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Definition of ER
1. Noun. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium.
Generic synonyms: Metal, Metallic Element
Substance meronyms: Fergusonite, Gadolinite, Ytterbite
2. Noun. A room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment.
Definition of ER
1. Abbreviation. (abbreviation of Elizabeth Regina Elizabeth Regina) ¹
2. Abbreviation. (baseball) The statistic "Earned Run"; a run that was scored without the aid of an error by the fielding team that is charged to the pitcher responsible for allowing the runner that scored to reach base. ¹
3. Abbreviation. (biology) (abbreviation of endoplasmic reticulum) ¹
4. Abbreviation. (computing) (abbreviation of wikipedia:entity-relationship diagram entity-relationship diagram) ¹
5. Abbreviation. (computing) (abbreviation of wikipedia:entity-relationship model entity-relationship model) ¹
6. Abbreviation. (medicine) (abbreviation of emergency room emergency room) ¹
7. Interjection. (U.K.) (non-gloss definition Said when hesitating in speech.) ¹
8. Verb. (informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase '''um and er'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of ER
1. used to express hesitation [interj]
Medical Definition of ER
1. Oestrogen Receptor status of tumourous tissue, which may be positive or negative. The implications of hormonal receptor status of the tissue are twofold (1) if ER positive, i.e. Sensitive to the hormone, it may respond better to hormone treatments than ER negative tissue. (2) the ER positive tissue generally is slower-growing. (16 Dec 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of ER
| EPI EPICUS EPIRB EPMA EPO EPR EPROM EPROMs EPS EPSP | EPSS EPT EPTs EQ ER (current term) ER-60 protease ERA ERAs ERBF ERC | ERCP ERD ERISA ERKs ERM ERNIE ERP ERPF |
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