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NAD

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NAD

  1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Namibian dollar.

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Noun

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NAD (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
    • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN[1]:
      Numerous studies have shown restoring NAD+ levels safely improves overall health and increases life span in yeast, mice and dogs.

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NAD

  1. (medicine) Initialism of nothing abnormal (or no abnormality) discovered (or detected).

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NAD

  1. Initialism of National Association for the Deaf.
    • 2020 April 16, Sara Novic, “What deaf truckers have to fear from the Trump administration”, in CNN[2]:
      Several NAD members I interviewed have been working with the FMCSA and cited a history of FMCSA’s negative language regarding the pilot program and ableist comments by those involved in the industry posted in response to the petition among other factors as reasons for concern.

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