Taber's Medical Dictionary
focus
pl. foci [L. focus, hearth]
1. The point of convergence of light rays or sound waves.
2. The starting point of a disease process.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Focus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737428/all/focus.
Focus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737428/all/focus. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Focus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737428/all/focus
Focus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737428/all/focus.
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