Taber's Medical Dictionary
lake
[L. lacus ]
1. A small cavity of fluid.
SEE: lacus
2. The appearance of plasma after blood cells in it have broken down, releasing their hemoglobin pigment.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Lake." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757136/all/lake.
Lake. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757136/all/lake. Accessed October 26, 2025.
Lake. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757136/all/lake
Lake [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757136/all/lake.
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