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PrEP

abbr.
pre-exposure prophylaxis

prep

 (prĕp) Informal
adj.
Preparatory: a college prep course; did extensive prep work for the interview.
n.
1. A preparatory school.
2. Preparation: Daily practices are the best prep for the upcoming track meet.
3. A preppie.
v. prepped, prep·ping, preps
v.intr.
1. To be enrolled in and attend a preparatory school.
2. To prepare for something: prepping for a radio interview.
v.tr.
1. To prepare (someone) for a medical examination or surgical procedure.
2. To prepare or prime: prep a surface for painting.
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prep

(prɛp)
vb, preps, prepping or prepped
(Medicine) (tr) to prepare (a patient) for a medical operation or procedure
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prep

(prɛp)

n., adj., v. prepped, prep•ping. n.
1. a preparatory school.
2. a preliminary or warm-up activity or event; trial run.
3. preparation.
4. the act of preparing a patient for a medical or surgical procedure.
adj.
5. preparatory.
6. involving or used for preparation: the mortuary's prep room.
v.t.
7. to prepare (a person) for a test, debate, etc.
8. to prepare (a patient) for a medical or surgical procedure.
v.i.
9. to prepare; get ready: to prep for the game.
10. to attend a preparatory school.
[1860–65; by shortening]

prep.

1. preparation.
2. preparatory.
3. prepare.
4. preposition.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.prep - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)prep - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
school assignment, schoolwork - a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher
didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
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Translations

prep

[prep]
A. ABBR (Brit) (Scol) =preparation (= work) → tareas fpl, deberes mpl; (= period) → tiempo m de estudio, hora f de los deberes
B. VI (US) to prep forprepararse para (Scol) → hacer el curso de preparación para (los estudios universitarios)
C. VT (US) → preparar
to prep o.sprepararse
D. CPD prep school N (Brit)
see preparatory B
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

prep

[ˈprɛp]
n (British)
(= homework) → devoirs mpl
history prep → les devoirs d'histoire
to do one's prep → faire ses devoirs
(= study period) → étude f
vt (= prepare) → préparer
to prep sb for surgery → préparer qn pour l'opérationpre-packaged prepackaged [priːˈpækɪdʒd] adjpréemballé(e)pre-packed prepacked [ˌpriːˈpækt] adjpréemballé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

prep

(inf)
n (Brit Sch) (= homework)Hausaufgaben pl, → Hausarbeit f; (= homework period)Lernstunde f
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prep

[prɛp] (fam) (Scol)
1. ncompiti mpl
2. adj prep school = preparatory school
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

prep

n (fam) preparación quirúrgica, preparación del paciente para un procedimiento o una cirugía
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References in classic literature ?
Harold and Frederick were down at a millionaires' sons' academy in Pennsylvania; and Clarence, the youngest, at a prep. school in Massachusetts, was divided in his choice of career between becoming a doctor or an aviator.
It would be a scandal, and the universities were becoming severer in their treatment of accredited prep schools.
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Siegler, Ph.D., from Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues sourced publicly listed PrEP providers and obtained county-level urbanicity classification and population estimates of MSM from public data.
For instance, in 2014, the southern United States accounted for an estimated 50% of infections, but PrEP uptake has remained low there, with only 1% of the estimated number of eligible people taking PrEP.
(NASDAQ: GILD) will donate Truvada for PrEP (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg tablets) to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in support of national efforts to help prevent HIV and end the epidemic, the company said.
The study published in 'Clinical Infectious Diseases' suggested that making PrEP available to men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID) in India may be a cost-effective way of curbing the epidemic in the country.
The Savills team of Vice Chairman Marc Shapses, Senior Managing Director Roi Shleifer and Assistant Director Seth Wasserman secured Quad Prep's home for kindergarten through 8th grade students at 25 Pine Street in 2016.
"These results provide reassurance that you can use PrEP without fear that it will decrease hormones to a suboptimal level," said Akarin Hiransuthikul of the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center during a conference press briefing.
Since 2002, Veritas Prep has helped 300,000 clients achieve their educational goals, with a reported client satisfaction rating of 4.95/5.00 for the fall 2018 application season.