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HFA

HFA is the initialism of high-functioning autism.

HFA is the abbreviation of hydrofluoroalkane.

Meaning of high-functioning autism

Noun

high-functioning autism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Any form of autism associated with greater communication skills and an IQ at or above 70.
    Synonyms:
    HFA

Meaning of hydrofluoroalkane

Noun

hydrofluoroalkane (plural hydrofluoroalkanes)

  1. Any of various gaseous alkanes that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen and are used especially as aerosol propellants in metered-dose inhalers.

Forms of HFA

pluralHFAs

Questions about HFA

What is HFA the initialism of?
HFA is the initialism of high-functioning autism.

Words near HFA in the dictionary

  1. Hezronite
  2. Hezronites
  3. hezrou
  4. hezrous
  5. hf
  6. HFA
  7. HFAs
  8. HFC
  9. HFCS
  10. HFD
  11. HFDs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HFA (page history and authors); high-functioning autism (page history and authors); hydrofluoroalkane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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