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Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Ipecac :: Ipecac (n.) An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use..

Mr. :: Mr. () The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4..

Breviature :: Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.

Do. :: Do. (n.) An abbreviation of Ditto.

Hyp :: Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

Sis :: Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

''sblood :: 'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Pyro :: Pyro (n.) Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc..

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Red :: Red (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..

''twixt :: 'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language..

Middy :: Middy (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)..

Kilo :: Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

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