"r/o" meaning in All languages combined

See r/o on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: o [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} o
  1. (medicine) Initialism of rule out: used to indicate that a certain possible diagnosis should be considered, and appropriate tests performed to rule it out. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: rule out (extra: used to indicate that a certain possible diagnosis should be considered, and appropriate tests performed to rule it out) Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-r/o-en-verb-MT-W-6La Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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