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name
Initialism of Health Service Executive, the public healthcare system in Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of health, safety, environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of high school equivalency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of human systems engineering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of herpes simplex encephalitis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, neurology, neuroscience, sciences, virology
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noun
Abbreviation of house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of
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pron
A gender-neutral pronoun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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History
Blend of he + she?
