cascade

cascade is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.

To view the entire topic, please or .

Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 24th Edition Online + App from F.A. Davis and Unbound Medicine. Find 75,000 medical and nursing definitions. Download to iPhone, iPad, and Android. Explore these free sample topics:

-- The first section of this topic is shown below --

(kas″kād′)

To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.

[Fr. fr Italian cascare, to fall]
A process consisting of a series of steps, each of which begins the next. The action may or may not become amplified as each step progresses.

-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please or --

(kas″kād′)

To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.

[Fr. fr Italian cascare, to fall]
A process consisting of a series of steps, each of which begins the next. The action may or may not become amplified as each step progresses.

There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.