Taber's Medical Dictionary
pole
(pōl )
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1. The extremity of any axis about which forces acting on it are symmetrically disposed.
SYN: SEE: polus
2. One of two points in a magnet, cell, or battery having opposite physical qualities.
3. In biology, the regions around each end point of a diameter (esp. an axis) of a sphere.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Pole." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736297/all/poles_of_the_testicle.
Pole. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736297/all/poles_of_the_testicle. Accessed May 3, 2026.
Pole. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736297/all/poles_of_the_testicle
Pole [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 03]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736297/all/poles_of_the_testicle.
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