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AUC

AUC is a Latin abbreviation for calculation of dates.

It has two meanings:

"AB URBE CONDITA" (from the founding of the city (of Rome)
"ANNO URBIS CONDITAE" (in the year from the founding of the city (of Rome)

In Medicine and Pharmacology AUC means "area under the curve". This is the area under the concentration time curve.

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