JR

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IPA (US):

• JR (noun)
  The noun JR has 1 sense:

1. a son who has the same first name as his father

  Familiarity information: JR used as a noun is very rare.

• JR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A son who has the same first name as his father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jnr; Jr; Junior

Hypernyms ("Jr" is a kind of...):

boy; son (a male human offspring)

 Context examples 

James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Ian A. Wilson, D. Phil., of The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, led the team.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)

Jr.; Chance, JM.; and Filos, S. (1982).

(Functional Activities Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The finding — a collaboration between UT Southwestern's Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and two other medical centers — gives scientists a new target besides the brain to develop therapies for people with excessive sleepiness.

(Muscle, Not Brain, May Hold Answers to Some Sleep Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The findings could open doors to therapies that take advantage of Bmp7’s navigational talents to direct the formation of regenerated sensory cells that are tuned to respond to a specific frequency, says Dr. James F. Battey, Jr., director of NIDCD.

(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)