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English word origin

Etymology of DLF

Initialism

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

The Development Loan Fund. · The Digital Library Federation · The Dhofar Liberation Front

noun

Initialism of dead last finish or "dead last finisher"; the act of completing a race but coming in last, the person who completed a race in last place. · Initialism of direct lytic factor, a peptide found in cobra venom · Initialism of digitalis-like factor, a substance found to be elevated in the blood serum of hypertensive mammals with a digoxin-like immunoreactivity.

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Initialism

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