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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.
a. able-bodied seaman
b. able seaman
2. airman basic
3. Alberta
4. Latin Artium Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts)
ab
(ăb)n. Slang
An abdominal muscle: Sit-ups help strengthen the abs.
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Ab
(æb)n
(Judaism) a variant of Av
AB
abbreviation for
1. (Nautical Terms) Also: a.b. able-bodied seaman
2. (Education) (in the US) Bachelor of Arts
3. (Placename) (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)
symbol for
(Biochemistry) a human blood type of the ABO group, containing both the A antigen and the B antigen
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Ab
(ɑb, ɑv)n.
AB
1. airborne.
2. Airman Basic.
3. Alberta.
AB
Symbol.
a major blood group. Compare ABO system.
ab-
a prefix occurring in verbs or verbal derivatives borrowed from Latin, where it meant “off, away”: abhor; abjure; abrade. Compare a- 4, abs-.
[< Latin, prefixal use of ab from, away; see of1]
ab.
about.
A.B.
1. able-bodied seaman.
2. Bachelor of Arts.
[< New Latin, Medieval Latin Artium Baccalaureus]
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| Noun | 1. |  AB - a bachelor's degree in arts and sciencesbachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies |
| 2. |  Ab - the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar | |
| 3. |  ab - the muscles of the abdomen skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique - a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso musculus transversalis abdominis, transverse muscle of abdomen, transversus abdominis, transversus abdominis muscle - a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity | |
| 4. |  AB - the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigensblood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
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Translations
vatsalihas
abdoMat
AB
ABBR1. (Naut) =able(-bodied) seaman
3. (Canada) =Alberta
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