Medical Dictionary
competent
adj com·pe·tent \ˈkäm-pət-ənt\
Medical Definition of COMPETENT
: having the capacity to function or develop in a particular way; specifically : having the capacity to respond (as by producing an antibody) to an antigenic determinant <immunologically competent cells>
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