Meanings
- abbreviationacronymAcronym of assigned female at birth.
The sample consists of participants AFAB.
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Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.
2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, →DOI
plural AFABs
- An AFAB person.
They experience deadnaming, alienation, and bullying. And this happens to people Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) at a school specifically for AFABs. / I don’t mean that trans AFABs have an easier experience than trans AMABs (Assigned Male At Birth).
2022 September 2, Bucky Fuchs, “I'm a trans grad of Harpeth Hall and glad they reneged on their gender policy”, in The Tennessean
- PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.
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Cite this entry
AFAB. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFAB
“AFAB.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFAB. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AFAB,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFAB.
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