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Definition of irb

7 senses · 3 parts of speech

noun

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.

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noun

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of investment review board, a committee of business executives who review investment choices, comparing against strategy and opportunity costs.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of inflatable rescue boat.

“Ms Rybicki began filming just as a second IRB drove out to the rogue boat, collecting the first lifesaver into the boat en route.”

adj

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of internal ratings-based approach.

name

(abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.
(abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.

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