Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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FLP fixed linear paralleling [computer-assisted surgery]; functional limitations profile; left frontoposterior [fetal position]
FLR fluorescent-labeled reference; funny looking rash
FLS fatty liver syndrome; Fellow of the Linnean Society; fibrous long-spacing [collagen]; filmless system; fixed least squares [algorithm]; flow-limiting segment
FLSP fluorescein-labeled serum protein
FLT left frontotransverse [fetal position]
FLU flumazenil; flunitrazepam; 5-fluorouracil; fluphenazine; flutamide
flu influenza
FLUAV Influenza A virus
FLUBV Influenza B virus
FLUCV Influenza C virus
FLUENT Fluvastatin Long-Term Extension Trial
fluor fluorescence; fluorescent; fluorometry; fluoroscopy
fluoro fluoroscope, fluoroscopy
FLV feline leukemia virus; Friend leukemia virus; fuzzy linguistic value
FM face mask; facilities management; family medicine; fat mass; feedback mechanism; fetal movement; fibrin monomer; fibromuscular; fibromyalgia; Fielding-Magliato [classification]; filtered mass; flavin mononucleotide; flowmeter; foramen magnum; forensic medicine; foster mother; frequency modulation; functional movement
FM2 flunitrazepam
Fm fermium
fM full mutation
f-M free metanephrine
fm femtometer; femtomole
FMA fluid movement; fluorescent microscopy; Frankfort mandibular plane angle; free of microcalcifications; full relaxation matrix analysis; functional motor activity
FMAP feeding mean arterial pressure
FMAT fetal movement acceleration test
f_max maximum frequency
FMC family medicine center; field medical card; flight medicine clinic; focal macular choroidopathy; foundation for medical care
FMCG fetal magnetocardiography
FMD facility medical director; family medical doctor; fibromuscular dysplasia; foot and mouth disease; frontometaphyseal dysplasia
FMDI frequency modulation detection interference
FMDV foot and mouth disease virus
FME full mouth extraction
FMEA failure modes and effects analysis
Fmed median frequency
FMEG fetal magnetoencephalography
FMEL Friend murine erythroleukemia
FMEN familial multiple endocrine neoplasia
F-met, fMet formyl methionine
FMF familial Mediterranean fever; fetal movement felt; flow microfluorometry; forced midexpiratory flow
FMFD V familial multiple coagulation factor deficiency V
FMFM full mutation/full methylation
FMG five-mesh gauze; foreign medical graduate
FMGEMS Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in Medical Sciences
FMH family medical history; fat-mobilizing hormone; fetomaternal hemorrhage; fibromuscular hyperplasia; first metatarsal head
FMI fat mass index; Foods and Moods Inventory
FMIBMA fiber movement induced biological movement artifacts
FML flail mitral leaflet; fluorometholone
FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act
FMLP N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine; formylpeptide
f-MLP N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine
FMN first malignant neoplasm; flavin mononucleotide; frontomaxillonasal [su-ture]
FMNH, FMNH₂ reduced form of flavin mononucleotide
FMO flavin monooxygenase; Fleet Medical Officer; Flight Medical Officer
fmol femtomole
FMP faculty mentorship program; first menstrual period; fructose monophosphate
FMPIR fast multiplanar inversion recovery [imaging]
FMPM full mutation/partial methylation
FMPP familial male precocious puberty
FMPSPGR fast multiplanar spoiled gradient-recalled imaging [imaging]
FMR fragile site mental retardation [syndrome]; Friend-Moloney-Rauscher [antigen]
fMRA functional magnetic resonance angiography
F MRI fluorine magnetic resonance imaging
fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging
FMRP fragile site mental retardation [syndrome] protein
FMS fat-mobilizing substance; fatty meal sonogram; Fellow of the Medical Society; fibromyalgia syndrome; Finnish Multicenter Study; Fragmin Multicenter Study; full mouth series
FMT Fragmin Multicenter Trial; frequency modulation detection threshold
FMTC familial medullary thyroid cancer
FMU first morning urine
F-MuLV Friend murine leukemia virus
FMX full mouth x-ray
FMZ flumazenil
FN false negative; fecal nitrogen; fibronectin; FitzHugh-Nagumo [model]; fluoride number
F-N finger to nose
fn function
FNA fine-needle aspiration
FNAB fine-needle aspiration biopsy
FNAC fine-needle aspiration cytology
fNaDC flounder sodium dicarboxylate [symporter]
FNB fine needle biopsy; food and nutrition board
FNBMD femoral neck bone mineral density
FnBPA fibronectin-binding protein A
FnBPB fibronectin-binding protein B
FNC fatty nutritional cirrhosis
FNCJ fine needle catheter jejunostomy
FND febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; frontonasal dysplasia; functional neck dissection
f-NE free norepinephrine
Fneg false negative
FNF false-negative fraction; femoral neck fracture
FNFMG foreign national foreign medical school graduate
FNH focal nodular hyperplasia
FNHR febrile nonhemolytic reaction
FNHTR febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction
FNIC Food and Nutrition Information Center [National Agricultural Library]
FNL fibronectin-like
f-NM free normetanephrine
FNN false nearest neighbor [pulse wave monitoring]
FNP family nurse practitioner
FNR false-negative rate; fibronectin receptor
FNRA fibronectin receptor alpha
FNRB fibronectin receptor beta
FNRBL fibronectin receptor beta-like
FNS frontier nursing service; functional neuromuscular stimulation
FNT false neurochemical transmitter; farnesyltransferase
FNTA farnesyltransferase alpha
FNTB farnesyltransferase beta
FNTC fine-needle transhepatic cholangiography
FNZ flunarizine
FO fiberoptic; fish oil; foot arthrosis; foramen ovale; forced oscillation; fronto-occipital
Fo fomentation, fomenting
FOA Federation of Orthodontic Associations
FOAR facio-oculo-acoustico-renal [syndrome]
FOAVF failure of all vital forces
FOB fecal occult blood; feet out of bed; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; foot of bed; functional observational battery
FOBT fecal occult blood test
FOC fronto-occipital circumference
FOCAL formula calculation
FOD figure of demerit [radiotherapy]; focus-to-object distance; free of disease
F-ODN fluorescein-labeled oligodeoxyribonucleotide
FOG fast oxidative glycolytic [fiber]
FOL folate
FOLR folate receptor
FOM figure-of-merit
FOMi 5-fluorouracil, vincristine, and mitomycin C
F-OMP fluorescein-labeled oligonucleoside methylphosphonate
FOOB fell out of bed
FOOD Feed or Ordinary Diet [trial]
FOOSH fell onto [his or her] outstretched hand
FOP fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva; forensic pathology
FOPR full outpatient rate
F-OPT fluorescein-labeled oligonucleoside phosphorothioate
For foramen; forensic
for foreign; formula
FORECAST Fractional Flow Reserve or Relative Fractional Velocity Reserve Evaluation of Coronary Artery Stenosis vs Thallium
FORIMG foreign national international medical school graduate
form formula
FORT Fish Oil Restenosis Trial
FORTRAN formula translation
FORV Forecariah virus
FOS fast orthogonal search; fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy; fixation-off sensitivity; fractional osteoid surface; Framingham Offspring Study
FOSIT Fosamax International Trial
Fos-R foscarnet-resistant
Fos-R HIV foscarnet-resistant human immunodeficiency virus
FOSS Framingham Offspring-Spouse Study
FOUV Foula virus
FOV field of view
FOX ferrous xylenol orange
FP false positive; familial porencephaly; family physician; family planning; family practice; family practitioner; Fanconi pancytopenia; fast pathway [heart electrical activity]; femoropopliteal; fetoprotein; fibrinolytic potential; fibrinopeptide; fibrous proliferation; field pronouncement; filling pressure; filter paper; finite particle; fixation protein; flank pain; flash point; flavin phosphate; flavoprotein; flexor profundus; flow probe; fluid percussion; fluid pressure; fluorescence polarization; fluorescent probe; fluticazone propionate; food poisoning; food processing; forearm pronated; freezing point; frontoparietal; frontopolar; frozen plasma; full period; fusion peptide; fusion point
F-P fronto-popliteal
F:P fluorescence:protein [ratio]
F1P, F-1-P fructose-1-phosphate
F6P, F-6-P fructose-6-phosphate
Fp fibrinopeptide; frontal polar electrode placement in electroencephalography
fp flexor pollicis; foot-pound; forearm pronated; freezing point
FPA Family Planning Association; Federal Privacy Act; fibrinopeptide A or alpha; filter paper activity; fluorophenylalanine; foot progression angle
FpA fibrinopeptide A or alpha
FPB femoral popliteal bypass; fibrino-peptide B or beta; flexor pollicis brevis
FpB fibrinopeptide B or beta
FPBA fluorescence photobleaching analysis
FPBC false-positive blood culture
FPC familial polyposis coli; family planning clinic; fish protein concentrate
FPCA family practice comfort assessment
FpCA 1-fluoromethyl-2-p-chlorophenyl-ethylamine
FPD feto-pelvic disproportion; flame photometric detector; flat panel detector
FPDM fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes mellitus
FPE fatal pulmonary embolism; field placement error; final prediction error
F-18-PET fluoride ion-positron emission tomography
FPF false positive fraction; fibroblast pneumocyte factor
FPG fasting plasma glucose; fluorescence plus Giemsa; focal proliferative glomerulonephritis
FPGA field programmable gate array; field programmable generic array
FPGS folylpolyglutamate synthetase
FPH₂ reduced form of flavin phosphate
FPHE formaldehyde-treated pyruvaldehyde-stabilized human erythrocytes
FPHT fosphenytoin
FPI femoral pulsatility index; flat panel imager; fluid percussion injury; formula protein intolerance; Freiburg Personality Identification Questionnaire
FPIA fluorescence polarization immunoassay
FPK fructose phosphokinase
FPL familial partial lipodystrophy; fasting plasma lipids; flexor pollicis longus
FPLC fast protein liquid chromatography
FPLV feline panleukemia virus
FPM filter paper microscopic [test]; fine particle mass; full passive movements
fpm feet per minute
FPN ferric chloride, perchloric acid, and nitric acid [solution]; fuzzy Petri net
FPO faciopalatoosseous [syndrome]; Federation of Prosthodontic Organizations; freezing point osmometer
FPP faculty practice plan; free portal pressure
FPPH familial primary pulmonary hypertension
FPR false-positive rate; finger peripheral resistance; fluorescence photobleaching recovery; N-formylpeptide receptor; fractional proximal resorption
FPRA first pass radionuclide angiogram
FPRH N-formylpeptide receptor homolog
FPS farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase; Fellow of the Pathological Society; Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society; fetal PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) syndrome; footpad swelling; frames per second
fps feet per second; frames per second
FPSA fractional positive surface area
FPSL farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase- like
FPSTS false-positive serologic test for syphilis
FPT farnesyl protein transferase
FPTase farnesyl-protein transferase
FPV Facey's Paddock virus; feline parvovirus; feline pseudoleukemia virus; feline pseudoleukopenia virus; fowl plague virus; fowlpox virus; Fraser point virus
FPVB femoral popliteal vein bypass
FQHC federally qualified health center
FQPA Food Quality Protection Act
fQSR filtered QSR [ECG]
FR faculty rater; failure rate; fasciculus retroflexus; febrile reaction; feedback regulation; film-screen radiograph; Fischer-Race [notation]; fixed ratio; flocculation reaction; flow rate; fluid restriction; fluid resuscitation; fluid retention; framework region [immunoglobulin]; free radical; frequency of respiration; frequent relapses
F2R [blood coagulation] factor II receptor