Definition: 'Apparatus'
apparatus
Type: TermPronunciation: ap′ă-rā′tŭs
Definitions:
1. A collection of instruments adapted for a special purpose.
2. An instrument made up of several parts.
3. A group or system of glands, ducts, blood vessels, muscles, or other anatomic structures involved in the performance of some function.
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