Taber's Medical Dictionary
perception
(pĕr-sep′shŏn)
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1. Awareness of objects; consciousness.
2. Observing or receiving sensory information.
3. The elaboration of a sensory impression; the ideational association modifying, defining, and usually completing the primary impression or stimulus. Vague or inadequate association occurs in confused and depressed states.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Perception." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738779/all/perception.
Perception. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738779/all/perception. Accessed December 10, 2023.
Perception. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738779/all/perception
Perception [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 10]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738779/all/perception.
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