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PUO

PUO noun: pyrexia of unknown origin.

Noun

PUO (plural PUOs)

  1. Pyrexia of unknown origin.
    • The particular “bug” that had assailed me was difficult to locate, but was obviously a form of “P.U.O.” or trench fever not dissimilar from the Malta disease in 1916.1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 402

Forms of PUO

pluralPUOs

Questions about PUO

What does PUO mean?
PUO means pyrexia of unknown origin.
What part of speech is PUO?
PUO is a noun.
What is the plural of PUO?
The plural of PUO is PUOs.

Words near PUO in the dictionary

  1. Punyu
  2. Punzalan
  3. Punzalans
  4. Punzo
  5. Punzos
  6. PUO
  7. Puolanka
  8. Puopolo
  9. Puopolos
  10. PUOs
  11. puoy

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