What does "pbs" mean?

Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.

Pbs

Common synonyms include: phosphate buffer solution, phosphate buffer solution, proto-balto-slavic.

name, noun, verb

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Noun

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Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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plural of PB form-of, plural
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a solution containing a phosphate buffer wordnet
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Initialism of product breakdown structure. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of positive behavior support. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Verb

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third-person singular simple present indicative of PB form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

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Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration."
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Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services. Malta, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text."

"He later became a panelist on PBS’ “Inside Washington” and eventually joined Fox News as a political analyst."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.