Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alpha_fetoprotein

1 sense of alpha fetoprotein

Sense 1
alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein, AFP -- (an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly))
       => fetoprotein, foetoprotein -- (any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer)