fap
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of fap
1999; imitative of the sound of a male masturbating, coined by an artist whose pen name is Clay on his webcomic The Thin H Line, H referring to hentai (pornographic Japanese anime); hentai ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Sixteen-year-old Ulrich Chomche, a 6-foot-11 Cameroonian, averaged 1.7 blocks per game for FAP — Cameroon’s entry — including three in a semifinal loss to Angolan team Petro de Luanda.
From Seattle Times
In Epstein’s design, the mRNA contains the blueprint for T cells to target FAP.
From Science Magazine
Just like T cells engineered outside the body in traditional CAR-T therapy, they use the mRNA instructions to become primed to target and kill the fibroblast cells displaying FAP.
From Science Magazine
The group found one, fibroblast activation protein, or FAP, by looking through a large genetic database.
From New York Times
The scientists learned that mice and other animals also have FAP on scar tissue cells, so they engineered CAR-T cells to seek out the protein.
From New York Times
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