"NPO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: NPOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NPO (plural NPOs)
  1. Initialism of nonprofit organization. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: nonprofit organization Coordinate_terms: NFPO Translations (initialism for non-profit organization — see also nonprofit): vzw [feminine] (Dutch), YHY (Finnish), ASBL [feminine] (French), onlus [feminine] (Italian), НКО (NKO) [feminine] (Russian), НПО (NPO) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-NPO-en-noun-en:nonprofit_organization Disambiguation of 'initialism for non-profit organization — see also nonprofit': 70 30
  2. (optoelectronics) Initialism of near-packaged optics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: near-packaged optics
    Sense id: en-NPO-en-noun-gTpiYOKS

Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} NPO
  1. (medicine) "nil per os" (nothing by mouth - nothing may be eaten or drunk). Synonyms: parenterally
    Sense id: en-NPO-en-phrase-en:nil_per_os__nothing_by_mouth Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 12 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 17 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 10 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 21 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 19 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 18 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 15 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 15 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 19 71 Topics: medicine, sciences

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Download raw JSONL data for NPO meaning in English (3.4kB)

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