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PAH

noun
/pæ//pɑː/

Etymology

Imitative of spitting out something disgusting.

Definitions

  1. Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.

  2. Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

  3. Initialism of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Initialism of paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.

    2. Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.

      • Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
      • Limpet ejaculated "Pah!" like a man bitterly tired of life.

    3. Dated form of pa (“Maori fort”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for PAH. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA