Ca
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- noun
- /keɪ/
- Specialized
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Ca
- I was a poll watcher in CA, and I know how the CA tax passed!
Examples
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The participant and the CA do not require a pre-shared key.
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In this capacity, they play a clear and critical role in stemming the spread of CA-MRSA.
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But the combination of heat and CA seems really promising.
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Table 1 -- Summary of Participant Characteristics: Los Angeles County, CA, 2008 pre-formatted table note.
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Patients with community-associated (CA) cases had none of the HO or HACO risk factors listed above.
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High school athletes seem particularly prone to exposure to CA-MRSA given their elevated exposure to the routes or fomites listed above.
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We used the t-test to compare persons with HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA for age treated as a continuous variable.
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Felson, Marcus. (1994). Crime and Everyday Life. Insights and Implications for Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Academic text (2016) -
Bartell, C. A. (2005). Cultivating high quality teaching through induction and mentoring. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Calcium, represented by the symbol Ca, plays a crucial role in building strong bones.
Synonyms
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A soft silvery white metal that helps make bones and teeth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ca comes from the Latin word calx, which means 'lime', a hard white stone like limestone. So Ca stands for calcium, the mineral found in limestone and in our bones, and that is why you see Ca on the periodic table and why doctors check 'Ca' levels.