1. [n]  a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
2. [n]  a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium

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In the wake of a celebrated Japanese author's suicide, the publication of his final collection of stories, written in English, becomes thwarted when its translators also decide to kill themselves after reading it. Reprint.

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1. nondeterministic polynomial time.

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2. The country code for Nepal.