"PEG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: PEGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PEG (countable and uncountable, plural PEGs)
  1. (chemistry) Acronym of polyethylene glycol. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: polyethylene glycol Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-PEG-en-noun-G-Oq43JZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 17 2 4 17 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (medicine, countable) Initialism of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-PEG-en-noun-h40pQwbz Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Initialism of price/earnings to growth. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: price/earnings to growth
    Sense id: en-PEG-en-noun-4b1g2mCI
  4. (uncountable) Initialism of public, educational, and government (access television). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: public (extra: access television), educational (extra: access television), and government (extra: access television)
    Sense id: en-PEG-en-noun-kxCS~B3L
  5. (computer science, countable) Initialism of parsing expression grammar. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: parsing expression grammar Categories (topical): Computer science
  6. Abbreviation of pyroelectric generator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: pyroelectric generator
    Sense id: en-PEG-en-noun-gO-Nqzw3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: PEGyl, PEGylate, PEGylated, PEGylation Related terms: DEG, EG, MEG, PE, TEG

Inflected forms

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