Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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F bioavailability; a cell that donates F factor in bacterial conjugation; coefficient of inbreeding; a conjugative plasmid in F⁺ bacterial cells; degree of fineness of abrasive particles; facies; factor; Fahrenheit; failure; false; family; farad; Faraday constant; fascia; fasting; fat; father; feces; fellow; female; fermentation; fertility; fetal; fiat; fibroblast; fibrous; field of vision; filament; Filaria; fine; finger; flexion; flow; fluorine; flux; focal [spot]; focus; foil; fontanel; foramen; force; form, forma; formula; fornix; fossa; fraction, fractional; fracture; fragment; free; French [catheter]; frequency; frontal; frontal electrode placement in electroencephalography; function; fundus; Fusiformis; fusion; Fusobacterium; gilbert; Helmholz free energy; hydrocortisone [compound F]; inbreeding coefficient; left foot electrode in vectorcardiography; phenylalanine; variance ratio
F₀, F₁ coupling factor
F₁, F₂, etc. first, second, etc., filial generation; years of fellowship study
FI, FII, etc. factors I, II, etc.
F344 Fischer 344 [rat]
°F degree on the Fahrenheit scale
F´ a hybrid F plasmid
F^- a bacterial cell lacking an F plasmid
F⁺ a bacterial cell having an F plasmid
f atomic orbital with angular momentum quantum number 3; farad; fasting; father; female; femto; fiber, fibrous; fingerbreadth; fission; flexion; fluid; focal; foot; form, forma; formula; fostered [experimental animal]; fraction; fracture; fragment; frequency [statistics]; frontal; function; fundus; numerical expression of the relative aperture of a camera lens
f- femto- [10^-15]
FA factor analysis; false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femoral artery; fetal age; fibrinolytic activity; fibroadenoma; fibrosing alveolitis; field ambulance; field assessment; filterable agent; filtered air; first aid; flip angle; fluorescent antibody; fluorescent assay; fluoroalanine; folic acid; follicular area; food allergy; forearm; fortified aqueous [solution]; fractional anisotropy; free acid; Freund adjuvant; Friedreich ataxia; functional activity; functional administration
F/A fetus active
fa fatty [rat]
FAA folic acid antagonist; formaldehyde, acetic acid, alcohol; fumarylacetoacetic acid
FA-A Fanconi anemia A [gene]
FAAN Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
FAB fast atom bombardment; formalin ammonium bromide; fragment, antigen-binding [of immunoglobulins]; French-American-British [leukemia staging]; functional arm brace
FA-B Fanconi anemia B [gene]
Fab fragment, antigen-binding [of immunoglobulins]
F(ab´)₂ fragment, antigen-binding [of immunoglobulins, obtained by pepsin cleavage]
Fabc fragment, antigen and complement binding [of immunoglobulins]
FABER flexion in abduction and external rotation
FABF femoral artery blood flow
FAB-MS fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry
FABP fatty acid-binding protein; folate-binding protein
FAC familial adenomatosis coli; femoral arterial cannulation; ferric ammonium citrate; fetal abdominal circumference; fluorescent aromatic compound; 5-fluorouracil, Adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide; foamy alveolar cast; fractional area changes; free available chlorine; functional aerobic capacity
FA-C Fanconi anemia C [gene]
Fac factor
fac facility; to make [Lat. facere]
FACA Fanconi anemia complementation group A; Fellow of the American College of Anesthetists; Fellow of the American College of Angiology; Fellow of the American College of Apothecaries
FACAI Fellow of the American College of Allergy and Immunology
FACAS Fellow of the American College of Abdominal Surgeons
FACB Fanconi anemia complementation group B
Facb fragment, antigen, and complement binding
FACC Fanconi anemia complementation group C; Fellow of the American College of Cardiologists
FACCT Foundation for Accountability
FACD Fanconi anemia complementation group D; Fellow of the American College of Dentists
FACE fluorophore assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis
FACEP Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
FACES Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale; unique facies, anorexia, cachexia, and eye and skin lesions [syndrome]
FACET Flosequinan Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-Inhibitor [ACEI] Trial; Fosinopril Amlodipine Cardiovascular Events Trial
FACFP Fellow of the American College of Family Physicians
FACFS Fellow of the American College of Foot Surgeons
FACG Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology
FACH forceps to after-coming head
FACHA Fellow of the American College of Health Administrators; Fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators
FACHE Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives
FACIT fibril-associated collagen with interrupted triple helices
FACL fatty acid coenzyme ligase
FACLM Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine
FACMTA Federal Advisory Council on Medical Training Aids
FACN Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
FACNHA Foundation of American College of Nursing Home Administrators
FACNM Fellow of the American College of Nuclear Medicine
FACNP Fellow of the American College of Nuclear Physicians
FACO Fellow of the American College of Otolaryngology
FACOG Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
FACOS Fellow of the American College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
FACOSH Federal Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
FACP Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FACPE Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives
FACPM Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine
FACR Fellow of the American College of Radiology
FACS Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; fluorescence-activated cell sorter
FACScan fluorescence associated cell sorter scan
FACSM Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine
FACT Flannagan Aptitude Classification Test; focused appendix computed tomography; functional assessment of cancer therapy
FACT-B functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast
FACTS Functional Angiometric Correlation with Thallium Scintigraphy [trial]
FACWA familial amyotrophic chorea with acanthocytosis
FAD familial Alzheimer dementia; familial autonomic dysfunction; fetal activity-acceleration determination; flash-induced afterdischarge; flavin adenine dinucleotide
FA-D Fanconi anemia D [gene]
FADF fluorescent antibody dark field
FADH₂ reduced form of flavin adenine dinucleotide
FADIR flexion in adduction and internal rotation
FADN flavin adenine dinucleotide
FADS fetal akinesia deformation sequence
FAdV fowl adenovirus
FAE fetal alcohol effect; follicle-associated epithelium
FA-E Fanconi anemia E [gene]
FAEE fatty acid ethyl ester
FAEES fatty acid ethyl ester synthase
FAES Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences
FAF fatty acid free; fibroblast-activating factor
FAH Federation of American Hospitals
FAHIS Florida Abuse Hotline Information System
Fahr Fahrenheit
FaHV falconid herpesvirus
FAI first aid instruction; free androgen index; functional aerobic impairment; functional assessment inventory
FAJ fused apophyseal joint
FAK focal adhesion kinase
FALG fowl antimouse lymphocyte globulin
FALP fluoro-assisted lumbar puncture
FALS familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; forward angle light scatter
FAM 5-fluorouracil, Adriamycin, and mitomycin C; fuzzy associative memory
Fam, fam family, familial
FAMA Fellow of the American Medical Association; fluorescence-assisted mismatch analysis; fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen
FAM-A functional area model-activity
FAM-D functional area model of data
FAME fatty acid methyl ester
FAMG family group [UMLS]
fam hist family history
FAMIS Fosinopril in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study
FAMMM familial atypical multiple mole-melanoma [syndrome]
FAMOUS Fragmin Advanced Malignancy Outcome Study
FAMP fludarabine
FAN fuchsin, amido black, and naphthol yellow
FANA fluorescent antinuclear antibody
F and R force and rhythm [of pulse]
FANEL Federation for Accessible Nursing Education and Licensure
FANPT Freeman Anxiety Neurosis and Psychosomatic Test
FANTASTIC Full Anticoagulation vs Aspirin and Ticlopidine After Stent Implantation [study]
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization [of United Nations]
FAO₂ fractional alveolar oxygen
FAOF family assessment of occupational functioning
FAP familial adenomatous polyposis; familial amyloid polyneuropathy; fatty acid polyunsaturated; fatty acid poor; femoral artery pressure; fibrillating action potential; Fibrinolytics vs Primary Angioplasty [trial]; fixed action potential; frozen animal procedure; functional ambulation profile
FAPA Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Fellow of the American Psychoanalytical Association
FAPHA Fellow of the American Public Health Association
FAPIS Flecainide and Propafenone Italian Study
FAPS Felodipine Atherosclerosis Prevention Study; French Aortic Plaque Study
FAPY formamidopyrimidine
FAQ frequently asked question; functional asessment questionnaire
FAR fatal accident rate; Federal acquisitions regulation; fractional albumin rate
far faradic
FARE Federation of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Establishments
FARS Fatality Analysis Reporting System
FARV Farallon virus
FAS Family Attitude Scale; fatty acid synthetase; Federation of American Scientists; fetal akinesia sequence; fetal alcohol syndrome
FASA Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASC free-standing ambulatory surgical center
fasc fasciculus, fascicular
FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FASHP Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions
FAST ferment active solution therapy; Fitness, Arthritis and Seniors Trial; flow-assisted, short-term [balloon catheter]; fluorescent antibody staining technique; fluoro-allergosorbent test; focused abdominal sonography for trauma; Fourier acquired steady state; Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test; functional assessment stages
FASTEST Femoral Artery Stent Study
FAST-MI Field Ambulance Study of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
FAstV feline astrovirus
FAT family attitudes test; fluorescent antibody technique; fluorescent antibody test
FAT_DPA fat dual photon absorptiometry
FATIMA Fraxiparin Anticoagulant Therapy in Myocardial Infarction Study in Amsterdam
Fat_IVNA fat in vitro neutron activation analysis
FATS face and thigh squeeze [position for bag mask ventilation]; Familial Atherosclerosis Treatment Study; fast adiabatic trajectory in steady state
FAT_UWW fat underwater weighing
FAV facio-auriculovertebral [sequence]; feline ataxia virus; floppy aortic valve; fowl adenovirus
FAVS facio-auriculo-vertebral spectrum
F_AW airway flow
FAX, fax facsimile
FAZ Fanconi-Albertini-Zellweger [syndrome]; foveal avascular zone; fragmented atrial activity zone
FB factor B; fascicular block; fasting blood [test]; feedback; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; fingerbreadth; flexible bronchoscope, flexible bronchoscopy; foreign body; Fusobacterium
FBA fecal bile acid
FBAO foreign-body airway obstruction
F-BAR forward and backward autoregressive [algorithm]
FBC full blood count
FBCOD foreign body of the cornea, oculus dexter (right eye)
FBCOS foreign body of the cornea, oculus sinister (left eye)
FBCP familial benign chronic pemphigus
FBD forward/backward bending; functional bowel disorder
fBDE fractional balanced differential expression [microarray analysis]
FbDP fibrin degradation products
FBE full blood examination
FBEC fetal bovine endothelial cell
FBF forearm blood flow; full breast feeding
FBG fasting blood glucose; fibrinogen; foreign body granulomatosis
fbg fibrinogen
FBH familial benign hypercalcemia
FBHH familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
FBI flossing, brushing, and irrigation
FBJMSV Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins murine sarcoma virus
FBL follicular basal lamina
FBLN fibulin
FBM felbamate; fetal breathing movements; fractional or fractal brownian motion; fresh bone marrow
FBN Federal Bureau of Narcotics; fibribillin
FBP femoral blood pressure; fibrin breakdown product; filtered back projection [algorithm]; folate-binding protein; fructose-1,6-biphosphatase
FBPM forward-backward Prony method [spectral analysis of heart sounds]
FBPsS Fellow of the British Psychological Society
FBR fetal breathing rate
FBS fasting blood sugar; feedback system; fetal bovine serum; film-based system
FBSC Frederick Biomedical Supercomputing Center [NIH]
FBSS failed back surgery syndrome; field-based similarity searching
FC family coping; fasciculus cuneatus; fast component [of a neuron]; febrile convulsions; feline conjunctivitis; ferric chloride; ferric citrate; fibrocyte; finger clubbing; finger counting; flow compensation; fluorocarbon; fluorocytosine; Foley catheter; follicle culture; foster care; fowl cholera; free cholesterol; frontal cortex; functional castration
5-FC flucytosine; 5-fluorocytosine
F + C flare and cells
Fc centroid frequency; fraction/centrifuge; fragment, crystallizable [of immunoglobulin]
Fc´ a fragment of an immunoglobulin molecule produced by papain digestion
fc cutoff frequency; foot candles
FCA ferritin-conjugated antibodies; Freund's complete adjuvant; functional capacity assessment
FCAH familial cytomegaly adrenocortical hypoplasia [syndrome]
FCAP Fellow of the College of American Pathologists
FCAT Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology
F cath Foley catheter
FCC Federal Communications Commission; follicular center cells; Food Chemicals Codex
fcc face-centered-cubic
f/cc fibers per cubic centimeter of air
FCCA familial congenital cardiac abnormality
FCCH family child care home
FCCL follicular center cell lymphoma
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Committee for Science, Engineering and Technology