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Medical Term:

action

Pronunciation: ak′shŭn

Definition:

  1. The performance of any of the vital functions, the manner of such performance, or the result of the same.
  2. The exertion of any force or power, physical, chemical, or mental.

[L. actio, from ago, pp. actus, to do]

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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