PDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does PDA mean? 

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

1. a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

organiser; organizer; PDA; personal digital assistant; personal organiser; personal organizer

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

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

 Context examples 

Moreover, PDA shows extensive genomic instability and aneuploidy.

(Pancreatic Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The posterior descending artery (PDA) and posterolateral artery (PLA) arises from the right coronary artery.

(Coronary Artery Right Dominance, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The right coronary artery supplies the posterior descending artery (PDA) and the circumflex supplies the posterolateral artery (PLA).

(Co-Dominant Artery, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The posterior descending artery (PDA) and posterolateral artery (PLA) arises from the left circumflex artery.

(Left Cardiac Artery Dominance, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)