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abbreviation for

Voluntary Aid Detachment

noun

a nurse serving in the Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Words nearby VAD

vacuum-packed, vacuum pan, vacuum pump, vacuum servo, vacuum tube, VAD, vade mecum, V. Adm., Vadodara, vadose, vadose zone
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Example sentences from the Web for VAD

  • But these young women all suffered a rare kind of stroke caused by a vertebral artery dissection, or VAD.

    A Stroke That Hits Young Women|Nicole LaPorte|July 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

  • If mamma don't get next and change his place, it'll be fun to watch her; watch Vad, I mean.

    Good Indian|B. M. Bower
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