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AB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
Synonyms:
AB; group AB; type AB
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("AB" is a kind of...):
blood group; blood type (human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The muscles of the abdomen
Synonyms:
ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("ab" is a kind of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ab"):
abdominal external oblique muscle; external oblique muscle; musculus obliquus externus abdominis; oblique (a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso)
musculus transversalis abdominis; transverse muscle of abdomen; transversus abdominis; transversus abdominis muscle (a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity)
Holonyms ("ab" is a part of...):
abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
Synonyms:
AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA; Bachelor of Arts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("AB" is a kind of...):
baccalaureate; bachelor's degree (an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
Synonyms:
Ab; Av
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Ab" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Holonyms ("Ab" is a part of...):
Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb ab
Context examples:
The specific reaction pattern of erythrocytes of an individual to the antisera of one blood group; e.g., the ABO blood group consists of four major blood types: O, A, B, and AB.
(Blood Type, NCI Thesaurus)
A zebrafish line established from a group of 25 crosses between individual AB and Tubingen fish.
(AB/Tubingen Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)
Haploid offspring from individual females of the AB line were screened for healthy, good looking embryos.
(AB Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)
A radioimmunoconjugate composed of the F(ab')2 fragment of human monoclonal antibody PGN650 against phosphatidylserine (PS) labeled with the radioisotope iodine I 124, with potential imaging activity upon positron-emission tomography (PET).
(Iodine I 124 Anti-phosphatidylserine Monoclonal Antibody PGN650, NCI Thesaurus)
A wild-type zebrafish line that is a hybrid of the Hong Kong and AB wild-type lines.
(HK/AB Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)
Hsp90 inhibitor AB-010 selectively binds to Hsp90, inhibiting its chaperone function and promoting the degradation of oncogenic signaling proteins involved in tumor cell proliferation and survival.
(Hsp90 Inhibitor AB-010, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, Ga-68-labeled F(ab')2-trastuzumab may bind to HER2-positive tumor cells, allowing radioimmunolocalization with positron emission tomography (PET).
(Gallium Ga 68 F(ab')2-Trastuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
A divalent F(ab)2 fragment of the monoclonal antibody (MoAb ) B6.2 directed against the tumor-associated glycoprotein (TAG-90) found on the surface of primary and metastatic human mammary tumors.. MoAb B6.2 F(ab)2 fragments are obtained through pepsin digestion.
(Monoclonal Antibody B6.2F(ab')2, NCI Thesaurus)
MOAB B6.2 F (AB') binds to breast carcinoma cells and has potential use in immunodiagnostic imaging and the immunotherapy of breast cancer.
(Monoclonal Antibody B6.2 F(ab'), NCI Thesaurus)
Containing only the antigen-binding fragment of the Ig molecule, MoAb MX35 F(ab')2 offers the advantages of smaller size and lower cross-reactivity compared to complete antibodies.
(Monoclonal Antibody MX35 F(ab')2, NCI Thesaurus)
