type ab

1. 1.

   the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens

   SynonymsABgroup AB

   Broaderblood group

Questions about type ab

What does type ab mean?

type ab means "the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens".

What is another word for type ab?

Close synonyms include AB, group AB. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is type ab a common word?

type ab is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.