organ procurement

pro·cure (pr

-ky

, pr

v. pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures

v.tr.

1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.

2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.

3. To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

v.intr.

To obtain sexual partners for others.

[Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, to take care of, from Latin prcrre : pr-, for; see pro-¹ + crre, to care for (from cra, care; see cure).]

pro·cura·ble adj.

pro·curance, pro·curement n.

procurement [prəˈkjʊəmənt]

1. the act or an instance of procuring

2. (Business / Commerce) Commerce

a. the act of buying

b. (as modifier) procurement cost procurement budget

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Noun

procurement - the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

procural, procurance

acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

Translations

procurement [prəˈkjʊəmənt]

A. N → obtención f

B. CPD procurement agency N → agencia f de aprovisionamiento
procurement price N → precio m al productor

procurement [prəˈkjʊə^rmənt]

n → approvisionnement m
procurement of equipment and supplies → approvisionnement en équipements et fournitures
defence procurement → l'approvisionnement de la défense

modif [process, rules] → d'approvisionnement; [budget] → d'approvisionnement

procurement

n → Beschaffung f; (of release) → Bewirkung f; (of prostitutes) → Beschaffung f

procurement [prəˈkjʊəmənt] n (of goods) → rifornimento, approvvigionamento

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acquisition
administrative lead time
airlift service
central procurement
decentralized items
delivery forecasts
indefinite delivery type contract
initiation of procurement action
limited standard item
nonstandard item
other war reserve materiel requirement, protectable
peacetime materiel consumption and losses
pre-positioned war reserve materiel requirement, protectable
procural
procurance
procurement lead time
reorder cycle
total materiel assets
traffic management

The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), the national non-profit organization representing all federally-designated organ procurement organizations, considers this alleged action reprehensible.

AOPO calls alleged NJ organ trafficking scheme "reprehensible" by Conrad, Suzanne; Wilson, Bruce / Transplant News

Legislation has been passed to support organ donation--the current organ procurement system in the United States is governed by the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1968 and the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984--but a shortage of donated organs remains.

Organ transplantation: is the best approach a legalized market or ... by Clemmons, Allison / Journal of Healthcare Management

Aa In the US, for instance, donor organs are matched to waiting recipients by a national computer registry, called the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

Editorial: I want my kidney back please by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)

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