PUO

P3U1O1

noun

Pyrexia of unknown origin.

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Meanings

nounPUO (plural PUOs)

plural PUOs

  1. Pyrexia of unknown origin.

    The particular “bug” that had assailed me was difficult to locate, but was obviously a form of “P.U.O.” or trench fever not dissimilar from the Malta disease in 1916.

    1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 402

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pouupo
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APA

PUO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PUO

MLA

“PUO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PUO. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PUO,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PUO.

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