"AFB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: AFBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} AFB (countable and uncountable, plural AFBs)
  1. (military, aviation) Initialism of air force base. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: air force base Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
  2. Initialism of acid-fast bacillus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: acid-fast bacillus
    Sense id: en-AFB-en-noun-lk8PLS01
  3. (pathology) Initialism of American foulbrood. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: American foulbrood Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-AFB-en-noun-pzqPTOEI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 17 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 17 73 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: AFS [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, military, war, government, politics]

Inflected forms

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