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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Initialism of American Medical Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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name
Initialism of Alberta Motor Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Australian Medical Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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name
Initialism of American Motorcyclist Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
A language of Papua New Guinea.
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name
A Nilo-Saharan language of Sudan.
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name
A female given name.
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noun
Alternative spelling of amah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.
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noun
The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Ayurveda, alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences
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noun
Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
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noun
paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, colloquial
Qualifier: Chinese Filipino
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noun
term of address for one's paternal grandmother
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, colloquial
Qualifier: Chinese Filipino
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noun
Initialism of ask me anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of ask me anything: usually attached to the end of a prompt in an “ask me anything” interview session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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prep_phrase
Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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prep_phrase
Initialism of against medical advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.
From Japanese あま.
From Polynesian.
From Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).
Unknown.
From Hokkien 阿媽 /阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 /俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.
Initialism.
Across languages
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