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English word origin

Etymology of MR

Abbreviation.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Initialism of Midland Railway.

adj

Initialism of mentally retarded. · Initialism of magnetoresistive

noun

Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”). · Initialism of modified release. · Initialism of mitral regurgitation. · Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Abbreviation.

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