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Ab

  [ahb, ahv]
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–noun
Av.

AB

 
1. Nautical. able seaman.
2. airborne.
3. U.S. Air Force. Airman Basic.
4. Alberta, Canada (approved for postal use).
5. antiballistic; antiballistic missile.

AB

 
Symbol, Physiology.
a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type AB and to receive blood from persons of type O, A, B, or AB.
Compare ABO system.

Ab

 
Symbol.
1. Chemistry. alabamine.
2. Immunology. antibody.

ab-

 
a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”: abdicate; abolition.
Also, a-, abs-.

Origin:
< L ab (prep. and prefix) from, away, c. Gk apó, Skt ápa, G ab, E of 1 , off

ab.

 
1. about.
2. Baseball. (times) at bat.

A.B.

 
1. Nautical. able seaman.
2. Bachelor of Arts. Origin:
< NL, ML Artium Baccalaureus
3. Baseball. (times) at bat.

a.b.

 
Baseball.
(times) at bat.

abs

  [abz]
–plural noun Informal.
abdominal muscles.
Origin:
1980–85, Americanism; by shortening

Av

  [ahv, awv]
–noun
the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.
Also, Ab.

Origin:
< Heb ābh
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ab 1   (āb)   
n.   Slang
An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
ab 2   (āb)   
n.   Slang
An abdominal muscle. Often used in the plural.
Ab   (äb, äv, ôv)   
n.  Variant of Av.
AB 1   (ā'bē')   
n.  One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have both A and B antigens on the surface of their red blood cells, and no antibodies for A and B in their blood serum.
AB 2  
abbr.  

  1. airman basic

  2. Alberta

  3. Latin Artium Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts)

airman basic  
n.  

  1. Abbr. AB An enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force that is below airman and is used for recruits.

  2. A person who holds this rank.

Al·ber·ta   (āl-bûr'tə)   
A province of western Canada between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. It joined the confederation in 1905. Wheat and cattle farming were the basis of the province's economy until the discovery of oil and natural gas in the early 1960s. Edmonton is the capital and Calgary is the largest city. Population: 3,290,000.
Al·ber'tan adj. & n.
Av   (äv, ôv)   
n.  The 11th month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Mishnaic Hebrew 'āb, from Akkadian abu, a month name (July/August).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
abs [æbz]

  1. n.
    the abdominal muscles. (Bodybuilding. See also six-pack; washboard abs.) : Look at the abs on that guy. Like a crossword puzzle!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ab
Pronunciation: 'ab
Function: noun
: ABDOMINAL —usually usedin pluralabs> <ab exercises>

Main Entry: ab
Function: abbreviation
1 abort; abortion
2 about

Main Entry: AB
Function: abbreviation
1 aid to blind
2 [Latin artium baccalaureus] bachelor of arts

Main Entry: abs
Function: abbreviation
1 absent
2 absolute

Main Entry: AV
Function: abbreviation
1 arteriovenous
2 atrioventricular
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Ab abbr.
antibody

ab- 2
pref.
Used to indicate an electromagnetic unit in the centimeter-gram-second system: abcoulomb.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ab
Abkhazian
Ab
antibody
AB

  1. able-bodied [seaman]

  2. about (shortwave transmission)

  3. airbase

  4. airman basic

  5. Alberta

  6. Latin Artium Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts)

  7. at bats (baseball)

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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