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competent

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Referring to the ability to perform one or more tasks skillfully and proficiently.
Physiology
Referring to a valve or vessel that closes normally or appropriately retains fluid within its lumen.

com·pe·tent

(kom'pĕ-tĕnt)

Capable or qualified; able to perform a task or function.

[L. competo, to be suitable]

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competent,

adj having legal capacity, ability, or authority.

able.

competent bacterial cells

able to take up DNA usually foreign and usually as a plasmid.

immune competent

an individual with a fully functional immune system.

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