"OCB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: OCBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} OCB (plural OCBs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of oligoclonal band. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: oligoclonal band Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-OCB-en-noun-a7AwVVFB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 13 15 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (chess) Initialism of opposite-colored bishop. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: opposite-colored bishop Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-OCB-en-noun-Vt94W6ur Topics: board-games, chess, games
  3. (law enforcement) Initialism of organized crime bureau. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: organized crime bureau Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-OCB-en-noun-EMAA8RdD Topics: government, law-enforcement

Inflected forms

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