Usually means: Prefix meaning alcohol or alkyl group.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. alk: Merriam-Webster
  2. alk, alk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Alk, alk: Wordnik
  4. ALK, alk, alk-: Wiktionary
  5. alk: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. alk, alk: Dictionary.com
  7. ALK (gene), ALK, Alk-, Alk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Alk: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. alk: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. alk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. alk: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. alk: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. ALK: Glossary of Lasik Laser Eye Surgery
  3. ALK: Laser Eye Surgery

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ALK: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ALK: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Alk)

noun:  (medicine, abbreviation) anaplastic lymphoma kinase
noun:  Archaic spelling of auk. [Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.]
noun:  Abbreviation of alkali. [(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.]
noun:  Abbreviation of alkaline. [An alkaline battery.]

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