DNR
Americanabbreviation
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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).
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do not return. Also D.N.R.
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Example Sentences
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It was at this point that her mother decided to sign a DNR.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Activation of DNR serotonin neurons can therefore lead to changes in motivation and behavior.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2024
In hopes of keeping homes from catching fire, DNR has pushed to expand its free wildfire home assessment program in Western Washington this year.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
Glenn Kohler, a forest entomologist at DNR, said it’s hard to tell for sure if the drought is causing the beetle populations to spread, but it is likely.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Someone in a second DNR truck was doing that right now—firing cracker shells into the air from a shotgun as they chased a big dirty polar bear back to the tundra.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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