"CAO" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} CAO (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of conscious, alert and oriented. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: conscious, alert and oriented
    Sense id: en-CAO-en-adj-qZDEMuuN Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Topics: medicine, sciences

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CAO
  1. (Ireland) Initialism of Central Applications Office, the official body tasked with handling applications for students' first year of college. Tags: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Central Applications Office (extra: the official body tasked with handling applications for students' first year of college)
    Sense id: en-CAO-en-name-aQD5mux3 Categories (other): Irish English, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 51
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