What does the medical term SOS stand for?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of SOS abbreviation. However, what is the meaning of the SOS medical abbreviation?
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What does SOS medical abbreviation mean?
In medicine, the medical abbreviation SOS means sinusoidal obstruction syndrome; help needed distress signal (save our ship).
SOS: sinusoidal obstruction syndrome; help needed distress signal (save our ship)
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