As a letter b
is the second letter of the.
As a symbol b
is a blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type a antigen in their blood they can receive blood from type b or type o, but cannot receive blood from ab or a.
As a proper noun bacillus is
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b
Translingual
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Letter
The second letter of the .
Usage notes
The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (.
See also
* (Latin script ): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* For more variations, see .
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Image:Latin B.png, Capital and lowercase versions of B , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter B.png, Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
File:UncialB-01.png, uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of b B in uncial script
Symbol
(Voiced bilabial plosive)
(head)
voiced bilabial plosive
(label) beauty quark, bottom quark
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bacillus
Noun
(bacilli)
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus , some of which cause disease.