"LAM" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LAMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LAM (plural LAMs)
  1. (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: light antiarmor/antiarmour missile
    Sense id: en-LAM-en-noun-1u3b71qP Categories (other): Military, Weapons Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of land attack missile. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: land attack missile
    Sense id: en-LAM-en-noun-8cT8ZzbP Categories (other): Military, Weapons Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  3. (military, weaponry) Abbreviation of loitering attack missile. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: loitering attack missile
    Sense id: en-LAM-en-noun-eeCJpXWu Categories (other): Military, Weapons Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  4. Acronym of lactational amenorrhea method, a method of birth control through breastfeeding. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: lactational amenorrhea method (extra: a method of birth control through breastfeeding)
    Sense id: en-LAM-en-noun-F-bKLpxZ
  5. (pathology) Abbreviation of lymphangioleiomyomatosis Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: lymphangioleiomyomatosis
    Sense id: en-LAM-en-noun-azNHqfkk Categories (other): Pathology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 20 14 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 17 17 16 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 16 17 16 36 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Inflected forms

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