"PRO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PROs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)
  1. Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pressure retarded osmosis Related terms: RED
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-noun-M0rbvnBI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 18 19 Disambiguation of English symbols: 54 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 65 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 15 18
  2. (medicine) Initialism of patient-reported outcome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: patient-reported outcome
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-noun-kN6fneuU Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol

Etymology: From the term pronoun. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (linguistics)}} Head templates: {{en-head|sym}} PRO
  1. (syntax) A theoretical phonologically null pronoun Coordinate_terms: pro () (english: little pro)
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-symbol-EXWYzzq9 Categories (other): Linguistics Disambiguation of Linguistics: 21 19 61 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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