"VAP" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: VAPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} VAP (countable and uncountable, plural VAPs)
  1. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: ventilator-associated pneumonia Hyponyms (ventilator-associated pneumonia): VIP (english: ventilator-induced pneumonia) Related terms (ventilator-associated pneumonia): VALI (english: ventilator-associated lung injury), VILI (english: ventilator-induced lung injury), VIP (english: ventilator-induced pneumonia)
    Sense id: en-VAP-en-noun-3KN-lNGH Categories (other): Medicine, Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'ventilator-associated pneumonia': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'ventilator-associated pneumonia': 78 22
  2. (education) Abbreviation of visiting assistant professor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: visiting assistant professor Hypernyms: HCAP (english: healthcare-associated pneumonia), HAP (english: hospital-acquired pneumonia), pneumonia
    Sense id: en-VAP-en-noun-oDr6AsnY Categories (other): Education, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: education

Inflected forms

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