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AFP
abbr.
alpha-fetoprotein
afp
abbreviation for
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) alpha-fetoprotein
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Noun1.AFP - an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)AFP - an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein
fetoprotein, foetoprotein - any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer
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AFP afp N ABBR =alpha-fetoprotein → AFP f
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Elections will be held on the 26th of January," Dayananda Dissanayake, the commissioner of elections, told AFP by telephone.
Sri Lanka to hold presidential poll in January by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
There were a total of 291 people on board the ferry," Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre, told AFP.
Hundreds rescued, 29 die as Indonesia ferry sinks by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Canadian air force paratroopers on Monday rescued a teenager adrift overnight on an Arctic ice floe and threatened by polar bears, an official told AFP.
Canadian teen survives Arctic ice floe, polar bears by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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