"FDA" meaning in English

See FDA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} FDA
  1. (US) Initialism of Food and Drug Administration, a United States federal regulatory body. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Food and Drug Administration (extra: a United States federal regulatory body) Synonyms: US FDA
    Sense id: en-FDA-en-name-4p8Ay4tS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 33 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 60 30 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 30 16
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Food and Drug Administration, a Philippine regulatory agency. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Food and Drug Administration (extra: a Philippine regulatory agency)
    Sense id: en-FDA-en-name-8j-Lh08k Categories (other): Philippine English

Noun

Forms: FDAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FDA (plural FDAs)
  1. (Philippines, education) Initialism of failure due to absence. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: failure due to absence
    Sense id: en-FDA-en-noun-ytd6CS2v Categories (other): Philippine English, Education Topics: education

Alternative forms

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