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Definition: TURP |
TURPNoun1. Removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
turp | English | Transurethral resection of the prostate | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: TURPSynonym: transurethral resection of the prostate (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: TURP |
| Non-English Usage: "TURP" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (attaint, bashfulness, black eye, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fie upon you, for shame, infamy, mortification, obloquy, opprobrium, pudency, reproach, shame, stain, stigma, taint, turpitude), Turkish (radish, red radish), Turkmen (radish). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most doctors suggest using TURP whenever possible. (references) | |
Instead of removing tissue, as with TURP, this procedure widens the urethra by making a few small cuts in the bladder neck, where the urethra joins the bladder, and in the prostate gland itself. (references) | ||
Although some people believe that TUIP gives the same relief as TURP with less risk of side effects such as retrograde ejaculation, its advantages and long-term side effects have not been clearly established. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
turp | 143 |
surgery turp | 7 |
prostate turp | 7 |
procedure turp | 4 |
syndrome turp | 3 |
electrosurgery turp | 3 |
melanie turp | 2 |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TURP": turpentine, turpentined, turpentines, turpentining, turpeth, turpeths, turpitude, turpitudes, turps. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "p-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: pur, put, rut, tup. | |
-2 letters: up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: erupt, pruta, spurt, trump, turps. | |
+2 letters: abrupt, erupts, irrupt, pouter, precut, prutah, prutot, punter, purest, purist, purity, putrid, putter, repute, roupet, sprout, spurts, stupor, troupe, trumps, turnip, turnup, updart, upgirt, uprate, uproot, upstir, uptear, uptore, uptorn, upturn. | |
+3 letters: capture, corrupt, crumpet, culprit, cuprite, disrupt, dropout, erupted, hotspur, imputer, irrupts, outcrop, outdrop, outport, outpour, outpray, parquet, pasture, permute, perturb, petrous, picture, posture, poulter, poultry, pouters, poutier, precuts, product, proteus, protium, prudent, prutoth, puberty, punster, punters, purists, puritan, purport, pursuit, putrefy, putters, puttier, rapture, reputed, reputes, rupture, spouter, sprouts, spurted, spurtle, sputter, startup, stirrup, stumper, stupors, subpart, sumpter, support, tempura, thruput, thumper, triumph, trouped, trouper, troupes, trumped, trumpet, turnips, turnups, turpeth, unstrap, updarts, updater, updraft, upfront, uprated, uprates, upright, uproots, upstair, upstare, upstart, upstirs, uptears, upthrew, upthrow, uptrend, upturns, writeup. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 55 52 50 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- ..- .-. .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01010101 01010010 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T U R P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0055 0052 0050 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54555250 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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