EMS
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abbreviation
emergency medical service.
Digital Technology.enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.Compare SMS (def. 1a).
express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
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British Dictionary definitions for EMS (1 of 2)
Ems
Bad Ems
/ (ɛmz) /
noun
a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)
a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)
British Dictionary definitions for EMS (2 of 2)
EMS
abbreviation for
European Monetary System
enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones
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Medical definitions for EMS
EMS
abbr.
electrical muscle stimulation
Emergency Medical Service
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