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NAFLD fibrosis score
The NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) is a formula combining six routine laboratory results and patient characteristics to estimate advanced liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and guide biopsy decisions.
NAFO (group)
NAFO (North Atlantic Fella Organization) is a decentralized internet movement founded May 2022 by Kamil Dyszewski, whose Shiba Inu-avatar "fellas" mock Russian propaganda and fundraise for Ukraine.
Nafoora-Amal Oil Pipeline
The Nafoora-Amal Oil Pipeline is a 24-inch crude oil pipeline in Libya's Sirte basin connecting the Nafoora oilfield to the Amal field, built by Wintershall and commissioned in 2013.
Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος)
Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος), also Lepanto, is a Greek town on the Corinthian Gulf, site of the 1571 naval battle, with a five-tier Venetian-Ottoman castle of about 17.5 hectares, liberated in 1829.
Nafplio (Ναύπλιο)
Nafplio (Ναύπλιο), also Nauplion or Anapli, is a seaport in the eastern Peloponnese and capital of Argolis; first capital of modern Greece 1827–1834, with the Palamidi, Acronafplia, and Bourtzi fortresses.
Nafs (نَفْس)
Nafs (نَفْس) is the Arabic term for self or soul in Islamic thought. Occurs 298 Qur'anic times; three moral states (commanding, blaming, tranquil); treated by Sufis as anger-desire composite and by philosophers as an immaterial substance.
Naftali Bennett (נפתלי בנט)
Naftali Bennett (נפתלי בנט), Israeli tech entrepreneur and politician, 13th prime minister 2021–2022 leading the eight-party change government; Jewish Home, New Right and Yamina leader; Cyota founder sold to RSA.
Naftali Chayat
Naftali Chayat is an Israeli engineer who co-founded Vayyar Imaging, the Yehud-based maker of single-chip 4D imaging radar sensors, in 2011, and serves as its CTO.
Naftali Halberstam
Naftali Halberstam, also known as Naftoli Tzvi Halberstam (נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם), was the fourth Rebbe of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty from 2000 until his death in 2005.
Naftali Temu
Naftali Temu (Nabiba Naftali Temu, 1945-2003), Kenyan long-distance runner and army corporal; won the 1968 Olympic 10,000m in 29:27.4, Kenya's first Olympic gold, and the 1966 Commonwealth 6-mile gold.
Naftan
Naftan (FC Naftan Novopolotsk) is a Belarusian football club founded in 1963 in Novopolotsk, playing at the Atlant stadium; twice Belarusian Cup winner (2008/09, 2011/12) and named for the local Naftan oil refinery.
Naftazone
Naftazone (Mediaven, Etioven) is a naphthoquinone vasoprotective and capillary-stabilizing drug (ATC C05CX02) for venous insufficiency, 30 mg once daily, with antiplatelet effects in vitro; approved products recorded as withdrawn.
Naftifine
Naftifine (Naftin) is a topical allylamine antifungal, FDA-approved since 1988, that inhibits squalene 2,3-epoxidase to treat tinea pedis, cruris, and corporis; no resistance mechanism identified.
Naftogaz
Naftogaz is Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas holding company, created in 1998. It produces most of Ukraine's gas and once carried Russian gas transit to Europe.
Naftopidil
Naftopidil (ナフトピジル, Flivas) is an alpha-1d-selective alpha-blocker approved in Japan for urinary symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, comparable to tamsulosin and silodosin, with fewer sexual adverse events than silodosin.
Nafusa Berber revolt against the Aghlabids
The Nafusa Berber revolt against the Aghlabids was the resistance of the Nafusa Berbers of northwestern Libya, crushed by the Aghlabids at the battle of Manu in 896–897.
Nafusa Mountains campaign
The Nafusa Mountains campaign (February to August 2011) was the western front of Libya's uprising, where Amazigh rebel towns broke a siege and helped take Tripoli.
Nag (नाग) (missile)
Nag (नाग, "cobra"), also known as Prospina, is an Indian third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile developed by DRDO with a range of 500 meters to 4 km.
Nag Ashwin (నాగ్ అశ్విన్ రెడ్డి)
Nag Ashwin (నాగ్ అశ్విన్ రెడ్డి), born Singireddy Nag Ashwin Reddy, is a Telugu cinema director known for Yevade Subramanyam, the National Award-winning Savitri biopic Mahanati, and the ₹1,180-crore sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD.
Nag Hammadi library
The Nag Hammadi library, also called the Gnostic Gospels or Nag Hammadi codices, is a collection of thirteen fourth-century Coptic codices found near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945.
NAG Library
The NAG Library is a commercial collection of more than 1,600 numerical and statistical algorithms developed by the Numerical Algorithms Group in Oxford, first released in 1971.
Nāga
Nāga (Sanskrit नाग, Tibetan klu) refers to semi-divine serpent beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology, associated with water, treasure, and Garuḍa's enmity, depicted as cobras, hooded humans, or half-serpent figures across South and Southeast Asia.
Naga bhasma
Naga bhasma (नाग भस्म), an Ayurvedic herbo-metallic lead calx prepared by shodhana, jarana, and repeated calcination, used traditionally for diabetes and spleen disorders; marketed samples show variable lead content and safety concerns.
Naga Chaitanya
Naga Chaitanya (నాగ చైతన్య), Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, born 1986, is a Telugu film actor, son of Nagarjuna and grandson of ANR. Debut Josh (2009); known for Ye Maaya Chesave, Manam, Love Story, and the ₹100 crore hit Thandel (2025).
Naga Chalasani
Naga Chalasani is an American hepatologist at Indiana University School of Medicine who led the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network and wrote the AASLD fatty liver disease guidance.
Naga ed-Deir
Naga ed-Deir, also spelled Naga ed-Der, is a group of ancient Egyptian cemeteries on the Nile opposite Girga, used from about 3500 BCE to 650 CE.
Naga fireball
Naga fireballs, also known as Mekong lights, are glowing balls of light reported to rise from the Mekong River on the full moon night each October.
Naga Munchetty
Naga Munchetty (Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah), British journalist and BBC Breakfast presenter since 2014 and 5 Live host; censured then cleared in the 2019 Trump racism row; moving to 5 Live Breakfast in January 2027.
Naga Panchami (नाग पंचमी)
Naga Panchami (नाग पंचमी) is a Hindu festival of snake worship on the fifth lunar day of Shravana's bright fortnight, usually in July or August, held to avert snakebite.
Naga people
Naga peoples: Tibeto-Burman ethnic communities of the Chindwin–Brahmaputra highlands across Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Myanmar's Sagaing Region; predominantly Christian, clan-based, with Nagamese as lingua franca.