ASC
nounEtymology Abbreviation.
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Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of altered state of consciousness.
- Ravers listen to technomusic at home, and some have commented that certain tracks of music can elicit ASC similar to the ones experienced at raves.2005, Michael J. Gilmour, Call Me the Seeker, page 244:
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Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of ambulatory surgery center.
- The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) differs from the general hospital (GH) in several respects. […] The ASC has many advantages over the GH facility, some of which are financial and others related to patient flow and satisfaction. Clearly, a facility that has a limited purpose and scope can eliminate many services and costs that are necessary in the GH.2000, Michael Lavan, “Facilities for Ambulatory Surgery. Part A: The Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center”, in H. Randolph Bailey, Michael J. Snyder, editors, Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery, Springer, →ISBN, page 1:
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Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of autism spectrum condition.
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Diving, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Underwater diving Abbreviation Abbreviation of ascent time.
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Government, Law enforcement, Military, Nautical, Politics, Transport, War Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Arctic/arctic security cutter
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences ASC (“an ASCII-encoded text file”): Ellipsis of ASC file