Term: apocope: abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: colon: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: imprisonment: putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: regional anatomy: the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: risk: the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: clarion: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: monosyllable: a word or utterance of one syllable
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: listed security: a security that has been accepted for trading by one of the organized and registered securities exchanges in the US
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: enamine: an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: read/write head: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
Broader: abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase | Unrelated: mite: any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods