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diploma(dictionary)
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DIPLOMA(law)
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education, nursing, diploma programs(medicine)

BSE (oh) and diploma (iou)


BSE (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: bovine spongiform encephalopathy]
bovine spongiform encephalopathy a serious brain disease that affects cows
-synonym mad cow disease mad cow disease

diploma (iou)



diploma noun & verb. M17.
[Latin diploma, diplomat- from Greek = folded paper, from diploun make double, fold, from diploos double.]
A. noun. Pl. -mas, (rare) -mata .
A State paper, an official document; a charter; in pl., historical or literary muniments. M17.
A document conferring some honour, privilege, or licence; a certificate of a university, college, or (N. Amer.) school degree or qualification; such a degree or qualification. M17.
b. verb trans. Pa. t. & pple -aed, -a'd. Award a diploma to. Chiefly as diplomaed, diploma'd ppl adjective. M19.
'diplomate noun [-ATE1] a person who holds a diploma L19.
diplomate verb trans. [-ATE3] invest with a degree, privilege, or title by diploma M17-M18.