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Meaning of FBS | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of fetal blood sampling.
  2. Initialism of Football Bowl Subdivision.
  3. Initialism of fasting blood sugar.
  4. Initialism of fetal bovine serum.
  5. Initialism of forward-based system.
  6. Initialism of father's brother's son.
  7. Initialism of failed back syndrome.

Equivalents

Français FBS

Examples

“An FBS (fasting blood sugar) measurement is the most convenient test after overnight fasting. […] You have diabetes if your FBS is 126 mg/dl or more. But confirm it once more the next day or any other day. If the next time also FBS is more than 126 mg/dl then definitely you have diabetes.”
“Even more, cross-cousins on the mother's side (MBS and MBD) are called by different terms – the same as for M and MB, respectively – than those on the father's side (FBS and FBD). Finally, FB is called by the same term as F,[…]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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