Taber's Medical Dictionary
shaft
[AS. sceaft ]
1. The principal portion of any cylindrical body.
2. The diaphysis of a long bone.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Shaft." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768970/all/shaft.
Shaft. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768970/all/shaft. Accessed April 23, 2026.
Shaft. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768970/all/shaft
Shaft [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 23]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768970/all/shaft.
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