"FBS" meaning in English

See FBS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FBS
  1. (American football) Initialism of Football Bowl Subdivision. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Football Bowl Subdivision Categories (topical): Football (American), College sports
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-name-FLr78FJ1 Disambiguation of College sports: 34 13 35 7 5 7 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Forms: FBSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FBS (countable and uncountable, plural FBSs)
  1. Initialism of fetal blood sampling. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fetal blood sampling Categories (topical): College sports Synonyms: cordocentesis, PUBS
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-noun-2eTD-kNk Disambiguation of College sports: 34 13 35 7 5 7
  2. (medicine) Initialism of fasting blood sugar. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fasting blood sugar Categories (topical): Medicine, College sports
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-noun-VKuiMZBx Disambiguation of College sports: 34 13 35 7 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 43 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 19 50 2 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 18 54 2 2 4 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Initialism of fetal bovine serum. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fetal bovine serum
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-noun-0TZlMaBd Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. (military) Initialism of forward-based system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: forward-based system Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-noun-EY0yZxMX Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (anthropology) Initialism of father's brother's son. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: father's brother's son Categories (topical): Anthropology
    Sense id: en-FBS-en-noun-en:anth Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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