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- noun The
ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea . - initialism ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for
North Korea
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Examples
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FORTIN: The three most common procedure are Lasik, Photorefractive Keratectomy, known as PRK, and Refractive Lens Exchange.
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Besides free dangerous anthrax vaccines, I guess free elective surgery is another perk of being the the U.S. military (see: Military Now Offers Eye Surgery), as they are fixing people up with Lasik (also known as PRK) to make 'em more combat-ready.
Lasik and the Death of Pat Tillman GreenFertility 2006
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LASIK may be the best known type of laser eye surgery, but there's also a method called PRK and LASEK, spelled with an "E."
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* [KOREA]: The Empire is preparing to send an envoy Stephen Bosworth to the [PRK] Peoples Republic of North Korea, Pyongyang for rare direct talks, in a effort to replace the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War on the [26th of July 1953], with a permanent peace treaty while keeping its nuclear weapons.
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It is time for the [ROK] to cut a deal with the [PRK], The Empire will no longer exist within a maximum time frame of [1] One decade, [10] ten short years, with its troops in the graveyard of Empires, with no hope of victory.
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The [ROK] should be united with the [PRK] peaceful terms, under the Hong Kong example.
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I got plenty of excitement and adventure in Siemreap where the Khmer Rouge murderers were ever present although at day time Hun Sen's People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) reigned supreme in almost all the country.
Jim Luce: The Killing Fields and Indonesia's Relations with Cambodia Revisited 2010
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Man, I am envisioning juvenile-delinquent movies as rival gangs in the PRK battle over who gets to agitate art in the streets.
The Group of Death Peter Rozovsky 2010
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I got plenty of excitement and adventure in Siemreap where the Khmer Rouge murderers were ever present although at day time Hun Sen's People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) reigned supreme in almost all the country.
Jim Luce: The Killing Fields and Indonesia's Relations with Cambodia Revisited 2010
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Getting PRK on Thursday, so I'll be the blind guy recuperating on the couch!
alexz commented on the word PRK
Photorefractive keratectomy - laser eye surgery where they zap away parts of your cornea with a laser.
November 25, 2015