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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) [syn: {palatopharyngoplasty}, {uvulopalatopharyngoplasty}, {UPPP}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: |
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