"MSW" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: MSWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} MSW (countable and uncountable, plural MSWs)
  1. (professional education) Initialism of Master of Social Work. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Master of Social Work Related terms (professional education): CMSW
    Sense id: en-MSW-en-noun-Kvfq7UHJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 9 26 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 68 9 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 4 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 2 29 Disambiguation of 'professional education': 60 12 28
  2. Initialism of municipal solid waste. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: municipal solid waste
    Sense id: en-MSW-en-noun-PINP8f5L Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. (epidemiology) Initialism of men who have sex with women. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: men who have sex with women
    Sense id: en-MSW-en-noun-2b2x-zh3 Categories (other): Epidemiology Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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