"VRB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: VRBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} VRB (countable and uncountable, plural VRBs)
  1. (pharmacology) Abbreviation of vinorelbine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: vinorelbine Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-VRB-en-noun-1qpjepja Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  2. (countable) Initialism of vanadium redox battery. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: vanadium redox battery
    Sense id: en-VRB-en-noun-L-83by68 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

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