ANP

See also: anp

English

Noun

ANP (plural ANPs)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of atrial natriuretic peptide.
   • 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 85:

     Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) (55) and insulin-like growth factor (56) have demonstrated no improvement in renal failure rates.

2. Initialism of applied nutrition programme.
   • 1995, E. Muehlhoff with F. Simmersbach, P. Baron, and F. Egal, “Alleviating malnutrition in communities”, in J.L. Albert, editor, Food, Nutrition and Agriculture‎, Food and Agriculture Organization, archived from the original on 22 December 2022:

     The Applied Nutrition Programme (ANP) aimed to educate rural families to grow and use the foods needed to improve their diets, especially the diets of mothers and children

Related terms

• (natriuretic peptides): BNP, CNP, DNP

Anagrams

• -nap, NAP, NPA, PAN, PNA, Pan, Pan., nap, pan, pan-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛn.pe/

Proper noun

ANP m (invariable)

1. initialism of Autorité nationale palestinienne (“Palestinian National Authority”): PNA

   Synonym: AP

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaˌɛ̃.neˈpe/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaˌɛ̃.neˈpe/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaˌɛ.neˈpe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaˌɛ.nɨˈpe/

Proper noun

ANP ?

1. initialism of Autoridade Nacional Palestiniana (“Palestinian National Authority”): PNA
2. (Brazil) initialism of Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (“National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels”)

Further reading

• “ANP”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaˌeneˈpe/ [ˌaˌe.neˈpe]
• Rhymes: -e

Proper noun

ANP f

1. initialism of Autoridad Nacional Palestina (“Palestinian National Authority”): PNA