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ABC's

[ey-bee-seez]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. Also, ABC. the alphabet.
2. the basic skills of spelling, reading, and writing: learning the ABC's in the early grades of school.
3. Also, ABC. the basic or elementary facts, principles, etc., of a subject: the ABC's of electricity.
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ABC

[ey-bee-see]
–noun, plural ABC's, ABCs.
ABC's (defs. 1, 3).

ABC

1. Trademark. American Broadcasting Companies: a television and radio network.
2. atomic, biological, and chemical: ABC warfare.
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ABC   (ā'bē-sē')   
n.  
  1. The alphabet. Often used in the plural: learned her ABCs when she was three years old.

  2. The rudiments of reading and writing. Often used in the plural.

  3. The rudiments of a subject. Often used in the plural: taught the ABCs of geometry.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ABC
Function: abbreviation
atomic, biological, and chemical
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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