Taber's Medical Dictionary
load
(lōd)
1. A weight supported or force imposed.
2. A substance given to test body function, esp. metabolic function.
SEE: loading test
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Load." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771472/all/load.
Load. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771472/all/load. Accessed April 25, 2026.
Load. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771472/all/load
Load [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 25]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771472/all/load.
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