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(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz ) Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP , pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P .
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter P. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
O&P: ova and parasites: OPAT Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: OPD: outpatient department: OPPT: oriented to person, place, and time OPV: outpatient visit OR: operating room (aka operating theatre) odds ratio ORIF: open reduction internal fixation: ORSA: oxacillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ORT: oral rehydration therapy OS: left ...
Give me three English words, commonly spoken, ending in g-r-y. [3] [24] There are many possible answers, such as "Beg for mercy", or "Bring your money". There are three words in the English language that end g-r-y. One is angry and another is hungry. The third word is something that "everyone" uses.
The exact phrase three-letter acronym appeared in the sociology literature in 1975. [1] Three-letter acronyms were used as mnemonics in biological sciences, from 1977 [2] and their practical advantage was promoted by Weber in 1982. [3] They are used in many other fields, but the term TLA is particularly associated with computing. [4]
Y, a commune in the department of Somme, France; Y, a river in the north of Russia. Y, a former census-designated place in Alaska, United States (recently renamed Susitna North) Ý, Vietnamese name for Italy; Å, a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland, Norway. Å is Danish, Norwegian and Swedish for "brook" or "small river".
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz ) Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP , pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P .