Taber's Medical Dictionary
parent
(par′ĕnt )
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1. One who begets or bears offspring; a father or a mother.
2. In radiation physics, a radioactive substance that decays into another nuclide.
3. The origin or source of something, as of a cell, a cell mass, a tissue, or a tissue fragment.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Parent." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/intended_parent.
Parent. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/intended_parent. Accessed April 17, 2026.
Parent. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/intended_parent
Parent [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 17]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762526/all/intended_parent.
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