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PNPan
PNPart Number
PNPractical Nurse
PNPanama (including Canal Zone Region)
PNPordenone (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy)
PNProduct Name
PNPeripheral Neuropathy
PNPeanut
PNPostnuke (website content management sytem)
PNProject Number
PNPartido Nacional (Spanish: National Party)
PNPitcairn Island (top level domain)
PNPinot Noir (wine)
PNPolice Nationale (French: National Police)
PNParques Nacionales (National Parks Administration, Argentina)
PNPromissory Note
PNPakistan Navy
PNPhilippine Navy
PNPlatoon (Canadian/British)
PNPractice Nurse
PNPseudo-Noise
PNPlanetary Nebula
PNPublic Nudity
PNNoise Power
PNPhase Noise (communication systems)
PNPartit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party, Malta)
PNPolska Norma (Polish: Polish Standard)
PNPengadilan Negeri (Indonesian: district court)
PNPetri Net
PNPersonal Needs
PNPneumonic
PNProgram Neighborhood (Citrix Client Software)
PNPlay Nice (gaming)
PNProtease Nexin
PNPacific National (Australia)
PNPeer Networking
PNPolish Notation (aka prefix notation)
PNPredicate Nominative
PNPression Nominale (French: Nominal Pressure)
PNProcurement Notice
PNProperty Number
PNPressure Number
PNParticipating National (FCC)
PNProportional Navigation
PNParticipatory Note
PNProcessor Node
PNPreliminary Notification
PNPosition Navigation
PNPaso A Nivel (Spain)
PNPartner Nation
PNPercussion Note
PNPlanet Namek
PNProblem Notification
PNProminent Nuclei
PNPerfect Nonlinear
PNPositive Notification
PNPolemiko Nautiko (Greek Navy)
PNPedigree Nursery
PNPetitioner Name
PNPseudorandom Noise/Number
PNUS Postal Note (Scott Catalogue prefix; philately)
PN(USN Rating) Personnelman
PNPoikiloderma with Neutropenia
PNPeriodic Nonharmonic
PNPiedmont and Northern Railway Company
PNPositive-channel, Negative-channel junction (electronics, semiconductors)


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Ascites is detected on physical examination of the abdomen by visible bulging of the flanks in the reclining patient ("flank bulging"), "shifting dullness" (difference in percussion note in the flanks that shifts when the patient is turned on the side) or in massive ascites with a "fluid thrill" or "fluid wave" (tapping or pushing on one side will generate a wave-like effect through the fluid that can be felt in the opposite side of the abdomen).
 
 
 
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