{"id":11535,"date":"2021-07-14T21:38:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upmd.fr\/glossary-of-abbreviations\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T03:15:05","slug":"glossary-of-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upmd.fr\/en\/useful\/glossary-of-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of abbreviations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3e2b038e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Last update :  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date__modified-date has-text-align-right wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-24T10:15:05+07:00\">24\/03\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>AEFE 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