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DP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person forced to flee from home or country
Synonyms:
displaced person; DP; stateless person
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("DP" is a kind of...):
refugee (an exile who flees for safety)
Context examples:
Notably, tests performed on the day malaria was diagnosed suggested that a complete dose of DP hadn’t been given to the infant in the previous month in half the malaria cases.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
These findings suggest that DP is a promising long-term preventative treatment for malaria in infants.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
Further studies will also be needed to clarify the long-term safety and efficacy of DP treatment.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
TS treatment was moderately protective (28%), but SP treatment wasn't significantly different from the non-treatment group (7%).There were 3.02 malaria episodes per person year in the DP group, 5.21 for the TS group, 6.73 for the SP group, and 6.95 for the control group.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
