Primary Response

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PR
Pronunciation
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri rɪˈspɑns/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. He's developed Primary Response(PR), which monitors and protects applications at the operating system kernel level.
  2. For too long, our primary response has been to send emergency aid when the crisis is at its worst.
  3. For too long, our primary response [ to fight hunger ] has been to send emergency [ food ] aid when the crisis is at its worst, Ms Clinton said last month.
  4. The primary response to winning, or the prospect of winning, was seen in the right hemisphere of the brain, while the left hemisphere was more active in response to losing, the researchers reported.
  5. Facing current stern world grain situation, the primary response to challenges is to value and develop grain production.

Other meanings of PR