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Synonym of A&e
A
Noun 1. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen (synonym) type A, group A (hypernym) blood group, blood type 2. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation (synonym) angstrom, angstrom unit (hypernym) metric linear unit (part-holonym) nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron, micromillimeter, micromillimetre (part-meronym) picometer, picometre, micromicron 3. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes (synonym) vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol (hypernym) fat-soluble vitamin (hyponym) vitamin A1, retinol 4. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) (synonym) deoxyadenosine monophosphate (hypernym) nucleotide 5. (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA (synonym) adenine (hypernym) purine (substance-holonym) deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA (classification) biochemistry 6. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" (synonym) ampere, amp (hypernym) current unit (part-holonym) abampere, abamp (part-meronym) milliampere, mA 7. the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet (hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character (member-holonym) Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet | ||||