DNR

American  

abbreviation

1. Medicine/Medical. do not resuscitate: (used in hospitals and other healthcare facilities to indicate to the staff the decision of a patient's doctors and family, or of the patient, to avoid extraordinary means of prolonging life).

2. do not return. Also D.N.R.

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DNR British  

abbreviation

1. do not resuscitate

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Example Sentences

And since the whole trap was built on a trailer, all the DNR had to do was come around in the morning, hook the trap to a pickup truck, and haul their prisoner off to Polar Bear Jail.

From Literature

Probably the DNR, out on polar bear patrol.

From Literature

Had their parents sent the DNR out to look for them when Owen and George hadn’t checked in?

From Literature

“If we don’t get out of here, the DNR’s gonna find frozen Mac and Cheese when they make their morning rounds,” Owen said through chattering teeth.

From Literature

Nanuq was tranqed, and he was going to lose consciousness before the helicopter could land and the DNR officers could fish him out of the lake.

From Literature