PAP
English edit
Proper noun edit
PAP
- (Singapore) Initialism of People's Action Party.
- (Singapore, Singlish, derogatory) Pay And Pay (nickname for the People's Action Party)
- (PRC) Initialism of People's Armed Police.
Noun edit
PAP (plural PAPs)
- (organic chemistry) polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
- (Networking) Initialism of Password Authentication Protocol
- (grammar) Abbreviation of past active participle.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of present active participle.
- (philosophy) principle of alternate possibilities
- (medicine) Initialism of Prostatic acid phosphatase
- participatory anthropic principle
- (medicine) Acronym of positive airway pressure. (PAP ventilation)
- (by extension) A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device
Hypernyms edit
(positive airway pressure):
- NIV (“non-invasive ventilation”)
- NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
- NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
- PPV (“positive pressure ventilation”)
Hyponyms edit
(positive airway pressure):
- CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
- BiPAP (“bilevel positive airway pressure”)
- IPAP (“inhalation positive airway pressure”)
- EPAP (“exhalation positive airway pressure”)
Derived terms edit
(positive airway pressure):
- CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
- BiPAP (“bilevel positive airway pressure”)
- IPAP (“inhalation positive airway pressure”)
- EPAP (“exhalation positive airway pressure”)
Verb edit
PAP
- (acronym, Internet slang, text messaging) post a picture
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Indonesian edit
Verb edit
PAP
- (slang) Alternative letter-case form of pap