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initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs, ranked by sales. Abbreviations are used in the list as follows: INN = International nonproprietary name; BAN = British Approved Name; USAN = United States Adopted Name; Two-letter codes for countries
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .
This is a list of diseases starting with the letter "A". Aa–Ab. Aagenaes syndrome; Aarskog–Ose–Pande syndrome ... Al Gazali Sabrinathan Nair syndrome; Ala–Alc
The next three words come after Aster because their fourth letter (the first one that differs) is r, which comes after e (the fourth letter of Aster) in the alphabet. Those words themselves are ordered based on their sixth letters (l, n and p respectively). Then comes At, which differs from the preceding words in the second letter (t comes ...
Al Borland, a character in the Home Improvement universe; Al Bundy, a character in the television series Married... with Children; Al Calavicci, a character in the television series Quantum Leap; Al McWhiggin, a supporting villain of Toy Story 2; Al, or Aldebaran, a character in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World media
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
Generally, letters in the same word are linked together on both sides by short horizontal lines, but six letters (و ,ز ,ر ,ذ ,د ,ا) can only be linked to their preceding letter. In addition, some letter combinations are written as ligatures (special shapes), notably lām-alif لا , [ 6 ] which is the only mandatory ligature (the ...