ＭＲ

also: エムアール

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Meanings

noun

medical representative; pharmaceutical sales rep

Common abbreviation in the pharmaceutical industry for a salesperson who visits doctors and hospitals.

彼かれは製せい薬やく会社がいしゃのＭＲとして働はたらいている。
He works as an MR for a pharmaceutical company.

noun

mixed reality

Technology term blending real and virtual worlds; often used in tech and gaming contexts.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉がＭＲとして働くがえむ・あーるとしてはたらくto work as a medical representative
彼かれは大おお手て製せい薬やく会社がいしゃでＭＲとして働はたらいている。
He works as a medical representative at a major pharmaceutical company.
ＭＲ技術えむ・あーるぎじゅつを導入どうにゅうするto introduce mixed reality technology
この工こう場じょうではＭＲ技ぎ術じゅつを導どう入にゅうして作さ業ぎょうを効こう率りつ化かしている。
This factory has introduced mixed reality technology to streamline operations.

Related words

営えい業ぎょうマン sense 1
営業マン is a general term for any salesperson, while ＭＲ specifically denotes a pharmaceutical sales representative.
市し場じょう調ちょう査さ sense 3
市場調査 is the full Japanese term for market research, while ＭＲ is the abbreviated business jargon for the same activity.
ミクストリアリティ sense 2
ミクストリアリティ is the spelled-out Japanese loanword for mixed reality, while ＭＲ is the common abbreviation used in tech contexts.
僧そう帽ぼう弁べん閉へい鎖さ不ふ全ぜん sense 4
僧帽弁閉鎖不全 is the full Japanese medical term for mitral regurgitation, while ＭＲ is the clinical abbreviation used by doctors.

Don't confuse with

ＶＲ
ＶＲ creates a fully immersive virtual environment, while ＭＲ (mixed reality) blends real and virtual elements that a user can interact with simultaneously.

Etymology

Abbreviation from English initialisms: Medical Representative, Mixed Reality, Marketing Research, Mitral Regurgitation. The reading エム・アール reflects the English letter names.