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  2. J - Wikipedia

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    J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is jay (pronounced / ˈ dʒ eɪ / ), with a now-uncommon variant jy / ˈ dʒ aɪ / .

  3. List of diseases (J) - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... This is a list of diseases starting with the letter "J Ja–Je. Jackson–Weiss syndrome; Jacobsen syndrome ...

  4. Marijuana (word) - Wikipedia

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    Forms using the letter j (marijuana) seem to be an innovation of English, and their later appearance in French and Spanish are probably due to English influence. [ 12 ] [ 18 ] Chris S. Duvall, an associate professor of geography at the University of New Mexico , provided a different theory of the word's etymology in 2015 on the website The ...

  5. History of the alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Many Greek letters are similar to Phoenician, except the letter direction is reversed or changed, which can be the result of historical changes from right-to-left writing to boustrophedon, then to left-to-right writing. Global distribution of the Cyrillic alphabet. The dark green areas shows the countries where this alphabet is the sole main ...

  6. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms Diseases and disorders CA Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) : CAD Coronary artery disease

  7. Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Other alphabets only use a subset of the Latin alphabet, such as Hawaiian and Italian, which uses the letters j, k, x, y, and w only in foreign words. [38] Another notable script is Elder Futhark, believed to have evolved out of one of the Old Italic alphabets. Elder Futhark gave rise to other alphabets known collectively as the Runic alphabets ...

  8. List of medical abbreviations: J - Wikipedia

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    junior medical student, aka MS-3 JODM: juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus: JP JPD JPDs: Jackson-Pratt drain: JRA: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (now called juvenile idiopathic arthritis) JVD: jugular venous distension: JVP: jugular venous pressure

  9. Zhe (Cyrillic) - Wikipedia

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    However, the origin of Zhivete, like that of most Glagolitic letters, is unclear. [ citation needed ] One possibility is that it was formed from the pronunciation of Hebrew letter Zayin ז combined with the Hebrew letter Shin ש letter, to eventually form the Modern Hebrew letter of Zhayin 'ז , with a geresh ' on top for distinction.