Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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ICGN immune-complex glomerulonephritis
ICH idiopathic cortical hyperostosis; immunocompromised host; infectious canine hepatitis; Institute of Child Health [UK]; International Conference on Harmonisation [of technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use]; intracerebral hematoma; intracranial hemorrhage; intracranial hypertension
ICHD Inter-Society Commission for Heart Disease Resources
ICHPPC International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care
IcHV Ictalurid herpesvirus
ICI intracardiac infection
ICi intracisternal
ICIC International Classification of Primary Care
ICIDH International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps
ICIN Intracoronary Streptokinase Trial of the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands
ICIS imaging center information system
iCJD iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
ICL idiopathic CD4 T-cell lymphocytopenia; implantable contact lens; intracranial lesion; iris-clip lens; isocitrate lyase
I_Cl chloride ionic current [heart electrical activity]
ICLA International Committee on Laboratory Animals
ICLAS International Council for Laboratory Animal Science
ICLH Imperial College, London Hospital
ICM inner cell mass; integrated conditional model; intelligent cardiovascular monitor; intercostal margin; International Confederation of Midwives; intersecting core model; intracellular multiplication; intracytoplasmic membrane; introduction to clinical medicine; ion conductance modulator; isolated cardiovascular malformation
icm intracellular multiplication
ICMA immunochemiluminometric assay
ICMI Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings
ICML International Congress on Medical Librarianship
ICMP Internet control message protocol
ICMSF International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods
ICN intensive care nursery; International Council of Nurses
ICNa intracellular concentration of sodium
ICNB International Committee on Nomenclature of Bacteria
ICNC intracerebral nuclear cell
ICNIRP International Commission on Nonionizing Radiation Protection
ICNND Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition in National Defense
ICNP International Classification of Nursing Practice
ICNV International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses
ICO idiopathic cyclic oedema; impedance cardiac output; infection control officer
ICOHCS Ishi Town Preschool Children Oral Health Care Study [Japan]
ICOMS input, constraints, output, and mechanisms
ICOPER International Cooperative Pulmonary Embolism Registry
ICP incident command post; incubation period; indwelling catheter program; infantile cerebral palsy; infection-control practitioner; infectious cell protein; inflammatory cloacogenic polyp; insecticidal crystal protein; integrated care pathway or planning; interactive closest point [algorithm]; interdisciplinary care plan; intermittent catheterization protocol; intracranial pressure; intracytoplasmic; intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; iterative closest point [algorithm]
ICPA International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism
ICPB International Collection of Phytopathogenic Bacteria
ICPC International Classification of Primary Care
ICPC-PLUS International Classification of Primary Care with extension and electronic version
ICPEMC International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
ICPI Intersociety Committee on Pathology Information
ICP-MS inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
ICPR International Commission on Stage Grouping and Presentation of Results [cancer]
ICR [distance between] iliac crests; Institute for Cancer Research; intermittent catheter routine; International Congress of Radiology; international consensus report; intracardiac catheter recording; intracavitary radium; intracorneal ring; intracranial reinforcement; ion cyclotron resonance
ICRAC calcium release-activated calcium current
ICRC infant care review committee; International Committee of the Red Cross; Islet Cell Resource Center
ICRD Index of Codes for Research Drugs
ICRE International Commission on Radiological Education
ICRETT International Cancer Research Technology Transfer
ICREW International Cancer Research Workshop
ICRF Imperial Cancer Research Fund [UK]
I-CRF immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing factor
ICRF-159 razoxane
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection; International Committee on Radiation Protection
ICRS Index Chemicus Registry System
ICRT intracoronary radiation therapy
ICRU International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
ICS ileocecal sphincter; image criteria score; immotile cilia syndrome; immunocytochemical staining; impulse-conducting system; incident command system; information and communication system; inhaled corticosteroids; integrated case study; intensive care, surgical; intercellular space; intercostal space; intercuspidation splint; International College of Surgeons; International Cytokine Society; intracellular segment; intracranial stimulation; Iohexol Cooperative Study; irritable colon syndrome
I&CS information and communication system
ICSA islet cell surface antibody
ICSB International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology
ICSC idiopathic central serous choroidopathy
ICS_f final intercuspidation splint
ICSG International Cooperative Study Group
ICSH International Committee for Standardization in Hematology; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
ICS-HSH Information and Communication System-Health Smart Home
ICSI Institute for Clinical Systems Integration; intracytoplasmic sperm injection
ICSK intracoronary streptokinase
ICSO intermittent coronary sinus occlusion
ICSP Interagency Council on Statistical Policy; International Council of Societies of Pathology
ICSS intracranial self-stimulation
I/CSS informed consent support system
ICSTI International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions
ICT icteric, icterus; indirect Coombs test; induction chemotherapy; inflammation of connective tissue; information and communications technology; insulin coma therapy; intensive conventional therapy; intermittent cervical traction; interstitial cell tumor; intracardiac thrombus; intracranial tumor; isovolumic contraction time
Ict icterus
iCT immunoreactive calcitonin
ICTDR International Centers for Tropical Disease Research
ICTMM International Congress on Tropical Medicine and Malaria
ICTS idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome
ICTV International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses
ICTVdB International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Database
ICTX intermittent cervical traction
ICU infant care unit; immunologic contact urticaria; intensive care unit; intermediate care unit
ICUS intracoronary ultrasound
ICV internal cerebral vein; intracellular volume; intracerebroventricular
icv intracerebroventricular
ICVA intracranial vertebral artery
ICVS International Cardiovascular Society
ICW intensive care ward; intermediate care ward; intracellular water
ICWS integrated clinical workstation
ICx immune complex; inter-cartridge exchange
ID identification; identifier; idiotype; iditol dehydrogenase; immunodeficiency; immunodiffusion; immunoglobulin deficiency; inappropriate disability; incapacitating dose; inclusion disease; index of discrimination; individual dose; infant death; infectious disease; infective dose; inhibitory dose; initial diagnosis; initial dose; initial dyskinesia; injected dose; inside diameter; interdigitating; interhemispheric disconnection; internal diameter; interstitial disease; intradermal; intraduodenal
ID₅₀ median incapacitating dose; median infective dose
I-D intensity-duration
I&D incision and drainage
Id infradentale; interdentale
id the same [Lat. idem]
IDA idamycin; iduronidase; image display and analysis; iminodiacetic acid; insulin-degrading activity; intelligent data analysis; iron deficiency anemia
IDAMAP intelligent data analysis in medicine and pharmacology
IDAV immunodeficiency-associated virus
IDB image data baser
IDBS infantile diffuse brain sclerosis
IDC idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; infiltrating ductal carcinoma; interdigitating cell
iDC immature dendritic cell
IDCI intradiplochromatid interchange
IDCOP idealized design of clinical office practice
IDCS Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Study
IDCT inverse discrete cosine transform
IDD idealized dose distribution [radiotherapy]; insulin-dependent diabetes; intraluminal duodenal diverticulum; Inventory to Diagnose Depression
IDDF investigational drug data form
IDDM insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
IDDM-MED insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus-multiple epiphyseal dysplasia [syndrome]
IDDP immediate drug development project
IDDT immune double diffusion test
IDE insulin-degrading enzyme; integrated development environment; intelligent drive electronics; investigational device exemption
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Internet Database of Evidence-based Abstracts and Articles
IDEF Integrated [Computer-Aided Manufacturing] Definition
i-DENT Internet Dental Epidemiology System Produced by Tokushima University [Japan]
IDF inverse document frequency
IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
IDG intermediate dose group
IDH intraductal hyperplasia; isocitrate dehydrogenase
IDHS Indian Diet Heart Study
IDI immunologically detectable insulin; induction-delivery interval; inter-dentale inferius
I-5DI type I 5´deiodinase
IDIC Internal Dose Information Center
idic isodicentric
IDIS International Drug Information Service; intraoperative digital substraction angiography
IDISA intraoperative digital subtraction angiography
IDK internal derangement of knee
IDL Index to Dental Literature; interface definition language; intermediate density lipoprotein; intermediate differentiation of lymphocytic lymphoma; isodose line [radiotherapy]
IDL-C, IDL-c intermediate density lipoprotein-cholesterol complex
IDLH immediate danger to life and health
IDM idiopathic disease of myocardium; immune defense mechanism; indirect method; infant of diabetic mother; intermediate-dose methotrexate; inverse different moment
ID-MS isotope dilution-mass spectrometry
IDN integrated delivery network
iDNA intercalary deoxyribonucleic acid
IDP imidodiphosphonate; immunodiffusion procedure; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy; initial dose period; inosine diphosphate
IDPH idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
IDPN iminodipropionitrile; inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
IDQ Individualized Dementia Questionnaire
IDR intradermal reaction; item discrimination ratio
IDS iduronate sulfatase; immune deficiency state; infectious diseases service; inhibitor of DNA synthesis; integrated delivery system; International Documentation System; intraduodenal stimulation; Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology; investigational drug service
IdS interdentale superius
IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America; intraoperative digital subtraction angiography
IDSAN International Drug Safety Advisory Network
IDS-CRC International Documentation System-Colorectal Cancer
IDSRN Integrated Delivery System Research Network
IDS-SR Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology-Systems Review
IDT immune diffusion test; instillation delivery time; interdisciplinary team; intradermal typhoid [vaccine]
IDU idoxuridine; injecting drug use; injection or intravenous drug user; iododeoxyuridine
IDUA iduronidase
IdUA iduronic acid
IDUR idoxuridine
IdUrd idoxuridine
IDUS injecting drug users
IDV intermittent demand ventilation
IDVC indwelling venous catheter
IDW initial deflection width [respiratory sounds]
IDWT inverse discrete wavelet transform
IDX 4´-iodo-4´-deoxyoxorubicin
Idx cross-reactive idiotype
IE imaging equipment; immediate early [genes]; immunizing unit [Ger. Immunitts Einheit]; immunoelectrophoresis; infective endocarditis; information economics; information engineering; inner ear; intake energy; internal elastica; intraepithelial
ie that is [Lat. id est]
I/E inspiratory/expiratory [ratio]; internal/external
I_E involvement of a single extrahepatic organ or site [Ann Arbor staging system for Hodgkin disease]
I:E inspiratory/expiratory [ratio]
IEA immediate early antigen; immunoelectroadsorption; immunoelectrophoretic analysis; infectious equine anemia; inferior epigastric artery; International Epidemiological Association; intravascular erythrocyte aggregation
IEBC International Entomopathogenic Bacillus Center
IEC information, education, communication; injection electrode catheter; inpatient exercise center; International Electrotechnical Commission; intestinal epithelial cell; intraepithelial carcinoma; ion-exchange chromatography
IECa intraepithelial carcinoma
IECG intracardiac electrocardiography
IED inherited epidermal dysplasia; intermittent explosive disorder
IEE inner enamel epithelium
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEG intracranial electroencephalography
IEF International Eye Foundation; isoelectric focusing
IEG immediate early gene
IEGM intracardiac electrogram
I-EHR integrated electronic health record
IEI isoelectric interval
IEL internal elastic lamina; intraepithelial lymphocyte
IEM immuno-electron microscopy; inborn error of metabolism
IEMA immunoenzymatic assay
IEMCT individualized epidural morphine conversion tool
IEMG integrated electromyogram; integrated electromyography
IEOP immunoelectro-osmophoresis
IEP immunoelectrophoresis; individualized education program; isoelectric point
IERIV Ieri virus
IES impact of events scale; inferior esophageal sphincter
IESS Intergroup Ewing Sarcoma Study
IET intrauterine exchange transfusion
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IETT immediate exercise treadmill testing
IF idiopathic fibroplasia; idiopathic flushing; immersion foot; immunofluorescence; impact factor; indirect fluorescence; infrared; inhibiting factor; initiation factor; instantaneous flow; instantaneous frequency [ECG]; integrate and fire [neuron]; intensifying factor; interbody fusion; interferon; interior facet; intermediate filament; intermediate frequency; internal fixation; interstitial fluid; interventional fluoroscopy; intrinsic factor; involved field [radiotherapy]
IF1, IF2, IF3 interferon 1, 2, 3
I_f hyperpolarization-activated current [heart electrical activity]