Definition of Abo group

1. Noun. A classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O.

Exact synonyms: Abo Blood Group System, Abo System
Generic synonyms: Classification System

Definition of Abo group

1. Noun. (context medical) The basic system of categorizing blood by antigen type.(reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Gove, Philip Babcock others = title = Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged origdate = origyear = 1909 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = date = year =1976 month = publisher =G. & C. Merriam Co. location = Springfield, MA language = id = doi = isbn =0-87779-101-5 lccn = ol = pages =4 chapter = chapterurl = quote =) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abo Group

ABD
ABEC
ABEND
ABENDs
ABG
ABH
ABLS
ABM
ABMT
ABN
ABO
ABO antibodies
ABO antigens
ABO blood group
ABO blood group system
ABO group
ABO haemolytic disease of the newborn
ABO incompatibility
ABO system
ABP
ABPA
ABR
ABS
ABSD
ABS brake
ABS plastic
ABTA
ABV
ABVD
AC

Literary usage of Abo group

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1911)
"Any group or pulse may into a number of simple groups like those discussed abo' group being ' associated ' with a certain train of wa1 length A. If such a ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"The dialects of the island of Fernando Po appear to have originated from the earlier invasion of Bantu—from the " Abo " group—rather than from the later or ..."

3. Blood Supply: FDA Oversight and Remaining Issues of Safety edited by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Testing Blood After a donor's blood has been drawn in a donation, it is tested for an ABO group and Rh type. Additionally, viral testing, the third safety ..."

4. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"Please check all screening that is completed prior to storage: ED Genetic Screening rj Hemoglobinopathy fj ABO Group ..."

5. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(4) Instructions to administer to ABO-group-compatible recipients. (5) A statement that this product has the same hepatitis risk as Whole Blood; ..."

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