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AB

UK/ˌeɪˈbiː/ US/æb/ fairly common informal slang us

noun

1.

the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens

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2.

a bachelor''s degree in arts and sciences

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3.

the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)

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4.

the muscles of the abdomen

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Origin

From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.

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  • AB language
  • fast yellow AB

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