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PAG

/pæɡ/

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New Zealand/pɛɡ/

PAG is the initialism of polyacrylamide gel.

PAG is the initialism of periaqueductal gray.

PAG is the initialism of private armed group.

Meaning of periaqueductal gray

Noun

periaqueductal gray (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The region surrounding the cerebral aqueduct in the midbrain, playing an important role in analgesia.
    • The periaqueductal gray contains circuits that control the sensorimotor components of rage.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 601
    Synonyms:
    central gray, PAG

Proper noun capitalized: Pag

Pag

  1. An island of Croatia.
  2. A town in Croatia.

Forms of PAG

pluralPAGs

Phrases with PAG

Questions about PAG

What does PAG mean?
PAG means an island of Croatia.
What is PAG the initialism of?
PAG is the initialism of polyacrylamide gel.
What part of speech is PAG?
PAG is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce PAG?
PAG is pronounced /pæɡ/ (UK).

Words near PAG in the dictionary

  1. Paffey
  2. Pafford
  3. Paffords
  4. Paffs
  5. pafuramidine
  6. PAG
  7. Pag-asa
  8. Pag-ibig Sa Nayon
  9. Pag-Oring Nuevo
  10. Pag-Oring Viejo
  11. pagach

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PAG (page history and authors); Pag (page history and authors); periaqueductal gray (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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