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Alpha-FetoProtein

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Definition

What does AFP mean?

alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein, AFP(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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