Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cannabis sativa
(kan′ă-bĭs)
[L. cannabis, fr Gr. kannabis, hemp]
A species of annual herb native to Central and South Asia, whose tough fiber (hemp) is used for making rope and its oils, resins, and seeds used medicinally and as a psychoactive, recreational drug.
SEE: hashish; SEE: marijuana; SEE: tetrahydrocannabinol
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Cannabis Sativa." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753203/all/Cannabis_sativa.
Cannabis sativa. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753203/all/Cannabis_sativa. Accessed October 25, 2021.
Cannabis sativa. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753203/all/Cannabis_sativa
Cannabis Sativa [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 October 25]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753203/all/Cannabis_sativa.
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