PRO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pro"

English

Etymology 1

Initialism.

Noun

PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)

  1. Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of patient-reported outcome.
    • 2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Andalucia (Spain)”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine[1], volume 11, number 17, →DOI, page 5:
      In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI).

See also

Etymology 2

From the term pronoun.

Pronunciation

Symbol

PRO

  1. (syntax) A theoretical phonologically null pronoun
Coordinate terms
  • pro ("little pro")

Anagrams

Spanish

Proper noun

PRO m

  1. (Argentine politics) initialism of Propuesta Republicana, a conservative political party in Argentina.
    • 2025 January 14, “Por no querer tratar el Presupuesto, el PRO acusa al Gobierno de “visión autoritaria””, in Clarín, page 1:
      Macri también reiteró la propuesta de “conformar un equipo de trabajo entre el PRO y el partido gobernante”, con el objetivo de derrotar al kirchnerismo en las elecciones legislativas de este año.
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