PRO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pro"

English

Etymology 1

Initialism.

Noun

PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)

1. Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis.
2. (medicine) Initialism of patient-reported outcome.
   • 2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Andalucia (Spain)”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine‎^[1], volume 11, number 17, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 February 2023, page 5:

     In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI).

See also

• RED

Proper noun

PRO

1. (Philippines) Initialism of Police Regional Office.
2. (US politics) Abbreviation of Prohibition Party.

Etymology 2

From the term pronoun.

Pronunciation

• As big pro.

Symbol

PRO

1. (syntax) A theoretical phonologically null pronoun
2. (sign language linguistics) Used to indicate personal pronoun in sign language glosses, e.g. PRO.1 or PRO-1 for the first person.

Coordinate terms

• pro ("little pro")

Anagrams

• RPO, opr., ROP, orp, OPr., POR

Spanish

Proper noun

PRO m

1. (Argentine politics) initialism of Propuesta Republicana, a conservative political party in Argentina.
   • 2025 January 14, “Por no querer tratar el Presupuesto, el PRO acusa al Gobierno de “visión autoritaria””, in Clarín, page 1:

     Macri también reiteró la propuesta de “conformar un equipo de trabajo entre el PRO y el partido gobernante”, con el objetivo de derrotar al kirchnerismo en las elecciones legislativas de este año.

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