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Prejudice (legal term)
Prejudice (legal term): detriment to legal rights in procedure. 'With prejudice' dismissals are final and barred by res judicata; 'without prejudice' allows refiling and protects settlement talks (Ofulue, Calderbank).
Prekmurje
Prekmurje, northeastern Slovenian historical region beyond the Mura River, formerly under Hungarian rule for eight centuries, annexed to the Kingdom of SCS in 1919 and fixed by the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, with its own dialect and Hungarian minority.
Preladenant
Preladenant (SCH-420814, MK-3814), an oral, highly selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonist developed by Schering-Plough/Merck for Parkinson's disease; positive phase 2 off-time results but failed phase 3 trials and development discontinued in 2013.
Prelate
A prelate is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical dignitary of pre-eminence, from Latin praelatus, "set above," holding episcopal or quasi-episcopal jurisdiction, or the title as an honorary dignity.
PRELI/MSF1 domain
PRELI/MSF1 domain, also called PRELI domain (Pfam PF04707, PROSITE PS50904), a ~170-residue eukaryotic alpha/beta protein module in PRELID1-3 and SEC14L1/5 proteins that shuttles phospholipids across the mitochondrial intermembrane space with TRIAP1/Mdm35.
Preliminary design review
A preliminary design review (PDR) is a formal technical assessment held near the end of preliminary design that confirms a system meets requirements before detailed design begins.
Preliminary hearing
Preliminary hearing (preliminary examination, probable cause hearing): an adversarial post-arrest court proceeding testing probable cause. Governed federally by Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1 and 18 U.S.C. § 3060; 14-day custody deadline; evidence rules and suppression objections do not apply; alternative to grand jury indictment.
Preload (cardiology)
Preload (cardiology): the end-diastolic load on a heart ventricle, defined as passive wall stress at end-diastole and clinically surrogated by EDV or EDP. Central to the Frank–Starling law and to fluid responsiveness testing (PLR, PPV, EEO, mini-fluid challenge) in critical care.
Prelude (The Righteous Gemstones)
Prelude is the Season 4 premiere of The Righteous Gemstones, aired March 9, 2025 on HBO. A standalone 1862 Civil War episode starring Bradley Cooper as scoundrel-preacher Elijah Gemstone, directed by Danny McBride, with no regular cast and an 8.7 IMDb rating.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (L 86, FL 87) is Claude Debussy's roughly 10-minute single-movement symphonic poem of 1892-1894 after Mallarmé's 1876 poem, premiered 22 December 1894 in Paris under Gustave Doret, encored by its audience, and famously choreographed by Nijinsky in 1912.
Prelude FLNG
Prelude FLNG, also known as Shell Prelude, is a Shell-operated floating liquefied natural gas facility off Western Australia, the largest floating offshore facility ever built.
Prelude to Ecstasy
Prelude to Ecstasy is the 2024 debut album by London band The Last Dinner Party (Island Records), 12 tracks, 41:09, produced by James Ford; it hit UK Number 1 and was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2024.
Prelude to the 2026 Iran war
Prelude to the 2026 Iran war: the October 2023 to February 2026 escalation, including the June 2025 Twelve-Day War, nuclear diplomacy collapse, US buildup, and the 28 February 2026 Operation Epic Fury strikes that killed Ayatollah Khamenei.
Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine: the 2014–2022 run-up to the 24 February 2022 full-scale attack, covering Crimea, the Donbas war, the 2021 buildup, December 2021 ultimata, and Western intelligence prebuttal.
Prelude to Water Melody: Bright Moon
Prelude to Water Melody: Bright Moon (水调歌头·明月几时有) is a ci lyric by Su Shi, written at the 1076 Mid-Autumn Festival and considered its outstanding Chinese poem.
Prem Chand Bairwa
Prem Chand Bairwa is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan since the party's 2023 election win.
Prem Chopra (प्रेम चोपड़ा)
Prem Chopra (प्रेम चोपड़ा), born 23 September 1935 in Lahore, is a Hindi film actor famous as a villain in over 380 films, known for Bobby's 'Prem naam hai mera' and his Rajesh Khanna collaborations.
Prem Jogini
Prem Jogini (प्रेमजोगिनी), The yogini of love, is an incomplete Hindi nāṭikā by Bharatendu Harishchandra, serialized from 1874, and a precursor of realistic drama in Hindi.
Prem Kumar (Bihar politician)
Prem Kumar is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a nine-time MLA from Gaya Town who became Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2025.
Prem Kumar Dhumal (प्रेम कुमार धूमल)
Prem Kumar Dhumal (प्रेम कुमार धूमल), born 1944, is a BJP leader and two-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1998–2003, 2007–2012) who lost the Sujanpur seat in 2017 and did not contest in 2022.
Prem Kumar Reang
Prem Kumar Reang is an Indian politician who serves as president of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a BJP-allied party, and is a former Tripura minister.
Prem Kumar Sahgal
Prem Kumar Sahgal (प्रेम कुमार सहगल) was a British-Indian Army officer who joined the Indian National Army and was tried at the Red Fort in 1945.
Prem Narayan Arora (प्रेम नारायण अरोरा)
Prem Narayan Arora (प्रेम नारायण अरोरा), 1912–1985, Hindi film producer and director of Rail Ka Dibba, Chor Bazar and Khazanchi; first husband of Helen, distinct from namesake producers and the Arora Film Corporation.
Prem Nath (प्रेम नाथ)
Prem Nath (प्रेम नाथ), born Premnath Malhotra (1926–1992), was an Indian actor and director in Hindi cinema, debuting in Ajit (1948), famous as Raj Kapoor's Barsaat co-star and, after Johny Mera Naam (1970), as a leading villain.
Prem Nazir (പ്രേം നസീർ)
Prem Nazir (പ്രേം നസീർ), born Abdul Khader, was Malayalam cinema's evergreen hero; Guinness record holder for lead roles (720–781 films), about 400 hits and 50 blockbusters, Padma Bhushan 1983, died 16 January 1989.
Prem Pathik
Prem Pathik (प्रेम-पथिक) is a short narrative poem by Jaishankar Prasad, published in Braj Bhasha in 1909 and reworked into Khari Boli Hindi in 1913.
Prem Pinda
Prem Pinda (प्रेमपिण्ड, "Love Obsequies") is a Nepali-language prose tragedy by Bal Krishna Sama, first published in 2009 BS and set in a Rana-era palace in Kathmandu.
Prem Puri
Prem Puri, also known as Pier Lorenzo Puri, is a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys whose research on HDAC inhibitors led to givinostat, approved in 2024 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Prem Rakshith
Prem Rakshith, also printed Prem Rakshit, is an Indian film choreographer in Telugu cinema, best known for 'Naatu Naatu' in RRR, which won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama directed by Sooraj Barjatya, starring Salman Khan in a double role as a prince and his lookalike.