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APC

abbreviation for

  1. Pharmacology. aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine: a compound formerly used in headache and cold remedies.
  2. Facetious. any all-purpose cure.


APC

noun

  1. acetylsalicylic acid, phenacetin, and caffeine; the mixture formerly used in headache and cold tablets
  2. old-fashioned.
    a quick wash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of APC1

for sense 2: abbreviation for armpits and crotch
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Example Sentences

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Bullets slam into the APC's armour as the Kenyan police shoot back with their assault rifles through gun ports in the vehicle's walls.

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“That’s us, in there,” he says showing us a video on his phone of an APC tearing through the Russian countryside.

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"In the stressed environment in the study, APC activation occurred before mitosis, when it's usually been known to activate only during mitosis," says Regot.

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Although she won office again in Freetown last June, she was not sworn in until October as the APC, alleging fraud in the national polls, was refusing to engage in any official activities.

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Alie believes some APC supporters, including those within the armed forces, still think the party was robbed.

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