Medical term:

abs-


ab-

 
word element [L.], from; off; away from.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ab-

, abs- Do not confuse words formed with this prefix and words formed with the prefix ad-.
1. From, away from, off.
2. Prefix applied to electrical units in the CGS-electromagnetic system to distinguish them from units in the CGS-electrostatic system (prefix stat-) and those in the metric system or SI (no prefix).
[L. ab, from, usually abs- before c, q, and t; often a- before m, p, or v]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

ab-

Latin root for off, away from: as in, abduct.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

ab-

off, away from: abduct
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

ab-

, abs-
1. Combining forms meaning from, away from, off.
2. Combining forms applied to electrical units in the CGS-electromagnetic system to distinguish them from units in the CGS-electrostatic system (prefix stat-) and those in the metric system or SI (no prefix).
[L. ab, from, usually abs- before c, q, and t; often a- before m, p, or v]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

ab-

Prefix denoting from, outside, away from. >From the Latin ab , from.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

ab-

prefix denoting from, out of, away, apart.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

ab-

, abs-Do not confuse words formed with this prefix with words formed with the prefix ad-.
Prefixes meaning from, away from, off.
[L. ab, from, usually abs- before c, q, and t; often a- before m, p, or v]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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