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Translingual
Symbol
EK
- (metrology) Symbol for exakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 1018 kelvins.
English
Noun
EK (plural EKs)
- (medicine) Initialism of endothelial keratoplasty.
Derived terms
- DSEK (“Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty”)
- DSAEK (“Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty”)
- PDEK (“pre-Descemet's endothelial keratoplasty”)
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
EK
- Abbreviation of Elinkeinoelämän Keskusliitto (Confederation of Finnish Industries, an employers' association which covers almost whole private sector)
Noun
EK
- (motor racing) Initialism of erikoiskoe.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Abbreviation of Európai Közösség (“European Community”, before 2009).
Proper noun
EK
- (historical) EC, European Community