"FLS" meaning in English

See FLS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: FLSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FLS (countable and uncountable, plural FLSs)
  1. Initialism of Frontline State. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Frontline State
    Sense id: en-FLS-en-noun-Av~4HjVz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (cytology) Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fibroblast-like synoviocyte
    Sense id: en-FLS-en-noun-7NT8ngY2 Categories (other): Cytology Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "FLSs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "FLS (countable and uncountable, plural FLSs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Frontline State"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Frontline State."
      ],
      "id": "en-FLS-en-noun-Av~4HjVz",
      "links": [
        [
          "Frontline State",
          "Frontline State#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fibroblast-like synoviocyte"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cytology",
          "orig": "en:Cytology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              140,
              144
            ],
            [
              327,
              331
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019 July 8, Michael Bonelli, Karolina Dalwigk, Alexander Platzer, Isabel Olmos Calvo, Silvia Hayer, Birgit Niederreiter, et al., “IRF1 is critical for the TNF-driven interferon response in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine, volume 51, →DOI, page 1:",
          "text": "The major drivers of synovial inflammation are cytokines and chemokines. Among these molecules, TNF activates fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), which leads to the production of inflammatory mediators. Here, we show that TNF regulates the expression of the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) in human FLSs as well as in a TNF transgenic arthritis mouse model.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte."
      ],
      "id": "en-FLS-en-noun-7NT8ngY2",
      "links": [
        [
          "cytology",
          "cytology"
        ],
        [
          "fibroblast-like synoviocyte",
          "w:fibroblast-like synoviocyte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cytology) Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "cytology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "FLS"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "FLSs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "FLS (countable and uncountable, plural FLSs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Frontline State"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Frontline State."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Frontline State",
          "Frontline State#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fibroblast-like synoviocyte"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Cytology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              140,
              144
            ],
            [
              327,
              331
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019 July 8, Michael Bonelli, Karolina Dalwigk, Alexander Platzer, Isabel Olmos Calvo, Silvia Hayer, Birgit Niederreiter, et al., “IRF1 is critical for the TNF-driven interferon response in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine, volume 51, →DOI, page 1:",
          "text": "The major drivers of synovial inflammation are cytokines and chemokines. Among these molecules, TNF activates fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), which leads to the production of inflammatory mediators. Here, we show that TNF regulates the expression of the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) in human FLSs as well as in a TNF transgenic arthritis mouse model.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cytology",
          "cytology"
        ],
        [
          "fibroblast-like synoviocyte",
          "w:fibroblast-like synoviocyte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cytology) Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "cytology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "FLS"
}

Download raw JSONL data for FLS meaning in English (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.