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law

noun \ˈlȯ\

Medical Definition of LAW

:  a statement of order or relation holding for certain phenomena that so far as is known is invariable under the given conditions

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53 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. law (noun)
  2. law of conservation of energy (noun)
  3. law of conservation of matter (noun)
  4. law of constant proportions (noun)
  5. law of definite proportions (noun)
  6. law of dominance (noun)
  7. law of effect (noun)
  8. law of gravitation (noun)
  9. law of independent assortment (noun)
  10. law of Laplace (noun)
  11. law of mass action (noun)
  12. law of multiple proportions (noun)
  13. law of partial pressures (noun)
  14. law of refraction (noun)
  15. law of segregation (noun)
  16. law of the minimum (noun)
  17. law of thermodynamics (noun)
  18. all-or-none law (noun)
  19. Avogadro's law (noun)
  20. Beer's law (noun)
  21. Bell-Magendie law (noun)
  22. Bell's law (noun)
  23. biogenetic law (noun)
  24. Boyle's law (noun)
  25. Charles' law (noun)
  26. Dalton's law (noun)
  27. Dulong and Petit's law (noun)
  28. Fechner's law (noun)
  29. Fick's law (noun)
  30. first law of thermodynamics (noun)
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