AFM

1. American Federation of Musicians.

2. audio frequency modulation: a method for recording high-fidelity stereo sound on home videotape recorders and on video discs.

AFM

abbreviation

1. Air Force Medal

Example Sentences

In rare cases, that virus can cause polio-like paralysis in children called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

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County Department of Public Health has not yet detected increased signals of EV-D68, and no cases of AFM have been reported this year in Los Angeles or Orange counties.

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Parents should call a doctor if their child suffers any symptoms of AFM, which include slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, difficulty moving the eyes, drooping eyelids, pain in the neck, back, arms or legs, weakness in the arm or legs or facial droop.

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Nevertheless, its spread is troubling because the virus can lead to a rare and debilitating neurological condition called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

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AFM attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord’s gray matter, which controls movement.

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