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DHMO en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, uncountable) Abbreviation of dihydrogen monoxide.
    • The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. 1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of dental health maintenance organization (i.e., a dental HMO).

Coordinates

DPPO

Hypernyms

HMO · entity · organization

wikidata: Q20117