__1_.
Tear (1). In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772559/all/tear__1_. Accessed April 1, 2025.
Tear (1). (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772559/all/tear__1_
Tear (1) [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772559/all/tear__1_.
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