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Pharmacopoeia Britannica (British Pharmacopoeia).

Pb

 
lead1 (L. plum´bum).
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PB


Pb

Symbol for lead (plumbum).
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Pb

Abbreviation for barometric pressure.

PB

Abbreviation for pyridostigmine bromide; phenobarbital.

Pb

Abbreviation for phenobarbital; symbol for lead (plumbum).
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

PB

Abbreviation for pyridostigmine bromide.
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Since 80% of mission-critical data travels over the vertical backbone, network planners should develop vertical networks capable of supporting terabits, petabits and beyond.
While the scale is roughly what a 5 and a quarter-inch floppy disk once held, the density of the bits is nearly off the charts: 5.5 petabits, or 1 million gigabits, per cubic millimeter.
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