AB
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- noun
- /eɪ bi/
- Specialized
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grupo AB
- AB positive, I think.
- AB group
Examples
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The bad news, however, is that his blood is AB positive.
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My sister was the same type as McCaleb: AB with CMW negative.
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The Johnson girl's blood type is the least common: AB negative.
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I know a supply of AB negative blood was flown in here a couple days ago, which means the little girl's father's still alive.
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You two have the same blood type, AB with CMV negative.
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The blood type is AB and Tom's was type A, so it wasn't Tom.
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AB positive.
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The nurse confirmed that my blood type is AB positive, which is rare.
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Emergency services needed an AB blood donor for the accident victim.
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Doctors recommended a transfusion of AB blood for the patient in critical condition.
Synonyms
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3.5
A blood group whose red blood cells carry both A and B markers and whose plasma lacks antibodies against them
A blood type whose red blood cells have both A and B markers
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A blood group whose red blood cells carry both A and B markers and whose plasma lacks antibodies against them
- Jargon
A visible straight line that appears down the middle of the belly from strong stomach muscles
A major Jewish day when people do not eat to remember when the temples were destroyed in Jerusalem
A major Jewish fast day when people mourn the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
Surface Forms
Morphology
AB = A + B
This is an initialism formed from letter names; the label does not carry compositional lexical meaning that a learner can derive from the letters.
Etymology
AB comes from the names of the two blood markers, A and B, found on red blood cells. So AB means the blood group that has both 'A' and 'B' markers.