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Aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome

Aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome (AOS), also Loeys-Dietz syndrome type 3, is a rare autosomal dominant SMAD3 (OMIM 613795) disorder combining arterial aneurysms, tortuosity, and dissection with early-onset osteoarthritis and mild craniofacial features.

Aneurysmal bone cyst

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), also called ABC-like lesion, is a benign, locally aggressive blood-filled bone tumor of children and adolescents, USP6-driven when primary, treated by curettage, sclerotherapy, embolization, or denosumab.

Aneutronic fusion

Aneutronic fusion is nuclear fusion that releases its energy almost entirely as charged particles rather than neutrons, with proton–boron-11 and helium-3 fuels, promising cleaner reactors but harder ignition.

Aneyas Williams

Aneyas Williams, Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back from Hannibal, Missouri; 2023-24 Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year; junior lead back in 2026 with 67 carries for 294 yards and 4 touchdowns through six games.

Anez Cooper

Anez Cooper, New York Jets offensive guard, 2026 sixth-round pick (188th) from Miami (FL), four-year right guard, All-ACC honorable mention 2023 and 2024, born 2004 in Pleasant Grove, Alabama.

Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال)

Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال): eight-stage 1988 Ba'athist Iraqi military offensives against Iraqi Kurdistan's Kurds under Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid; killed an estimated 50,000-182,000 civilians and is legally recognized as genocide.

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ANFAVEA

ANFAVEA (Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores) is the Brazilian trade association of vehicle manufacturers, founded in 1956 and representing over 95% of national production.

Anfernee Simons

Anfernee Simons, NBA shooting guard born 1999; drafted 24th in 2018 by Portland, later Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia 76ers; high-volume 38% three-point shooter.

Anfield

Anfield: football stadium in Liverpool, home of Liverpool FC since 1892 (previously Everton 1884-92). Capacity 61,276 after 2024 Anfield Road Stand rebuild; famous Spion Kop and Premier League-best atmosphere.

Anfimov family

Anfimov family, asteroid family in the outer main belt named after (7468) Anfimov; at least 40 HCM members near 3.03–3.07 AU, suspected rare R-type spectral composition.

Anfisa Reztsova

Anfisa Reztsova (Анфиса Резцова), Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier, the only person with Olympic gold in both sports: 1988 relay, 1992 sprint, 1994 relay; died October 2023 at 58.

Anfiteatro di Bleso

The Anfiteatro di Bleso is a Roman amphitheatre in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, built in the Hadrianic era and named after Marcus Tullius Blesus, whose family funded its inauguration.

Anfiteatro Fausto

Anfiteatro Fausto, the Roman amphitheatre of Terni (ancient Interamna Nahars), Umbria; Julio-Claudian, 98.5 x 73 m, about 10,000 seats; named for a 32 AD inscription of Faustus Titius Liberale later shown to be unrelated.

Anfiteatro laterizio

Anfiteatro laterizio: the Roman amphitheatre of ancient Nola, Campania, named by Ambrogio Leone in 1514; built 1st century BC against the city walls, 138 x 108 m, tufo with marble cladding, partially excavated.

Anfiteatro minore

Anfiteatro minore, the minor amphitheater of Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy: the older, smaller Republican-era Roman amphitheater near the Flavian Amphitheater, cut by the Rome-Naples railway and identified in 1915.

Anflekitug

Anflekitug (SSGJ-613, 安弗利奇塔单抗) is Sunshine Guojian's humanized anti-IL-1β monoclonal antibody for acute gouty arthritis; approved by China's NMPA in August 2026 after Phase 3 non-inferiority to betamethasone for pain and 77% flare reduction.

ANFO

ANFO, or ammonium nitrate fuel oil, is a cheap blasting explosive of prilled ammonium nitrate soaked in fuel oil, the workhorse of mining since the mid-1950s.

Ang Bayan Ko

"Ang Bayan Ko" ("My Country") is a Filipino patriotic kundiman written in 1928 by Jose Corazon de Jesus and Constancio de Guzman, later banned and famously sung against Marcos.

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Ang Chan I

Ang Chan I was king of Cambodia from 1516 to 1566, who moved the capital to Lovek, raided Siamese territory in 1549, and submitted to Ayutthaya in 1551.

Sep 24, 2026

Ang Chan II

Ang Chan II (អង្គចន្ទទី២) was king of Cambodia from 1806 to 1834, crowned in Bangkok, who paid tribute to both Siam and Vietnam before fleeing to Vietnam during the Siamese invasion of 1832.

Ang Dorje Sherpa

Ang Dorje Sherpa is a Nepali Sherpa mountaineering guide, best known as climbing sirdar for Rob Hall's team during the May 1996 Mount Everest disaster.

Sep 24, 2026

Ang Duong

Ang Duong (អង្គឌួង) was king of Cambodia, crowned at Oudong in 1848 after ending Vietnamese occupation, and the last king before the French protectorate of 1863.

Ang Kiukok

Ang Kiukok was a Filipino painter of Chinese descent who fused cubism and expressionism in works of suffering and crucifixions, named National Artist in 2001.

Ang Laren

Ang Laren, also called Ngangla Ringco, is a large brackish salt lake in Zhongba County, Tibet, China, lying at about 4,700 m on the western Tibetan Plateau.

Ang Lee

Ang Lee, also known as Li An (李安, born 1954), is a Taiwan-born American film director who has won three Academy Awards for films including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain.

Ang Mahal na Passion

Ang Mahal na Passion is the first published Tagalog pasyon, a verse narrative of Christ's Passion by Gaspar Aquino de Belen, first published in 1703 or 1704.

Ang Mey

Ang Mey (អង្គម៉ី, 1815–1874) was a queen regnant of Cambodia, installed by Vietnam in 1835 as a client ruler during its annexation of the country.

Ang Mga Tula ni Jose Corazon de Jesus

Ang Mga Tula ni Jose Corazon de Jesus are the poems of Tagalog poet Jose Corazon de Jesus, the Hari ng Balagtasan whose "Bayan Ko" became a patriotic song.

Ang Mo Kio

Ang Mo Kio is a Singapore HDB new town, the seventh built, developed from 1973. Known for its Hokkien bridge name, 1986 town council pilot, circular Blk 259, and future Cross Island Line interchange.