Science and Medicine
- Abacavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/Aids
- ABC (medicine), a mnemonic for "Airway, Breathing, Circulation"
- ABC model of flower development, a genetic model
- Abortion – breast cancer hypothesis, a posited connection between breast cancer and abortion
- Aneurysmal bone cyst, a kind of lesion
- ATP-binding cassette transporter, a transmembrane protein
- ABC strategy for "Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom", a sex-education strategy
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