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AFB

1. Abbreviation for acid-fast bacillus.
2. Abbreviation for aortofemoral bypass (vascular prosthetic surgery), the surgical procedure or its result.
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AFB

Abbreviation for:
acid-fast bacillus (Medspeak-UK)
aflatoxin B
American Foundation for the Blind
aorto-femoral bypass
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AFB

Acid-fast bacillus, also
1. Aflatoxin B.
2. Aorto-femoral bypass.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

AFB

Abbreviation for acid-fast bacillus.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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