Taber's Medical Dictionary
variable
(var′ē-ă-bĕl )
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1. Any changing, measurable thing. In statistics, it is often possible to measure and graph the relationship of one variable to another, e.g., height and weight in the growing child.
2. Changing in form, structure, behavior, or physiology.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Variable." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741926/all/binary_variable.
Variable. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741926/all/binary_variable. Accessed April 5, 2026.
Variable. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741926/all/binary_variable
Variable [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741926/all/binary_variable.
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