"ALT" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ALT (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of alanine transaminase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: alanine transaminase
    Sense id: en-ALT-en-noun-RzOkXNde Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (Japan) Initialism of Assistant Language Teacher. Tags: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Assistant Language Teacher
    Sense id: en-ALT-en-noun-wwM0t6K3 Categories (other): Japanese English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
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