ACA
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Translingual
Symbol
ACA
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport, which serves Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
English
Noun
ACA (plural ACAs)
- (military) Initialism of airspace control authority.
- (military) Initialism of airspace coordination area.
- (accounting) Initialism of associate chartered accountant.
- (anatomy) Initialism of anterior cerebral artery.
- (immunology) Initialism of anti-cardiolipin antibody.
- (immunology) Initialism of anti-centromere antibody.
- (immunology) Initialism of antigen-capture assay.
- (psychology) Initialism of adult child of an alcoholic/adult child of alcoholics.
- 1984 August 11, Janice Irvine, “Secrets of Fear, Shame, and Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 11:
- In a community where much socializing centers around bars, lesbian/gay ACAs may frequently find themselves in situations conducive to alcohol abuse or where the drinking of others triggers old feelings of anxiety.
Proper noun
ACA
- (US, politics) Initialism of Affordable Care Act (“H.R. 3590”)., from the U.S. national law "Affordable Care Act" (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
- Initialism of Adult Children of Alcoholics.