Medical Term:
apparatus
Pronunciation: ap′ă-rā′tŭs
Definition:
- A collection of instruments adapted for a special purpose.
- An instrument made up of several parts.
- A group or system of glands, ducts, blood vessels, muscles, or other anatomic structures involved in the performance of some function.
[L. equipment. fr. ap-paro, pp. -atus, to prepare]
See Also: system
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