SSI

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A form of Server Side Include — A server-side directive in a certain scripting language used on the World Wide Web, allowing the contents of external files to be included at specified points within a web page.

Less commonScrabble 3

Meanings

nounSSI (countable and uncountable, plural SSIs)

plural SSIs · alternative S.S.I.

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of Server Side Include.
  2. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Supplemental Security Income.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of Small Scale Integration.
  4. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of shoulder sleeve insignia.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of standard settlement instruction.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of surgical site infection.
    1 more example

    For example, Goal 7 “Reduce the risk of health care associated infections” stipulates, among other things, that hospitals have specific strategies in place to prevent surgical site infection (SSI), that they provide regular feedback about SSI rates to caregivers, with follow-up for 30 days, that they discontinue the use of shaving as a method of preop hair removal, etc.

    2011, Darrell A. Campbell, “Patient Safety”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, pages 58–59
proper noun

alternative S.S.I.

  1. abbreviationinitialismdivingInitialism of Scuba Schools International.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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