gfr
abbreviationUK /ˌdʒiː ef ˈɑː/
US /ˌdʒiː ef ˈɑːr/
GFR is a short way to talk about how well your kidneys clean your blood.
The doctor checked his GFR to see how his kidneys were working.
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2. In physics, GFR can stand for gas flow rate, how fast a gas moves through a pipe.
The engineer measured the GFR of the gas in the pipeline.
3. In materials science, GFR means glass fiber reinforced, a plastic made stronger with glass fibers.
The boat hull was made of GFR plastic to keep it light and strong.
4. In biology, GFR can mean growth factor receptor, a protein on a cell that catches signals for growth.
Scientists studied the GFR on the cell surface to understand how it grows.