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Stands forSupplement
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suppl. stands for Supplement, a citation and bibliography abbreviation.

Identifies a supplement, such as an extra issue of a journal, an added volume to a reference work or a newspaper insert, in citations, as in "suppl. 2."

Example: The trial results were published as an abstract in Circulation, vol. 142, suppl. 3, alongside other conference abstracts.

Usage notes

Variants include supp. and Suppl. Medical journals often publish conference abstracts in supplements, which may receive lighter peer review than regular articles. Large dictionaries have also issued supplements, as the Oxford English Dictionary did between its first and second editions.

More citation and bibliography abbreviations

  • abr. – Abridged
  • AMA – AMA Manual of Style
  • anon. – Anonymous
  • AP – Associated Press Stylebook
  • APA – American Psychological Association (style)
  • app. – Appendix
  • ARC – Advance reader copy
  • bibliog. – Bibliography
  • bk. – Book
  • ch. – Chapter
  • CMOS – Chicago Manual of Style
  • col. – Column

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