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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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  • KIRA  kinase receptor activation
  • KISS  keep it simple and safe; keep it simple, stupid; key integrative social system; Kobe Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy Survival Study; saturated solution of potassium iodide
  • KIST  Korea Institute of Science and Technology
  • KISV  Kismayo virus
  • KIT  Kahn Intelligence Test
  • KIU  kallikrein inactivation unit
  • KIVA  keto isovaleric acid
  • KJ, kj  knee jerk
  • kJ  kilojoule
  • KK  knee kick
  • kkat  kilokatal
  • KKS  kallikrein-kinin system
  • KKV  Kaeng Khoi virus
  • KL  Karhunen-Loeve [transform]; kidney lobe; Kit ligand; Klebs-Loeffler [bacillus]; Kleine-Levin [syndrome]
  • kl  kiloliter
  • KLAV  Klamath virus
  • KLC  Karhunen-Loeve coefficient
  • Klebs  Klebsiella
  • KLH  keyhole limpet hemocyanin
  • KLK  kallikrein
  • KLKR  kallikrein
  • KLM  killed Mycobacterium
  • KLS  kidneys, liver, and spleen; Kreuzbein lipomatous syndrome
  • KLT  Karhunen-Loeve transform
  • KLV  Kalanchoe latent virus
  • KM  kanamycin; knowledge management; Knowledge Map [UMLS]
  • Km  Michaelis-Menten constant
  • km  kilometer
  • km2  square kilometer
  • km  metabolic constant
  • KMC  K-means clustering analysis
  • kMc  kilomegacycle
  • K-MCM  potassium-containing minimum capacitation medium
  • kMc/s  kilomegacycles per second
  • KMEF  keratin, myosin, epidermin, and fibrin
  • kmps  kilometers per second
  • KMPV  Kammavanpettai virus
  • KmR  kanamycin residue
  • KMS  kabuki make-up syndrome; knowledge management system; kwashiorkor-marasmus syndrome
  • K-MSV  Kirsten murine sarcoma virus
  • KMV  killed measles virus vaccine
  • KN  knowledge networking
  • Kn  kanamycin; knee; Knudsen number
  • kN  kilonewton
  • kn  knee
  • K nail  Küntscher nail
  • KNG  kininogen
  • KNN  K-nearest neighbor; Kohonen neural network
  • k-NN  K-nearest neighbor
  • KnoME  knowledge management environment
  • KNRK  Kirsten sarcoma virus in normal rat kidney
  • KNS  kinesin
  • KNSL  kinesin-like
  • KO  keep on; keep open; killed organism; knee orthosis; knock out
  • kΩ  kilohm
  • KOC  cathodal opening contraction
  • KO-DMEM  Knockout Dulbecco Modified Eagle Medium
  • koff  off-rate constant
  • KOH  potassium hydroxide
  • KOKV  Kokobera virus
  • KOLV  Kolongo virus
  • KOOLV  Koolpinyah virus
  • KOOV  Koongol virus
  • KOPS  thousand of operations per second
  • KOTV  Kotonkan virus
  • KOUV  Koutango virus
  • KOWV  Kowanyama virus
  • KP  Kaufmann-Peterson [base]; keratitic precipitate; keratitis punctata; kidney protein; killed parenteral [vaccine]; Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Kp  partition coefficient
  • kPa  kilopascal
  • kPas/l  kilopascal seconds per liter
  • KPB  ketophenylbutazone; potassium phosphate buffer
  • KPC  keratoconus posticus circumscriptus
  • KPE  Kelman pharmacoemulsification
  • KPI  kallikrein-protease inhibitor; karyopyknotic index
  • kpm  kilopodometer
  • KPR  key pulse rate
  • KPS  Karnofsky Performance Status
  • KPT  kidney punch test
  • KPTI  Kunitz pancreatic trypsin inhibitor
  • KPTT  kaolin partial thromboplastin time
  • KPV  kangaroo poxvirus; key process variable; killed parenteral vaccine; killed polio vaccine
  • KPWIN  KnowledgePro for Windows
  • KPyV  Kilham polyomavirus
  • KQC  key quality characteristics
  • KQML  knowledge query and manipulation language
  • KR  key-ridge; knowledge representation; Kopper-Reppart [medium]
  • Kr  krypton
  • kR  kiloroentgen
  • KRB  Krebs-Ringer buffer
  • KRBG  Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer with glucose
  • KRBS  Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution
  • KRDU  Knowledge Resources Development Unit [UK]
  • KRIS  Kaunas-Rotterdam Intervention Study
  • KRIV  Kairi virus
  • KRP  Kolmer test with Reiter protein [antigen]; Krebs-Ringer phosphate
  • KRR  knowledge representation and reasoning
  • KRRS  kinetic resonance Raman spectroscopy
  • KRS  knowledge representation syntax
  • KRT  keratin
  • KRV  Kilham rat virus
  • KS  Kabuki [make-up] syndrome; Kallmann syndrome; Kaposi sarcoma; Kartagener syndrome; Kawasaki syndrome; keratan sulfate; ketosteroid; Klinefelter syndrome; Korsakoff syndrome; Kozhevnikov syndrome; Kveim-Siltzbach [test]
  • K-S  Kearns-Sayre [syndrome]
  • 17-KS  17-ketosteroid
  • ks  kilosecond
  • KSC  cathodal closing contraction
  • KSHV  Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
  • KSIV  Karshi virus
  • KS/OI  Kaposi sarcoma with opportunistic infection
  • KSOM  Kohonen's self-organizing map
  • KSOV  Kaisodi virus
  • Ksp  solubility product
  • KSP  Karolinska Scales of Personality; kidney-specific protein
  • 17-KSR  17-ketosteroid reductase
  • KSS  Kearns-Sayre syndrome; Kearns-Sayre-Shy [syndrome]; knowledge source server [UMLS]
  • KSS0  knowledge support system zero
  • KST  cathodal closing tetanus; kallistatin
  • KSV  Kao Shuan virus
  • KT  kidney transplant, kidney transplantation
  • Kt  turnover rate constant
  • KTA  kidney transplant alone
  • KTI  kallikrein-trypsin inhibitor
  • KTM  Kops Tissot Monro [mask]
  • KTRV  Keterah virus
  • KTS  Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
  • KTSA  Kahn test of symbol arrangement
  • KTSV  Kalanchoe top-spotting virus
  • KTU  knowledge transfer and utilization
  • KTW, KTWS  Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber [syndrome]
  • KTX  kaliotoxin
  • KTx  kidney transplant
  • KU  kallikrein unit; Karmen unit
  • Ku  kurchatovium; Peltz factor
  • Ku  urinary rate coefficient
  • KUB  kidneys and upper bladder; [x-ray examination of the] kidneys, ureters, and bladder
  • KUf  ultrafiltration coefficient
  • KUMIS  Kumamoto University Myocardial Infarction Study
  • KUN  Kunjin [virus]
  • KUNV  Kunjin virus
  • KUS  kidney, ureter, spleen
  • KV  kanamycin and vancomycin; kidney vacuolating virus; killed vaccine
  • Kv  voltage-gated potassium [channel]
  • kV, kv  kilovolt
  • kVA  kilovolt-ampere
  • kvar  kilovar
  • KVBA  kanamycin-vancomycin blood agar
  • kVcp, kvcp  kilovolt constant potential
  • KVE  Kaposi varicelliform eruption
  • KVLBA  kanamycin-vancomycin laked blood agar
  • KVM  Kilobyte Virtual Machine
  • KVO  keep vein open
  • kVp, kvp  kilovolt peak
  • KW  Keith-Wagener [ophthalmoscopic finding]; Kimmelstiel-Wilson [syndrome]; Kugelberg-Welander [syndrome]
  • Kw  weighted kappa
  • Kw  dissociation constant of water
  • kW, kw  kilowatt
  • KWAV  Kwatta virus
  • KWB  Keith-Wagener-Barker [hypertension classification]
  • KWD  Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease
  • KWE  Kumar-Welti-Ernst [method]
  • kWh, kW-hr, kw-hr  kilowatt-hour
  • KWIC  key word in context
  • K wire  Kirschner wire
  • KWK  Kids Who Know [Johns Hopkins]
  • KWord  32-bit word
  • KWS  Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome; Kugelberg-Welander syndrome
  • K-XRF  K x-ray fluorescence
  • KYCS  Kiryat Yovel Community Study
  • KYN  kynurenic acid
  • KYN-OH  kynurenine-3-hydrooxylase
  • KYSMI  Kyoto Shiga Myocardial Infarction [study]
  • KZ  ketoconazole
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