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(dĕ-folt′)
1. Failure to meet an obligation or responsibility, e.g., paying a debt, following a therapeutic regimen.
2. In informatics, an automatic or preset pathway that is followed when no other option or options are selected.
3. In computing, a setting that is automatically or passively displayed when other choices aren’t actively selected.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Default." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774009/0/default.
Default. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774009/0/default. Accessed October 10, 2024.
Default. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774009/0/default
Default [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774009/0/default.
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