PIGS
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[edit]Noun
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- (genetics) Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.
Proper noun
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- (economics, widely considered derogatory)
- (during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
- (during the European debt crisis) Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.