&/or

A form of and/or — Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.

Meanings

conjunction
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of and/or.

    Increasing pain &/or mass enlargement following skeletal maturation suggest degeneration to chondrosarcoma

    2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250
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