TPR
Abbreviation with 4 meanings
| Stands for | Temperature, pulse, respiration |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 4 |
| Categories | Medical, Units & Measurements, Law & Legal, Military |
| Also written | Tpr, Tpr. |
TPR has four meanings. The most common are Temperature, pulse, respiration (patient assessment) and True positive rate (statistics); it can also stand for Termination of parental rights and Trooper.
Meanings of TPR at a glance
| # | TPR stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temperature, pulse, respiration | Medical › Patient Assessment |
| 2 | True positive rate | Units & Measurements › Statistics |
| 3 | Termination of parental rights | Law & Legal › Estate and Family Law |
| 4 | Trooper | Military › British Military Rank |
1. Temperature, pulse, respiration
Medical · Patient Assessment Abbreviations
Grouping of three basic vital signs recorded together, especially in older charting systems, on paper graphic sheets and in veterinary practice. Blood pressure is usually recorded beside it as "TPR and BP".
Example: TPR 37.2, 84, 18; BP 128/76 sitting.
The term comes from the era of paper temperature charts, when nurses plotted all three on one graph. Veterinary hospitals still use TPR heavily because blood pressure is measured less routinely in animals. In UK hospitals the observations chart has largely replaced the term.
2. True positive rate
Units & Measurements · Statistics Abbreviations
The proportion of actual positives that a test or classifier correctly identifies, also called sensitivity or recall. A screening test with a 95 percent TPR misses 5 percent of true cases.
Example: At the chosen threshold the model has a TPR of 0.88 and an FPR of 0.07.
TPR = TP / (TP + FN). Raising the decision threshold usually lowers the TPR while cutting false positives, the trade-off traced by the ROC curve. Machine learning calls the same quantity recall, and medicine calls it sensitivity.
3. Termination of parental rights
Law & Legal · Estate and Family Law Abbreviations
Court order permanently ending the legal relationship between a parent and child, removing the parent's rights and duties and freeing the child for adoption. It may be voluntary or ordered involuntarily after abuse, neglect, abandonment or failed reunification efforts.
Example: The agency filed for TPR after the father missed every visit for 15 months.
The federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 generally requires states to seek TPR when a child has been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months, with exceptions. Santosky v. Kramer (1982) requires clear and convincing evidence for involuntary termination. Many states provide appointed counsel for parents.
4. Trooper (Tpr)
Military · British Military Rank Abbreviations · also used in general use
Private soldier's title in the cavalry and armoured regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps, the Household Cavalry, yeomanry units and the Special Air Service. Troopers crew tanks and reconnaissance vehicles or serve as special forces operators.
Example: Tpr Wallace qualified as a gunner on the Challenger 2 tank during his first year.
The title reflects the cavalry tradition, in which a troop was the basic sub-unit of a squadron. SAS soldiers who pass selection usually revert to trooper on joining the regiment, whatever their previous rank. Australian and Canadian armoured units also use trooper.
Related abbreviations
More patient assessment abbreviations
- SpO2 – Peripheral oxygen saturation
- T – Temperature
- TA – Temporal artery temperature
- Tmax – Maximum temperature
- TTP – Tender to palpation
- UTA – Unable to assess
- VAS – Visual analog scale
- VS – Vital signs
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More statistics abbreviations
- a.s. – Almost surely
- ACF – Autocorrelation function
- AIC – Akaike information criterion
- ANCOVA – Analysis of covariance
- ANOVA – Analysis of variance
- ARIMA – Autoregressive integrated moving average
- ATE – Average treatment effect
- avg – Average
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This entry is for general education and is not medical or legal advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.