ACC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ACC mean? 

• ACC (noun)
  The noun ACC has 1 sense:

1. a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft

  Familiarity information: ACC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ACC; Air Combat Command

Hypernyms ("ACC" is a kind of...):

command (a military unit or region under the control of a single officer)

Holonyms ("ACC" is a part of...):

Air Force; U. S. Air Force; United States Air Force; US Air Force; USAF (the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space)

 Context examples 

In the presence of leptin, AMPK is activated, ACC is inhibited, and malonyl-CoA levels fall, increasing the oxidation of fatty acids and reducing the lipid content of cells.

(Insulin Resistance Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The presence of rales over 50% or less of the lung fields or the presence of a third heart sound (S3).(ACC/AHA)

(Killip Class II, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Functional ACCs are more common in women while nonfunctioning ACCs are more common in men.

(Adrenal Cortex Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

ACC catalyzes the production of malonyl-CoA from acetyl-CoA.

(Insulin Resistance Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Adrenal cortex carcinomas (ACCs) are rare, comprising between only 0.05% and 0.2% of all cancers.

(Adrenal Cortex Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

AMPK phosphorylates and inactivates the enzyme ACC, acetyl-CoA carboxylase.

(Insulin Resistance Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)