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noun
Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Middle-Ages
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
plural of FAL
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Abbreviation of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: FALS
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Broader terms: ALS
noun
Alternative form of fALS; Abbreviation of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Broader terms: ALS
History
From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.
