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CYA

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CYA

Abbreviation for:
cover your arse (Medspeak-UK)
cyclosporin A
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CYA

Cover your ass. See Defensive medicine.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Briefly young growing fungal hyphae (2 day old) of each strain were inoculated into sterile CYA, SDA and PDA plates supplemented with 0.5 gL-1 chloramphenicol and incubated at 30degC for 7 days and observed under fluorescence microscope (Olympus CKX41-A32PH.
Their analysis, however, specifically focused on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of steroid withdrawal in patients treated with either TAC or a modified, microemulsified form of CyA, along with MMF.
The second unattractive feature identified by McCord that simply screams mediocrity might not be as much an issue for smaller employers as it is for larger ones: the "CYA" performance-review process.
Thanks to Hazel Morris of the CYA for organising the events and a special thank you to the staff of TS Erimus Sea Cadets for all their hard work which they do voluntarily.
It's the "nobody ever lost their job for choosing IBM" syndrome--built-in CYA.
In 2011 I gained second place in a competition in the illustrated picture book category at the CYA Conference in Brisbane (Children's and Young Adult Writers and Illustrators Conference).
cYa s There's plenty of it - developer Yager has taken a "more is more" approach to enemies, particularly so when the difficulty spikes towards the denouement, and Spec Ops also has its fair share of scripted spectacle.
In many cases, the processes of government are overly complicated, a product of what Miller refers to as "CYA" (a colorful term for covering one's backside against reprisal).
I sighed and sank deep into my uncomfortable auditorium chair, figuring that this exercise was legal CYA so that, if a resident misbehaved, the powers that be couldn't be sued by patients or by a resident who was expelled.
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