ORL - translation to English
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ORL (disambiguation); Orl
ORL
ENT, Ear Nose and Throat, branch in medicine that deals specifically with the diseases affecting any or all of these body parts
Definition
okay
also OK, O.K., ok
(okays, okaying, okayed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that something is okay, you find it satisfactory or acceptable. (INFORMAL)
...a shooting range where it's OK to use weapons...
Is it okay if I come by myself?...
I guess for a fashionable restaurant like this the prices are OK.
= all right
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, it v-link ADJ if
•
Okay is also an adverb.
We seemed to manage okay for the first year or so after David was born.
= all right
ADV: ADV after v
2.
If you say that someone is okay, you mean that they are safe and well. (INFORMAL)
Check that the baby's okay...
'Don't worry about me,' I said. 'I'll be okay.'
= all right
ADJ: v-link ADJ
3.
You can say 'Okay' to show that you agree to something. (INFORMAL)
'Just tell him Sir Kenneth would like to talk to him.'-'OK.'...
'Shall I give you a ring on Friday?'-'Yeah okay.'
= all right
CONVENTION [formulae]
4.
You can say 'Okay?' to check whether the person you are talking to understands what you have said and accepts it. (INFORMAL)
We'll get together next week, OK?
= all right
CONVENTION
5.
You can use okay to indicate that you want to start talking about something else or doing something else. (INFORMAL)
OK. Now, let's talk some business...
Tim jumped to his feet. 'Okay, let's go.'
= right
CONVENTION
6.
You can use okay to stop someone arguing with you by showing that you accept the point they are making, though you do not necessarily regard it as very important. (INFORMAL)
Okay, there is a slight difference...
Okay, so I'm forty-two.
CONVENTION
7.
If someone in authority okays something, they officially agree to it or allow it to happen. (INFORMAL)
His doctor wouldn't OK the trip...
VERB: V n
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Okay is also a noun.
He gave the okay to issue a new press release...
N-SING: the N
Wikipedia
ORL
ORL is the abbreviation for a subspecialty within medicine:
- Otorhinolaryngology or otolaryngology – head and neck, or ear, nose, and throat medicine
- ORL (journal), a journal of otorhinolaryngology published by Karger
ORL may also refer to:
- Oil Refineries Ltd
- Okanagan Regional Library, a library system in British Columbia, Canada
- Oldham and Rochdale Line, a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink
- Olivetti Research Laboratory
- Omar Rodríguez-López, filmmaker, musician, leader of The Mars Volta
- Ontario Rugby League, a rugby league football association in Ontario, Canada
- Optical return loss in fiber optics and telecommunications
- Orlando, Florida, the U.S. city, is commonly abbreviated as ORL
- Orlando Executive Airport's IATA airport code
- Orlando Magic, the city's National Basketball Association team
Examples of use of ORL
1. Dans notre département ORL, nous testons ces phénom';nes avec les triathl';tes.
2. La société va s‘étendre ŕ l‘étranger dans un deuxi';me temps.» GeniuSoft, qui compte moins de cinq collaborateurs, travaille avec le service d‘oto–rhino–laryngologie (ORL) du CHUV. «Notre logiciel répertorie tous les cas de tumeurs ORL.
3. Si on y ajoute Erbitux, un médicament contre le cancer colorectal et les cancers dits «de la tęte et du cou» (cancers ORL), les deux ensemble constituent effectivement une part importante des ventes.
4. Quelles sont les perspectives? – Dans l‘oncologie, chaque nouvelle indication équivaut ŕ un nouveau produit, et nous sommes en phase avancée de développement clinique concernant l‘utilisation d‘Erbitux contre le cancer des poumons et pour élargir son utilisation contre les cancers ORL.
5. Les équipes de David Sidransky et de James Herman de l‘Université Johns Hopkins de Baltimore aux Etats–Unis ont mis au point des tests ciblés sur certaines tumeurs ORL (nez, gorge, oreilles). Entre 80 et '5% des cancers pourraient ętre détectés par cette méthode.