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, FI_CO_₂ 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
FI_O_₂, 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