ABC
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- noun
- /ˌeɪ biː ˈsiː/
- Specialized
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ABC (vía aérea, respiración y circulación)
- The ABCs, mostly.
Examples
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So I've broken this down into the ABC's of knowing this man is highly into you.
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Featured Twitter Friend: Health Literacy ABCs
Blog text (10) -
Really, as the only mandatory settings are the endpoint's ABCs (address, binding, and contract), you can get away with just this:
Blog text (20) -
RR holds that, although problem drinking and substance abuse have many biological and social origins, much of the thinking of "alcoholics" follows the famous ABCs of RET and CBT.
Academic text (1992) -
I teach psychiatry to medical students and residents by emphasizing fundamental matters such as defining terms, describing symptoms, and reviewing concepts—the ABCs, you might say, of this medical specialty.
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ABC is a vital concept in emergency care, referring to airway, breathing, and circulation.
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Medical professionals must remember the ABC principles when assessing a patient's condition.
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Always check the ABC factors in emergencies: airway, breathing, and circulation.
Synonyms
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A word, phrase, or rhyme that helps you remember something
Surface Forms
Morphology
ABC = A + B + C
This is an acronymic mnemonic (airway, breathing, circulation); the letters do not function as productive English morphemes and do not allow a learner to derive the medical meaning from the letter-forms alone.
Etymology
ABC in medicine is a simple set of letters that stand for 'airway', 'breathing' and 'circulation'. Paramedics use the easy A-B-C order like a quick checklist, so ABC means the first life-saving checks in an emergency.