DNR
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DNR
abbr.
1. Department of Natural Resources
2. do not resuscitate
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DNR
abbreviation for
(Medicine) do not resuscitate
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DNR
do not resuscitate: used in hospitals to indicate a prior decision by the patient or the patient's family to avoid extraordinary means of prolonging life.
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Translations
DNR
abbr Do Not Resuscitate. V. resuscitate.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.