Editing Definition (section)

==In medicine==
In [[medical dictionaries]], [[Medical guideline|guideline]]s and other [[Medical consensus|consensus statements]] and [[Medical classification|classification]]s, definitions should as far as possible be:
*simple and easy to understand,<ref name=McPherson1998>{{Cite journal 
| doi = 10.1542/peds.102.1.137 
| last1 = McPherson | first1 = M. 
| last2 = Arango | first2 = P. 
| last3 = Fox | first3 = H. 
| last4 = Lauver | first4 = C. 
| last5 = McManus | first5 = M. 
| last6 = Newacheck | first6 = P. W. 
| last7 = Perrin | first7 = J. M. 
| last8 = Shonkoff | first8 = J. P. 
| last9 = Strickland | first9 = B. 
| title = A new definition of children with special health care needs 
| journal = Pediatrics 
| volume = 102 
| issue = 1 Pt 1 
| pages = 137–140 
| year = 1998 
| pmid = 9714637
| s2cid = 30160426 }}</ref> preferably even by the general public;<ref name=Morse1992>{{cite journal | last1 = Morse | first1 = R. M. | last2 = Flavin | first2 = D. K. | year = 1992 | title = The Definition of Alcoholism | journal = JAMA | volume = 268 | pmid = 1501306 | issue = 8 | pages = 1012–1014 | doi = 10.1001/jama.1992.03490080086030 }}</ref>
*useful clinically<ref name=Morse1992/> or in related areas where the definition will be used;<ref name=McPherson1998/>
*specific<ref name=McPherson1998/> (that is, by reading the definition only, it should ideally not be possible to refer to any other entity than that being defined);
*measurable;<ref name=McPherson1998/>
*a reflection of current scientific knowledge.<ref name=McPherson1998/><ref name=Morse1992/>