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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- FFGA Fonseca and Flaming algorithm
- FFHC federally funded health center
- FFHom Fellow of the Faculty of Homeopathy
- FFI family function index; fatal familial insomnia; free from infection; fundamental frequency indicator
- FFIT fluorescent focus inhibition test
- FFL flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy
- FFM fat-free mass; friction force microscopy; fundus flavimaculatus
- FFMDXA fat-free mass dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
- FFMHYD fat-free mass hydrodensitometry
- FFOM Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine
- FFP freedom from progression; fresh frozen plasma
- FFQ food frequency questionnaire
- FFR Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists
- FFROM full and free range of motion
- FFS failure-free survival; fat-free solids; fee for service; femoro-facial syndrome
- FFT fast Fourier transform; finite Fourier transform; flicker fusion test or threshold
- FFU femur-fibula-ulna [syndrome]; focal forming unit
- FFV feline foamy virus; fruit fly virus
- FFW fat-free weight
- FFWC fractional free water clearance
- FFWW fat-free wet weight
- FG fasciculus gracilis; fast-glycolytic [fiber]; Feeley-Gorman [agar]; fibrinogen; Flemish giant [rabbit]
- fg femtogram; flammable gas detector
- FGA fibrinogen alpha
- FGB fibrinogen beta
- FGC fibrinogen gel chromatography
- FGD fatal granulomatous disease
- FgDP fibrinogen degradation products
- FGDS fibrogastroduodenoscopy
- FGDY faciogenital dysplasia
- FGF father's grandfather; fibroblast growth factor; fresh gas flow
- FGF1 fibroblast growth factor 1 [acidic]
- FGF2 fibroblast growth factor 2 [basic]
- FGFA fibroblast growth factor, acidic
- FGFB fibroblast growth factor, basic
- FGFR fibroblast growth factor receptor
- FGG fibrinogen gamma; focal global glomerulosclerosis; fowl gamma-globulin
- FGGM finite generalized gaussian mixture
- FGH formylglutathione hydrolase
- FGL fasting gastrin level; fasting glucose level
- FGM father's grandmother; female genital mutilation
- FGN fibrinogen; focal glomerulonephritis; fractional gaussian noise
- FGP fundic gland polyp
- FGR familial glucocorticoid resistance; finite time growth
- FGS fibrogastroscopy; focal glomerular sclerosis; formal genesis syndrome
- FGT fluorescent gonorrhea test
- FH facial hemihyperplasia; familial hypercholesterolemia; familial hypertension; family history; fasting hyperbilirubinemia; favorable histology; femoral hernia; femoral hypoplasia; femur head; fetal head; fetal heart; fibromuscular hyperplasia; field hospital; flat hyperplasia; follicular hyperplasia; Frankfort horizontal [plane]; fumarate hydratase
- FH+ family history positive
- FH- family history negative
- FH4 tetrahydrofolic acid
- fh fostered by hand [experimental animal]
- FHA familial hypoplastic anemia; Fellow of the Institute of Hospital Administrators; filamentous hemagglutinin
- FHADES Farm Hazard and Demographic Enumeration Survey
- FHB flexor hallucis brevis
- FH/BC frontal horn/bicaudate [ratio]
- FHC familial hypercholesterolemia; familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; family health center; Ficoll-Hypaque centrifugation; Fuchs heterochromic cyclitis
- FHD familial histiocytic dermatoarthritis; family history of diabetes; femoral head diameter
- FHF fetal heart frequency; fulminant hepatic failure
- fHg free hemoglobin
- FHH familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia; fawn-hooded hypertensive [rat]; fetal heart heard
- FHI Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis
- FHIP family health insurance plan
- FHIS Farm Health Interview Survey
- FHIT fragile histidine triad [gene]
- FHL flexor hallucis longus; Food Hygiene Laboratory [UK]; functional health literacy; functional hearing loss
- FHM familial hemiplegic migraine; fathead minnow [cells]
- FHN family history negative
- FHNH fetal heart not heard
- FHP family history positive; functional health pattern
- FHPMHP family history of physical and mental health problems
- FHPSAT Functional Health Pattern Screening Assessment Tool
- FHR familial hypophosphatemic rickets; fetal heart rate
- fH-R factor H receptor
- FHRDC family history research diagnostic criteria
- FHRNST fetal heart rate nonstress test
- FHRS Familial Hypercholesterolemia Regression Study
- FHS Family Heart Study; fetal heart sound; fetal hydantoin syndrome; Floating Harbor syndrome; Framingham Heart Study
- FH-S soluble fumarate hydratase
- FHSA Family Health Service Authority [UK]
- FHSD family history of sudden death
- FHT fast Hartley transform; fetal heart; fetal heart tone
- FHTG familial hypertriglyceridemia
- FH-UFS femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome
- FHV falcon herpesvirus; flock house virus
- FHVP free hepatic vein pressure
- FHx family history
- FI fasciculus intrafascicularis; fever caused by infection; fibrinogen; fixed interval; flame ionization; follicular involution; food intolerance; forced inspiration; frontoiliac; full scan with interpolation
- FIA fistula in ano; fluorescent immunoassay; focal immunoassay; Freund incomplete adjuvant
- FIAC 2´-fluoro-5-iodo-aracytosine
- FIB Fellow of the Institute of Biology; fibrin; fibrinogen; fibrositis; fibula
- fib fiber; fibrillation; fibrin; fibrinogen; fibula
- FIC finite-sample information criterion; Fogarty International Center; fractional inhibitory concentration
- FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act; fluoroimmunocytoadherence
- FicCV Ficus carica virus
- FICD Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Dentists; Fellow of the International College of Dentists
- FiCO2, FICO2 fractional concentration of carbon dioxide in inspired gas
- FICS Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
- FICSIT Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques
- FICU fetal intensive care unit
- FID flame ionization detector; free induction decay; fungal immunodiffusion
- FIDD fetal iodine deficiency disorder
- FIELD Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes [trial]
- FIF feedback inhibition factor; fibroblast interferon; forced inspiratory flow; formaldehyde-induced fluorescence
- FIF50 forced inspiratory flow at 50% of forced vital capacity
- FIFO first in, first out
- FIFR fasting intestinal flow rate
- FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- FIG Flosequinan Investigator Group
- FIGD familial idiopathic gonadotropin deficiency
- FIGE field inversion gel electrophoresis
- FIGLEAF Fine Grained Lexical Analysis Facility
- FIGLU, FIGlu formiminoglutamate, formiminoglutamic acid
- FIGLU-uria formiminoglutaminaciduria
- FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics [Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique]
- FIH familial isolated hypoparathyroidism; fat-induced hyperglycemia
- fil filament; filial
- filt filter, filtration
- FIM familial infantile myasthenia; field ion microscopy; fimbria; fluorescence imaged microdeformation; functional independence measure
- FIMG familial infantile myasthenia gravis
- FIMLT Fellow of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology
- FIN fine intestinal needle
- FINCC familial idiopathic nonarteriosclerotic cerebral calcification
- FIND finding [UMLS]
- FINESS First International New Intravascular Rigid-Flex Endovascular Stent Study
- FINMONICA Finnish Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases
- FINRISK Finland Cardiovascular Risk Study
- FINV Fin V 707 virus
- FIO2, forced inspiratory oxygen; fractional concentration of oxygen in inspired gas
- FIO2, FiO2 fractional concentration of oxygen in inspired gas
- FIP feline infectious peritonitis
- FIPA familial intestinal polyatresia [syndrome]
- FIPS Federal information processing standards; Frankfurt Isoptin Progression Study
- FIPV feline infectious peritonitis virus
- FIQ full-scale intelligence quotient
- FIR far infrared; finite impulse response; fold increase in resistance; fractional intramural retention
- FIRDA frontal, intermittent rhythmic delta activity
- FIRM formal inference-based recursive modeling
- FIRST Flolan International Randomized Survival Trial
- FIS fatigue interview schedule; forced inspiratory spirogram; free induction signal
- fis fission
- FISAC Federal Information Services and Application Council
- FISH Finnish Isradipine Study in Hypertension; fluorescence in situ hybridization
- FISP fast imaging with steady state precision
- FISS Fraxiparine in Stroke Study
- fist fistula
- FIT fluorescein isothiocyanate; Fracture Intervention Trial; fusion inferred threshold
- FITC fluorescein isothiocyanate
- FIUO for internal use only
- FIV feline immunodeficiency virus; forced inspiratory volume
- FIV1 forced inspiratory volume in one second
- FIVC forced inspiratory vital capacity
- FIVE familial isolated vitamin E [deficiency]
- FIV-O feline immunodeficiency virus (Oma)
- FIV-P feline immunodeficiency virus (Petaluma)
- FIXAg factor IX antigen
- FJN familial juvenile nephrophthisis
- FJRM full joint range of movement
- FJS finger joint size
- FK feline kidney
- FK506 tacrolimus [drug]
- FKBP FK506 [macrolide] binding protein
- FK-NN fuzzy K-nearest neighbor [algorithm]
- FKT Fukunaga-Koontz transform
- FL false lumen; fatty liver; feline leukemia; femur length; fibers of Luschka; fibroblast-like; filtration leukapheresis; focal length; follicular lymphoma; Friend leukemia; frontal lobe; full liquid [diet]; functional length; fuzzy logic
- FL-2 feline lung [cells]
- Fl fluid; fluorescence
- fL femtoliter
- fl filtered load; flexion, flexible; flow; fluid; fluorescent; flutter; foot lambert
- FLA fluorescent-labeled antibody; left frontoanterior [fetal position]
- FLAC, FL/AC femur length/abdominal circumference [ratio]
- flac flaccidity, flaccid
- FLAIR fluid attenuated inversion recovery
- FLAIR-FLASH fluid-attenuated inversion recovery-fast low angle shot
- FLAK flow artifact killer
- FLAP 5-lipoxygenase activating protein
- FLARE Fluvastatin Angioplasty Restenosis [trial]
- FLASH fast low angle shot
- FLAV Flanders virus
- FLC family life cycle; fatty liver cell; fetal liver cell; Fourier linear combiner; Friend leukemia cell
- FlCV flame chlorosis virus
- FLD fibrotic lung disease; field hospital; Fisher's linear discriminate [pattern classification]
- fld fluid
- fl dr fluid dram
- FLDV flounder lymphocystis disease
- FLE fiducial localization error
- FLEQUIN Flecainide Compared to Oral Quinidine [study]
- FLEV Flexal virus
- FLEX Federation Licensing Examination
- flex flexor, flexion
- FLEXOR Focused Lesion Expansion Optimizes Result [trial]
- FLG filaggrin
- FLIC functional living index-cancer
- FLICC Federal Library and Information Center Committee
- FLK funny looking kid
- FLKS fatty liver and kidney syndrome
- FLM fasciculus longitudinalis medialis; fraction of labeled mitosis
- FLO Fourier linear combiner
- floc flocculation
- Flops floating point operations per second
- fl oz fluid ounce