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pro⋅to⋅col

  [proh-tuh-kawl, -kol, -kohl]
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–noun
1. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
2. an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared.
3. a supplementary international agreement.
4. an agreement between states.
5. an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.
6. Medicine/Medical. the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.
7. Computers. a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.
8. Also called protocol statement, protocol sentence, protocol proposition. Philosophy. a statement reporting an observation or experience in the most fundamental terms without interpretation: sometimes taken as the basis of empirical verification, as of scientific laws.
–verb (used without object)
9. to draft or issue a protocol.
Origin:
1535–45; earlier protocoll < ML prōtocollum < LGk prōtókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to a rolled papyrus manuscript and containing notes as to contents. See proto-, colloid

Related forms:
pro⋅to⋅col⋅ar  [proh-tuh-kol-er] , pro⋅to⋅col⋅a⋅ry, pro⋅to⋅col⋅ic, adjective
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pro·to·col   (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl', -kŏl')   
n.  

    1. The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.

    2. A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol.

  2. The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.

  3. A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.

  4. The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

  5. Computer Science A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.

intr.v.   pro·to·coled or pro·to·colled, pro·to·col·ing or pro·to·col·ling, pro·to·cols
To form or issue protocols.

[French protocole, from Old French prothocolle, draft of a document, from Medieval Latin prōtocollum, from Late Greek prōtokollon, table of contents, first sheet : Greek prōto-, proto- + Greek kollēma, sheets of a papyrus glued together (from kollān, to glue together, from kolla, glue).]
pro'to·col'ar (-kŏl'ər), pro'to·col'a·ry (-kŏl'ə-rē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

protocol 
1541, as prothogall "draft of a document," from M.Fr. prothocole (c.1200), from M.L. protocollum "draft," lit. "the first sheet of a volume" (on which contents and errata were written), from Gk. protokollon "first sheet glued onto a manuscript," from protos "first" + kolla "glue." Sense developed in M.L. and M.Fr. from "official account" to "official record of a transaction," "diplomatic document," and finally, in Fr., to "formula of diplomatic etiquette." Meaning "diplomatic rules of etiquette" first recorded 1896, from French; general sense of "conventional proper conduct" is from 1952. "Protocols of the (Learned) Enders of Zion," Rus. anti-Semitic forgery purporting to reveal Jewish plan for world domination, first published in Eng. 1920 under title "The Jewish Peril."
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Main Entry: pro·to·col
Pronunciation: 'prO-t&-"kol
Function: noun
1 : an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction
2 a : a preliminary memorandum often formulated and signed by diplomatic negotiators as a basis for a final convention or treaty b : the records or minutes of a diplomatic conference or congress that show officially the agreements arrived at by the negotiators
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Main Entry: pro·to·col
Pronunciation: 'prOt-&-"kol, -"kOl, -"käl
Function: noun
1 : an official account of a proceeding;especially : the notes or records relating to a case, an experiment, or an autopsy protocols was made … for patients who died with majordisease of the central nervous system —Journal of the American Medical Association>
2 : a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment or treatment protocol by the hospital's human studies committee are required before implementing any research on human subjects>
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protocol pro·to·col (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl')
n.
The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

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protocol   (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

  2. A set of standardized procedures for transmitting or storing data, especially those used in regulating data transmission between computers or peripherals.


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