law

law definition - medical

law (lô)

noun
  1. A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.
  2. A set of rules or principles for a specific area of a legal system.
  3. A piece of enacted legislation.
  4. A formulation describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met.
  5. A generalization based on consistent experience or results.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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