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PCOS

PCOS is the initialism of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Meaning of polycystic ovary syndrome

Noun

polycystic ovary syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.

Noun capitalized: PCOs

PCOs

  1. (plural) plural of PCO

Questions about PCOS

What is PCOS the initialism of?
PCOS is the initialism of polycystic ovary syndrome.
What part of speech is PCOS?
PCOS is a noun.

Words near PCOS in the dictionary

  1. PCness
  2. PCNL
  3. PCNs
  4. PCO
  5. PCOC
  6. PCOS
  7. PCP
  8. PCPC
  9. PCPG
  10. pcpn
  11. PCPs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PCOS (page history and authors); PCOs (page history and authors); polycystic ovary syndrome (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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