Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• ADI  Academy of Dentistry International; acceptable daily intake; AIDS-defining illness; allowable daily intake; alternating direction implicit; alternating directions implicit [method]; artificial diverticulum of the ileum; atlas-dens interval; autism diagnostic interview; average daily intake; axiodistoincisal
• adj  adjacent; adjoining; adjuvant
• ADK  adenosine kinase
• ADKC  atopic dermatitis with keratoconjunctivitis
• ADL  active digital library; activities of daily living; advanced distributed learning; Amsterdam Depression List; annual dose limit
• ADLAR  advanced design linear accelerator radiosurgery
• ADLC  antibody-dependent lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity
• ad lib  as desired [Lat. ad libitum]
• ADLS  Activities of Daily Living Survey
• ADM  abductor digiti minimi; add-drop multiplexer; administrative medicine; admission; Adriamycin; Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health [grant of US Department of Health and Human Services]
• AdM  adrenal medulla
• adm  administration; admission; apply [Lat. admove]
• Adm Dr  admitting doctor
• ADME  [drug] absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
• Admin  administration
• ADMIRE  AMP 579 Delivery for Myocardial Infarction Reduction
• ADMIT  Arterial Disease Multiple Intervention Trial
• AdML  adenovirus major late promoter
• Adm Ph  admitting physician
• ADMR  average daily metabolic rate
• ADMS  analysis of disorders of masticatory system; atmospheric dispersion modeling system
• ADMX  adrenal medullectomy
• ADN  antideoxyribonuclease; aortic depressor nerve; associate degree in nursing
• ad naus  to the point of producing nausea [Lat. ad nauseam]
• ADN-B  antideoxyribonuclease B
• ADO  active data object; adenosine; adolescent medicine; allele drop-out; axiodisto-occlusal
• Ado  adenosine
• ADOA  autosomal dominant ocular albinism
• AdoCbl  5´-adenosylcobalamin
• ADOD  arthrodentosteodysplasia
• AdoDABA  adenosyldiaminobutyric acid
• AdoHcy  S-adenosylhomocysteine
• adol  adolescence, adolescent
• AdoMet  S-adenosylmethionine
• ADOPT  Accupril Decision on Pharmacotherapy [trial]
• ADOS  autism diagnostic observation scale; autosomal dominant Opitz syndrome
• ADOTS  affective disorder outpatient telephone screening
• Adox  oxidized adenosine
• ADP  adenopathy; adenosine diphosphate; adenovirus death protein; administrative psychiatry; approved drug product; approximate dynamic programming; area diastolic pressure; automatic data processing
• AdP  adductor pollicis
• ADPase  adenosine diphosphatase
• ADPK  autosomal dominant polycystic kidney [disease]
• ADPKD  autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
• ADPL  average daily patient load
• ADPR  adenosine diphosphate ribose
• ADPRT  adenosine diphosphate ribosyltransferase
• ADQ  abductor digiti quinti; adolescent drinking questionnaire
• ADR  activation, depression, repetition [in bone remodeling]; adrenalin; adrenals; adrenergic receptor; adrenodoxin reductase; Adriamycin; adverse drug reaction; airway dilation reflex; alternative dispute resolution; arrested development of righting response; ataxia-deafness-retardation [syndrome]
• Adr  adrenalin; Adriamycin
• adr  adrenal, adrenalectomy
• ADRA1A  alpha-1A-adrenergic receptor
• ADRA1B  beta-1B-adrenergic receptor
• ADRAC  Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee [Australia]
• ADRA1C  alpha-1C-adrenergic receptor
• ADRA2C  alpha-2C-adrenergic receptor
• ADRAR  alpha-2-adrenergic receptor
• ADRBK  beta-1-adrenergic receptor kinase
• ADRBR  adrenergic beta-receptor
• ADRC  Alzheimer Disease Research Center
• ADRDA  Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association
• ADRP  adipose differentiation-related protein; autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
• ADRT  approximate discrete radon transform
• ADS  acute death syndrome; acute diarrheal syndrome; adenocarcinoma dataset; Alcohol Dependence Scale; alternative delivery system; anatomical dead space; anonymous donor's sperm; antibody deficiency syndrome; antidiuretic substance; Army Dental Service
• ADSD  adductor spasmodic dysphonia
• ADSL  adenylosuccinate lyase; asymmetrical digital single line; asymmetrical digital subscription line
• ADSP  analog devices digital signal processor
• ADSS  adenylosuccinate synthetase
• ADSTGD  Stargardt-like muscular dystrophy
• ADSV  Arborea virus
• ADT  Accepted Dental Therapeutics; adenosine triphosphate; admission, discharge, and transfer; agar-gel diffusion test; alternate-day therapy; any, what you desire, thing (a placebo); Alzheimer-type dementia; Auditory Discrimination Test
• ADTA  American Dental Trade Association
• ADTe  anodal duration tetanus
• ADU  alkaline deoxyribonucleic acid unwinding
• AD&U  acid dissociation and ultrafiltration
• ADV  adenovirus; adventitia; Aleutian disease virus; Aujeszky disease virus
• AdV  adenovirus
• Adv  adenovirus
• adv  advanced; against [Lat. adversum]
• ADVENT  antithrombin for deep venous thrombosis
• ADVIRC  autosomal dominant vitreo-retinochoroidopathy
• ADVS  activities of daily vision survey
• ADW  assault with deadly weapon
• A5D5W  alcohol 5%, dextrose 5%, in water
• ADX  adrenalectomized; adrenodoxin
• AE  above-elbow [amputation]; acrodermatitis enteropathica; activation energy; adult erythrocyte; adverse event; after-effect; agarose electrophoresis; air embolism; air entry; alcoholic embryopathy; aminoethyl; anion exchange; anoxic encephalopathy; antiepileptic; antitoxic unit [Ger. Antitoxineinheit]; apoenzyme; aryepiglottic; atherosclerotic encephalopathy; atrial ectopic [heart beat]; avian encephalomyelitis
• A&E  accident and emergency [department]
• A+E  accident and emergency [department]; analysis and evaluation
• A/E  above elbow [amputation]
• AEA  acquired epileptic aplasia; alcohol, ether, and acetone [solution]
• AEB  acute erythroblastopenia; avian erythroblastosis
• AEC  aminoethylcarbazole; ankyloblepharon, ectodermal defects, and cleft lip [syndrome]; at earliest convenience; Atomic Energy Commission; automatic exposure control
• AECB  acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
• AECD  allergic eczematous contact dermatitis
• AECE-6-AZUMP  5-[2-(aminoethyl) carbamyl]-6-azauridine-5´monophosphate
• AECGM  ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring
• AECS  acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis
• AED  academic emergency department; antiepileptic drug; antihidrotic ectodermal dysplasia; anxious ego dissolution; automated external defibrillator
• AEDP  automated external defibrillator pacemaker
• AEE  Atomic Energy Establishment
• AEF  allogenic effect factor; amyloid enhancing factor; aorto-enteric fistula
• AEFB  aerobic endospore-forming bacterium
• A_EFF  effective area
• AEFI  adverse events following immunization
• AEFV  acceleration of early flow velocity
• AEG  acute erosive gastritis; air encephalography, air encephalogram; atrial electrogram
• AEGIS  Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions
• AEI  arbitrary evolution index; atrial emptying index; atrial escape interval
• AEL  acute erythroleukemia
• AELV  avian entero-like virus
• AEM  Academic Emergency Medicine [journal]; ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring; analytical electron microscopy; ataxia episodica with myokymia; avian encephalomyelitis
• AEMG  abdominal electromyography
• AEMIS  Aerospace and Environmental Medicine Information System
• AEMK  ataxia episodica with myokymia
• A-EMT  advanced emergency medical technician
• AEN  anal epithelial neoplasia; aseptic epiphyseal necrosis
• AEP  acute edematous pancreatitis; artificial endocrine pancreas; auditory evoked potential; average evoked potential
• AEq  age equivalent
• AER  abduction/external rotation; acoustic evoked response; acute exertional rhabdomyolysis; agranular endoplasmic reticulum; albumin excretion rate; aldosterone excretion rate; apical ectodermal ridge; auditory evoked response; average electroencephalic response; average evoked response
• AERE  Atomic Energy Research Establishment
• Aero  Aerobacter
• AERP  aircrew air and respiratory protection; antegrade effective refractory period; atrial effective refractory period; auditory event related potential
• AERPAP  antegrade effective refractory period accessory pathway
• AERS  acute equine respiratory syndrome
• AES  acetone-extracted serum; ambulatory encounter system; American Electroencephalographic Society; American Encephalographic Society; American Endocrine Society; American Endodontic Society; American Epidemiological Society; American Equilibration Society; anterior esophageal sensor; anti-embolic stockings; antral ethmoidal sphenoidectomy; aortic ejection sound; Auger's electron spectroscopy; auto-erythrocyte sensitization
• AEs  adverse events
• AesoNPV  Aedes sollicitans nucleopolyhedrovirus
• AEST  aeromedical evacuation support team
• AET  absorption-equivalent thickness; S-(2-aminoethyl) isothiuronium
• AETT  acetylethyltetramethyltetralin
• AEV  arthritis encephalitis virus; avian encephalomyelitis-like virus; avian erythroblastosis virus
• AeV  Antheraea eucalypti virus
• AEZ  acrodermatitis enteropathica, zinc deficient
• AF  abnormal frequency; acid-fast; actin filament; active force; adult female; afebrile; affected female; aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; alcoholic female; aldehyde fuchsin; amaurosis fugax; aminofluorine; aminophylline; amniotic fluid; angiogenesis factor; anteflexion; anterior fontanelle; antibody-forming; anti-fog; aortic flow; Arthritis Foundation; artificial feeding; ascitic fluid; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; atrial fusion; attenuation factor; attributable fraction; audio frequency
• aF  abfarad
• af  audio frequency
• AFA  acromegaloid facial appearance [syndrome]; advanced first aid; alcohol-formaldehyde-acetic acid [fixative]
• AFAFP  amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein
• AFAR  American Foundation for Aging Research
• AFASAK  Atrial Fibrillation, Aspirin, Anticoagulation [trial]
• AFB  acid-fast bacillus; aflatoxin B; aflatoxin biomarker; air fluidized bed; aortofemoral bypass
• AFBAC  affected family-based control test
• AFBG  aortofemoral bypass graft
• AFC  adult foster care; alternative forced choice; amplitude frequency characteristics; antibody-forming cell
• AFCAPS  Air Force Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study
• AFCI  acute focal cerebral ischemia
• AFCR  American Federation for Clinical Research
• AfCVd  Apple fruit crinkle viroid
• AFD  accelerated freeze drying; acrofacial dysostosis
• AFDC  Aid to Families with Dependent Children
• AFDH  American Fund for Dental Health
• AFDM  adaptive focus deformable model
• AFDSM  adaptive focus deformable statistical model
• AFDW  ash-free dry weight
• AFE  amniotic fluid embolism
• afeb  afebrile
• AFEDI  Association Francophone Europeene des Infirmiers [Canada]
• AFF  atrial fibrillation and flutter; atrial filling fraction
• aff  afferent
• AFFIRM  Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management
• AFFN  acrofrontofacionasal [dysostosis]
• AFG  aflatoxin G; amniotic fluid glucose; arbitrary function generator
• aFGF  acidic fibroblast growth factor
• AFH  angiofollicular hyperplasia; anterior facial height
• AFI  amaurotic familial idiocy; Atrial Fibrillation Investigators [1993 pooled study]
• AFib  atrial fibrillation
• AFIB  Atrial Fibrillation Investigation with Bidisomide [trial]
• AFIB/FL  atrial fibrillation/flutter
• AFIP  Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
• AFIPS  American Federation of Information Processing Societies
• AFIRME  antagonist of the fibrinogen receptor after myocardial events
• AFIS  amniotic fluid infection syndrome
• AFL  antifibrinolysin; artificial limb; atrial flutter
• AFLNH  angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia
• AFLP  acute fatty liver of pregnancy; amplified fragment length polymorphism
• AFM  aflatoxin M; after fatty meal; American Federation of Musicians; atomic force microscopy
• AFMA  automated fabrication of modality aids
• AFMU  5-acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil
• AFN  afunctional neutrophil; antegrade femoral nail
• AFNC  Air Force Nurse Corps
• AFND  acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
• AFO  ankle/foot orthotic [brace or cast]; ankle-foot orthosis
• AFORMED  alternating failure of response, mechanical, [to] electrical depolarization
• AFP  acute flaccid paralysis; alpha-fetoprotein; anterior faucial pillar; atypical facial pain
• AFPP  acute fibropurulent pneumonia
• AFQ  aflatoxin Q
• AFR  aqueous flare response; ascorbic free radical
• AFRAX  autism-fragile X [syndrome]
• AFRD  acute febrile respiratory disease
• AFRI  acute febrile respiratory illness
• AFROC  Association for Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers
• AFS  acquired or adult Fanconi syndrome; alternative financing system; American Fertility Society; antifibroblast serum
• AFSAM  Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
• AFSCME  American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
• AFSM  adaptive Fourier series modeling
• AFSP  acute fibrinoserous pneumonia
• AFT  aflatoxin; agglutination-flocculation test
• AFTA  American Family Therapy Association
• AFTER  Anistreplase Following Thrombolysis Effect on Reocclusion [study]; Aspirin/Anticoagulants Following Thrombolysis with Eminase in Recurrent Infarction [study]; Aspirin/Anticoagulants Following Thrombolysis with Eminase Results [study]
• AFTN  autonomously functioning thyroid nodule
• AFV  amniotic fluid volume; aortic flow velocity; Aspergillus foetidus virus
• AFV-F  Aspergillus foetidus virus F
• AFV-S  Aspergillus foetidus virus S
• AFX  atypical fibroxanthoma
• AG  abdominal girth; acidophilic granulocyte; agarose; aminoglutethimide; analytical grade; angular gyrus; anion gap; antigen; antigenomic; antiglobulin; antigravity; atrial gallop; attached gingiva; autograft; axiogingival; azurophilic granule
• AG, A/G  albumin-globulin [ratio]
• Ag  antigen; silver [Lat. argentum]
• Ag*  labeled antigen
• ag  androgenetic; antigen
• AGA  accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Association; American Genetic Association; American Geriatrics Association; American Goiter Association; antigliadin antibody; antiglomerular antibody; anti-IgG autoantibody; appropriate for gestational age [birthweight]; aspartylglucosamidase
• Ag-Ab  antigen-antibody complex
• AGAC  aminoglycoside-aminocyclitol
• AGAG  acidic glycosaminoglycans
• AGAR  Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance [study]
• AGBAD  Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
• AGC  absolute granulocyte count; anatomically graduated component; atypical glandular cell; automatic gain control
• AGC-FN  atypical glandular cell-favor neoplasia
• AGC-FR  atypical glandular cell-favor reactive
• AgCPV  Abraxas grossulariata cypovirus; Autographa gamma cypovirus
• AGCT  antiglobulin consumption test; Army General Classification Test
• AGC-U  atypical glandular cell-unqualified
• AGD  agar gel diffusion; agarose diffusion; alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
• AGDD  agar gel double diffusion
• AGE  acrylamide gel; acute gastroenteritis; advanced glycosylation end-product; agarose gel electrophoresis; angle of greatest extension; arterial gas embolism
• AGED  automated general experimental device
• AGEG  age group
• AGE-IEF  agarose gel-isoelectric focusing [electrophoresis]
• AGEPC  acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine
• AGES  age grade extension size [thyroid tumor]
• AGF  adrenal growth factor; angle of greatest flexion
• AGG  agammaglobulinemia
• agg  agglutination; aggravation; aggregation
• aggl, agglut  agglutination
• aggrav  aggravated, aggravation
• aggreg  aggregated, aggregation
• AGGS  anti-gas gangrene serum
• AGI  adjusted gross income
• AGID  agar gel immunodiffusion
• AGIS  Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study
• agit  agitated, agitation
• AGIV  Anticarisia gemmatalis iridescent virus
• AGL  acute granulocytic leukemia; agglutination; aminoglutethimide; anterior glenoid labrum
• AGM  absorbent gelling material
• AGMK  African green monkey kidney [cell]
• AGMkK  African green monkey kidney [cell]
• AgMNPV  Anticarisia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
• AGMPyV  African green monkey polyoma virus
• AGN  acute glomerulonephritis; agnosia
• VIIIAGN  factor VIII antigen
• agn  agnosia
• AGNB  aerobic gram-negative bacillus
• AgNOR  silver-staining nucleolar organizer region
• AGOS  American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
• AGP  acid glycoprotein; agar gel precipitation; ambulatory glucose profile; azurophil granule protein
• AGPA  American Group Practice Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association
• AGPI  agar gel precipitin inhibition
• AGPT  agar-gel precipitation test
• AGR  aniridia-ambiguous genitalia-mental retardation [syndrome]; anticipatory goal response
• agr  accessory gene regulator
• agri  agriculture
• AGRP  agouti-related protein
• AGS  adrenogenital syndrome; Alagille syndrome; American Geriatrics Society; audiogenic seizures
• AGSP  Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• AGT  abnormal glucose tolerance; activity group therapy; acute generalized tuberculosis; alkylguanine deoxyribonucleic acid alkyltransferase; angiotensin; aniline/glyoxylate aminotransferase; antiglobulin test; Association of Genetic Technologists
• agt  agent
• AGTH  adrenoglomerulotropic hormone
• AGTr  adrenoglomerulotropin
• AGTT  abnormal glucose tolerance test
• AGU  aspartylglucosaminuria
• AGUS  atypia of gland cells of undetermined significance
• AGUV  aguacate virus
• AGV  aniline gentian violet
• AGVd  Australian grapevine viroid
• AH  abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid hydrolysis; acute hepatitis; adrenal hypoplasia; affected hemisphere; after-hyperpolarization; agnathia-holoprosencephaly; alcoholic hepatitis; amenorrhea and hirsutism; aminohippurate; anterior heel; anterior hypothalamus; antihyaluronidase; arcuate hypothalamus; Army Hospital; arterial hypertension; artificial heart; aryl hydrocarbon; ascites hepatoma; assisted hatching; astigmatic hypermetropia; ataxic hemiparesis; atypical hyperplasia; autoimmune hepatitis; autonomic hyperreflexia; axillary hair
• A/H  amenorrhea-hyperprolactinemia
• A + H  accident & health [policy]
• A · h  ampere-hour
• Ah  ampere hour
• aH  abhenry
• ah  hyperopic astigmatism
• AHA  acetohydroxamic acid; acquired hemolytic anemia; acute hemolytic anemia; American Heart Association; American Hospital Association; anterior hypothalamic area; anti-heart antibody; antihistone antibody; area health authority; arthritis-hives-angioedema [syndrome]; aspartyl-hydroxamic acid; autoimmune hemolytic anemia
• AHA/ACC  American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology [Task Force]
• AHB  alpha-hydroxybutyric acid
• AHC  academic health care; academic health center; acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; acute hemorrhagic cystitis; adrenal hypoplasia congenita; antihemophilic factor C
• AHCA  Agency for Health Care Administration; American Health Care Association
• AHCD  acquired hepatocellular degeneration
• AHC/HHG  adrenal hypoplasia congenita-hypogonadotropic hypogonadism [syndrome]
• aHCl  aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride
• AHCN  American Housecall Network [consumer health information]
• AHCP  allied health care professional
• AHCPR  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (see AHRQ)
• AhCPV  Agrochola helvolva cypovirus
• AHCy  adenosyl homocysteine
• AHD  acquired hepatocerebral degeneration; acute heart disease; antihyaluronidase; antihypertensive drug; arterio-hepatic dysplasia; arteriosclerotic heart disease; atherosclerotic heart disease; autoimmune hemolytic disease
• AHDMS  automated hospital data management system
• AHDP  azacycloheptane diphosphonate
• AHDS  Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
• AHE  acute hazardous events [database]; acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis
• AHEA  area health education activity
• AHEAD  Asset and Health Dynamics
• AHEC  area health education center