AMA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

English

Alternative forms

• A.M.A., A. M. A.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

AMA

1. (US, medicine) Initialism of American Medical Association.
   • 2025 September 3, Curt Anderson, “Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 5 September 2025:

     “While there is still time, we urge Florida to reconsider this change to help prevent a rise of infectious disease outbreaks that put health and lives at risk,” said Dr. Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, an AMA trustee.

2. Initialism of Alberta Motor Association.
3. (Australia, medicine) Initialism of Australian Medical Association.
4. Initialism of American Motorcyclist Association.

Phrase

AMA

1. (Internet) Initialism of ask me anything: usually attached to the end of a prompt in an “ask me anything” interview session.

Noun

AMA (plural AMAs)

1. (Internet) Initialism of ask me anything.
   • 2015 July 8, Brian Lynch, Courtnie Swearingen, “Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2 July 2020:

     We did this after the company abruptly terminated Victoria Taylor, a Reddit employee who worked extensively with us as well as with other moderator teams on facilitating A.M.A.s. […] When the company removed her without warning or providing alternative resources, it effectively hindered every community that hosts the wildly popular A.M.A.s that have made Reddit a part of the mainstream media conversation. […] We received news of Ms. Taylor’s termination in a chaotic way: Someone who was scheduled to conduct an A.M.A. flew to New York to visit the Reddit office and discovered a canceled appointment and no backup support.

   • 2016 October 10, Will Cenci, “Why scientists should learn to love Reddit”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 21 July 2017:

     While Obama’s AMA ended up being a bit bland, the experiences and knowledge shared by the vacuum repair man made it one of the most popular and memorable AMAs ever hosted.

Prepositional phrase

AMA

1. (medicine) Initialism of against medical advice.

   Alternative forms: A.M.A., A. M. A., a.m.a., a. m. a., ama

Related terms

• (against medical advice): DAMA, LAMA

Further reading

• “AMA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “AMA”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “AMA”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “AMA” (US) / “AMA” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• AMA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AAM, aam, maa

French

Proper noun

AMA f

1. WADA (“World Anti-Doping Agency”); abbreviation of Agence Mondiale Antidopage

Further reading

• AMA site web