noun
surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
• Syn: ↑palatopharyngoplasty, ↑uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, ↑UPPP
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
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abbr.
■ Pakistan People's Party
■ (in computing) point to point protocol, which allows data conforming to the Internet protocol IP to be handled on a serial line
■ purchasing power parity (a way of measuring what an amount of money will buy in different countries)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.