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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation alpha-fetoprotein
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism journalism Initialism of Agence France-Presse.
- initialism US Initialism of
Association ofFundraising Professionals .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
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According to the AFP, the French word for fellatio is "fellation," which shares some syllables with "inflation," pronounced the same in French as in English.
Rachida Dati, French Politician, Confuses 'Inflation' With 'Fellatio' (VIDEO) Curtis M. Wong 2010
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According to the AFP, the French word for fellatio is "fellation," which shares some syllables with "inflation," pronounced the same in French as in English.
Rachida Dati, French Politician, Confuses 'Inflation' With 'Fellatio' (VIDEO) Curtis M. Wong 2010
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As Lee Fang put it, “AFP is a professional AstroTurf machine”:
Wonk Room 2009
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According to the AFP, the French word for fellatio is "fellation," which shares some syllables with "inflation," pronounced the same in French as in English.
Rachida Dati, French Politician, Confuses 'Inflation' With 'Fellatio' (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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As Lee Fang put it, “AFP is a professional AstroTurf machine”:
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AFP is one of several groups established by the Koch brothers.
The Tea Party movement: deluded and inspired by billionaires George Monbiot 2010
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Differential increases in AFP, HCG, and uE3 in twin pregnancies: Impact upon attempts to quantify Down syndrome screening calculations.
Prenatal Diagnosis 2010
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AFP is a protein released by hepatoblastoma tumors and can be a highly sensitive way to detect these cancers.
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AFP is released by hepatoblastoma tumors and can be a highly sensitive way to detect these cancers.
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Bar'wani, a candidate from the opposing Civic United Front (CUF) party, beat out a ruling party candidate who had served in parliament for 15 years to nab the southern Tanzania Lindi Town constituency seat, the AFP is reporting.
Tanzania Elects First Albino MP Curtis M. Wong 2010
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