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more info PID, n.
inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
<noun.state>

PID more info
pelvic inflammatory disease more info
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hypernym
inflammatory disease
more info PIE, n.
a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
<noun.communication>

PIE more info
Proto-Indo European more info
more info PIJ, n.
a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas
<noun.group>

Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini more info
PIJ more info
Palestine Islamic Jihad more info
Palestinian Islamic Jihad more info
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domain of synset (topic)
terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
instance hypernym
terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
domain of synset (region)
Palestine
more info PIN, n.
a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
<noun.communication>

PIN more info
PIN number more info
personal identification number more info
semantic pointers
hypernym
number
more info PIN number, n.
a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
<noun.communication>

PIN more info
PIN number more info
personal identification number more info
semantic pointers
hypernym
number
more info PKD, n.
kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
<noun.state>

PKD more info
polycystic kidney disease more info
more info PKU, n.
a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
<noun.state>

PKU more info
phenylketonuria more info
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hypernym
inborn error of metabolism
more info PKU test, n.
a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria
<noun.cognition>

PKU test more info
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hypernym
diagnostic test, diagnostic assay
more info PLF, n.
a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
<noun.group>

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah more info
PLF more info
Palestine Liberation Front more info
more info PLO, n.
a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
<noun.group>

PLO more info
Palestine Liberation Organization more info
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member meronym
al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa
hypernym
political movement
domain of synset (region)
Palestine
more info PM, n.
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

PM more info
autopsy more info
necropsy more info
post-mortem more info
post-mortem examination more info
postmortem more info
postmortem examination more info
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derivationally related form
autopsy
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hypernym
examination, scrutiny
modulation of the phase of the carrier wave
<noun.communication>

PM more info
phase modulation more info
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hypernym
modulation
the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
<noun.person>

PM more info
Prime Minister more info
premier more info
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derivationally related form
premier premiership
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member holonym
British Cabinet
hypernym
head of state, chief of state
more info PMS, n.
a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation
<noun.state>

PMS more info
premenstrual syndrome more info
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hypernym
syndrome
more info PO, n.
an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
<noun.group>

PO more info
Post Office more info
US Post Office more info
United States Post Office more info
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hypernym
independent agency
a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
<noun.person>

P.O. more info
PO more info
petty officer more info
more info PO Box, n.
a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
<noun.artifact>

PO Box more info
POB more info
Post-Office box more info
call box more info
letter box more info
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hypernym
compartment
more info PO Box No, n.
the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
<noun.location>

PO Box No more info
PO box number more info
box number more info
post-office box number more info
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hypernym
mailing address
more info PO box number, n.
the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
<noun.location>

PO Box No more info
PO box number more info
box number more info
post-office box number more info
semantic pointers
hypernym
mailing address
more info POB, n.
a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
<noun.artifact>

PO Box more info
POB more info
Post-Office box more info
call box more info
letter box more info
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hypernym
compartment
more info POW, n.
a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
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POW more info
prisoner of war more info
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hypernym
prisoner, captive
more info POW camp, n.
a camp for prisoners of war
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

POW camp more info
internment camp more info
prison camp more info
prisoner of war camp more info
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hypernym
camp
hyponym
gulag
more info PPK, n.
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
<noun.group>

Kurdistan Labor Pary more info
Kurdistan Workers Party more info
PPK more info
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan more info
more info PPLO, n.
a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
<noun.animal>

PPLO more info
pleuropneumonialike organism more info
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hypernym
mycoplasma
more info PPP, n.
surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
<noun.act>

PPP more info
UPPP more info
palatopharyngoplasty more info
uvulopalatopharyngoplasty more info
more info PR, n.
a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
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PR more info
public relations more info
a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
<noun.location>

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico more info
PR more info
Porto Rico more info
Puerto Rico more info
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instance hypernym
commonwealth
part holonym
Caribbean Greater Antilles
part meronym
Puerto Rico, Porto Rico San Juan Culebra Vieques
more info PR man, n.
someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)
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PR man more info
press agent more info
public relations man more info
publicity man more info
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hypernym
publicist, publicizer, publiciser
more info PRC, n.
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
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Cathay more info
China more info
Communist China more info
PRC more info
People's Republic of China more info
Red China more info
mainland China more info
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member of this domain (region)
acupuncture, stylostixis acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu Chinese Revolution yang yin feng shui Chinese Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language Cultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution dim sum fortune cookie Chinese brown sauce, brown sauce egg foo yong, egg fu yung egg roll, spring roll Red Guard falun gong Hangzhou, Hangchow Yalu, Yalu River Pei, I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei catty, cattie qi, chi, ch'i, ki
part meronym
Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China Manchuria Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China Chongqing, Chungking Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton Gansu, Kansu, Gansu province Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei province Hunan, Hunan province Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province Yunnan, Yunnan province Luda, Luta Dalian, Talien, Dairen Luoyang, Loyang Lushun, Port Arthur Hangzhou, Hangchow Nanchang, Nan-chang Nanning, Nan-ning Nanjing, Nanking Shanghai Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien Taiyuan Tangshan Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching Grand Canal Wuhan Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia, Nei Monggol Hong Kong Gobi, Gobi Desert Taklimakan Desert, Taklamakan Desert Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang, Heilong Bo Hai, Po Hai Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River Gan Jiang, Kan River Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains Liaodong Peninsula, Liaodong Bandao Mekong, Mekong River Nan Ling Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs Poyang Tien Shan, Tyan Shan Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang Zhu Jiang, Canton River, Chu Kiang, Pearl River
instance hypernym
Asian country, Asian nation
part holonym
Asia
member meronym
Chinese
more info PRN, adv.
according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)
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PRN more info
as needed more info
as required more info
pro re nata more info

sample sentences

"add water as needed"
more info PS, n.
a note appended to a letter after the signature
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PS more info
postscript more info
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part holonym
letter, missive
hypernym
note, annotation, notation
more info PSA, n.
a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
<noun.substance>

PSA more info
prostate specific antigen more info
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hypernym
protein
more info PSA blood test, n.
a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA
<noun.cognition>

PSA blood test more info
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hypernym
blood test
more info PSF, n.
a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border
<noun.group>

PSF more info
Popular Struggle Front more info