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Alphabet (medicine)


alphabet


1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

2. The simplest rudiments; elements. "The very alphabet of our law." (Macaulay) Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.

Origin: L. Alphabetum, fr. Gr. +, the first two Greek letters; Heb. Aleph and beth: cf. F. Alphabet.

Source: Websters Dictionary