"PHA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PHAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PHA (plural PHAs)
  1. (astronomy, ecology, geology) Initialism of potentially hazardous asteroid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: potentially hazardous asteroid Hypernyms: PHO, NEA Coordinate_terms: PHC
    Sense id: en-PHA-en-noun-P4wJbk-6 Categories (other): Astronomy, Ecology, Geology Topics: astronomy, biology, ecology, geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (biochemistry) Initialism of phytohemagglutinin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: phytohemagglutinin
    Sense id: en-PHA-en-noun--kJ65LZb Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. Abbreviation of public health agency. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: public health agency
    Sense id: en-PHA-en-noun-c-ssFSnS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 26 37 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 15 25 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 16 27 15 17 15
  4. Initialism of polyhydroxyalkanoate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: polyhydroxyalkanoate
    Sense id: en-PHA-en-noun-3Ou4UaRA

Inflected forms

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