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PSRO 1492 psychoacoustics PSRO, abbreviation for Professional Standards Review Organization. social situations; conducting psychotherapy; and providing PSS, abbreviation for progressive systemic sclerosis.
[ blenno- + G. eidos , resemblance ] bleed ( bled ) To lose blood as a result of rupture bleph - a - ro - phi - mo⚫sis ( blef'ă - rō - fi - mō'sis ) or severance of blood vessels . Decrease in the size of the palpebral aperture without ...
E. systematic review and maintenance of the contents of an emergency cart at established time intervals. emergency ... without standard obstetric preparations and procedures. emergency department (ED), in a health care facility, ...
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