AB
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AB1
▶noun the human blood type (in the ABO system) containing both the A and B antigens.
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AB2
▶abbreviation
- 1 able seaman.
- 2 Alberta (in official postal use).
- 3 US Bachelor of Arts. [from L. Artium Baccalaureus.]
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Ab1 (also Av)
▶noun (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the civil and fifth of the religious year, usually coinciding with parts of July and August.
– origin from Heb. 'āḇ.
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Ab2
▶abbreviation Biology antibody.
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ab/ab/
▶noun informal an abdominal muscle.
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ab- /əb/ (also abs-)
▶prefix away; from: abdicate.
– origin from L.
'AB' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ab
- Ab
- ab
- ab-
- abdicate
- abhor
- ab initio
- abject
- abjure
- ablaut
- ablution
- abnegate
- abomasum
- abominable
- aborigine
- abort
- ABO system
- abound
- ab ovo
- abrade
- abrogate
- abrupt
- abs-
- abscess
- abscission
- abscond
- abseil
- absent
- absolve
- absorb
- abstain
- abstemious
- abstract
- abstruse
- abuse
- advance
- AUC
- Av
- avaunt
- avert
- distributive
- julep
- scalar product
- universal recipient

