Taber's Medical Dictionary
zero
(zēr′ō)
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ABBR: z SYMB: 0
1. A number that is neither positive nor negative; a number that has no value; nothing.
2. The point from which the graduation figures of a scale commence.
On the Celsius scale, e.g., zero (0°) is the temperature of melting ice.
SEE: thermometer
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Zero." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729518/all/zero.
Zero. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729518/all/zero. Accessed November 29, 2023.
Zero. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729518/all/zero
Zero [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 November 29]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729518/all/zero.
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