afp

1. 1.

   an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)

   Synonymsalpha fetoproteinalpha foetoprotein

   Broaderfetoprotein

Other forms of afp

plural

afps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about afp

What does afp mean?

afp means "an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)".

How many syllables are in afp?

afp has 1 syllable: afp.

What is another word for afp?

Close synonyms include alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afp a common word?

afp is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.