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Ab has 18 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun · Prep

Definitions
Noun
1

a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

2

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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3

the muscles of the abdomen

4

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

5

Initialism of able seaman; able-bodied seaman.

6

abdominal muscle.

7

An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.

8

Abbreviation of abortion.

9

The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.

10

Antibody.

11

In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.

12

Abbreviation of Abbot.

Verb
1

To abseil.

Adverb
1

Abbreviation of about.

Proper Noun
1

Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.

2

Av.

3

A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.

Prep
1

Abbreviation of about.

See Also
able seaman airborne abbed abscess abdominal blood type antiballistic at bat
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bachelor's degree Jewish calendar month skeletal muscle blood group
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
external oblique muscle transversus abdominis muscle
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