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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation pro re nata (as the situation demands; as needed)
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Do your utmost to be conventional (and then pimp, q.d. or p.r.n.)
Site Home 2010
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"A Randomised, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Active Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Dabigatran Etexilate, 150 mg b. i.d Administered Orally (Capsules) for 18 Months, Compared to Warfarin Tablets p.r.n. (Target INR) for the Secondary Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism."
unknown title 2009
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"A Randomised, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Active Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Dabigatran Etexilate, 150 mg b. i.d Administered Orally (Capsules) for 18 Months, Compared to Warfarin Tablets p.r.n. (Target INR) for the Secondary Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism."
unknown title 2009
jwjarvis commented on the word p.r.n.
"pro re nata", for an occasion that has arisen, as circumstances require, as needed
March 28, 2011