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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)Set of symbols intended as a universal system for transcribing speech sounds. The promulgation and updating of the IPA has been a principal aim of the International Phonetic Association (Association Phonétique Internationale), founded in Paris in 1886. The first IPA chart was published in 1888. IPA symbols are based on an extended version of the Latin alphabet, with modifications of some letters and the use of additional symbols, some of which had been used in earlier phonetic alphabets. Diacritics are used primarily to show various kinds of secondary articulation. IPA [¦i¦pē′ā] (linguistics)
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Among for-profit plans, group/network models provided better processes of care for diabetes than independent practice association (IPA) models. and delivered an estimated 7,000 babies while building an executive career that included stints as board chairman of Sacramento Physician Network, a 900-physician independent practice association, and chairman of Omni Health Plan, a 140,000-member HMO. The board of the independent practice association has begun talks with hospitals and health insurers and has received a positive response about starting a new network that would be composed of many of the same doctors, said Dr. |
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