ABBREVIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abbreviation mean? 

• ABBREVIATION (noun)
  The noun ABBREVIATION has 2 senses:

1. a shortened form of a word or phrase

2. shortening something by omitting parts of it

  Familiarity information: ABBREVIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABBREVIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shortened form of a word or phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("abbreviation" is a kind of...):

descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)

Domain member usage:

appro (an informal British abbreviation of approval)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abbreviation"):

apocope (abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds)

initialism (an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately)

Derivation:

abbreviate (shorten)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shortening something by omitting parts of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("abbreviation" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

 Context examples 

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat colorectal cancer that is advanced or has come back.

(FOLFOX regimen, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat colorectal cancer.

(FU-LV, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination that is used to treat non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas that have come back and do not respond to other treatments.

(ICE, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a combination chemotherapy regimen that is used to treat colorectal cancer.

(FOLFOX, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat pancreatic cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

(FOLFIRINOX, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, including mantle cell lymphoma.

(EPOCH, NCI Dictionary)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat advanced colorectal cancer that has spread.

(FOLFIRI, NCI Dictionary)

Uppercase abbreviations assigned by the International Network of Food Data Systems.

(INFOODS, NCI Thesaurus)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat childhood ovarian and testicular germ cell cancers that have spread.

(JEB, NCI Dictionary)

A Latin abbreviation for “nothing by mouth.”

(NPO, NCI Dictionary)