Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• NFAIS  National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services
• NFAR  no further action required
• N-FAS  neurogenic fetal akinesia sequence
• NFAT, NF-AT  nuclear factor of activated T [cells]
• NFATp  pre-existing subunit of nuclear factor of activated T [cells]
• NFB  National Foundation for the Blind; nonfermenting bacteria
• NFBM  normalized fractional brownian motion
• NFC  National Fertility Center
• NFCE  near-fatal choking episode
• NFCS  Nationwide Food Consumption Survey
• NFD  neurofibrillary degeneration
• NFDR  neurofaciodigitorenal [syndrome]
• NFE  nonferrous extract
• NFH  heavy polypeptide of neurofilament protein; nonfamilial hematuria
• NFI  near field imaging
• NFIC  National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis
• NFID  National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• NFIRS  National Fire Incident Reporting System
• NFJ  Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn [syndrome]
• NFK  nuclear factor kappa
• NFKB, NF-kB, NF-κB  nuclear factor κB [of pre-B cell]
• NFL  nerve fiber layer; neurofilament protein, light polypeptide
• NFLD  nerve fiber layer defect
• NFLPN  National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
• NFM  neurofilament protein, medium polypeptide
• NFMD  National Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy
• NFND  National Foundation for Neuromuscular Diseases
• NFNID  National Foundation for NonInvasive Diagnostics
• NFNS, NF-NS  neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome
• NFP  natural family planning; no family physician; not-for-profit [hospital]; nurse-family partnership
• NFS  National Fertility Study; [computer] network file system; neural foraminal stenosis; no fracture seen
• NFT  neurofibrillary tangle; no further treatment
• NFTD  normal full term delivery
• NFTT  neurogenic failure to thrive
• NFW  nursed fairly well
• NFX  nuclear factor X
• NG  nasogastric; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; neoplastic growth; new growth; nitroglycerin; nodose ganglion; no growth; not given
• N/G  nasogastric
• Ng  Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• ng  nanogram
• NGA  nutrient gelatin agar
• NGAST  Nimodipine German-Austrian Stroke Trial
• NGAV  Ngaingan virus
• NGBE  neuraminidase/beta-galactosidase expression
• NGC  National Guidelines Clearinghouse [database]; nerve guidance conduit; nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis
• NgCAM  neuron glial cell adhesion molecule
• NGF  nerve growth factor
• NGFA  nerve growth factor alpha
• NGFB  nerve growth factor beta
• NGFG  nerve growth factor gamma
• NGFIA  nerve growth factor-induced clone A
• NGFIC  nerve growth factor-induced clone C
• NGFR  nerve growth factor receptor
• NGGR  nonglucogenic/glucogenic ratio
• NGI  Next Generation Internet; nuclear globulin inclusions
• NGIX  next generation Internet exchange points
• NGL  neutral glycolipid
• ng/mL  nanograms per milliliter
• NGO  nongovernmental organization
• NGOV  Ngoupe virus
• NGPA  nursing grade point average
• NGR  narrow gauze roll; nasogastric replacement
• NGS  next generation software; normal goat serum
• NGSA  nerve growth stimulating activity
• NGSF  nongenital skin fibroblast
• NGSVd  Nicotiana glutinosa stunt viroid
• NGT  nasogastric tube; nominal group technique; normal glucose tolerance
• NGU  nongonococcal urethritis
• NGVL  National Gene Vector Laboratories
• NH  natriuretic hormone; Naval Hospital; neonatal hemochromatosis; neonatal hepatitis; neurologically handicapped; nocturnal hypoventilation; node of His; nonhuman; nursing home
• N(H)  proton density
• NHA  National Health Association; National Hearing Association; National Hemophilia Association; nonspecific hepatocellular abnormality; nursing home administrator
• NHAAP  National Heart Attack Alert Program
• NHAMCS  National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• NHANES  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• NHB  National Health Board
• NHBCD  non-heart-beating cadaver donor
• NHBE  normal human bronchial epithelial [cell]
• NHBPCC  National High Blood Pressure Coordinating Committee
• NHBPEP  National High Blood Pressure Education Program
• NHC  National Health Council; neighborhood health center; neonatal hypocalcemia; nonhistone chromosomal [protein]; nursing home care
• NHCMQ  multistate nursing home case-mix and quality
• NHCP  nonhistone chromosomal protein
• NHCS  National Health Care Survey
• NHD  non-Hodgkin disease; normal hair distribution
• NHDC  National Hansen's Disease Center
• NHDF  neonatal human dermal fibroblast; normal human diploid fibroblast
• NHDL  non-high-density lipoprotein
• NHDS  National Health Data System; National Hospital Discharge Survey
• NHE  National Health Expenditure; nonhemolytic enterotoxin; sodium-hydrogen exchanger
• NHE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  sodium-hydrogen exchangers, isoforms 1 to 6
• NHEFS  National Epidemiologic Follow-up Study
• NHES  National Health Examination Survey
• NHF  National Health Federation; National Heart Foundation [Australia]; National Hemophilia Foundation; nonimmune hydrops fetalis; normal human fibroblast
• NHG  normal human globulin
• NHGB  net hepatic glucose balance
• NHGJ  normal human gastric juice
• NHGRI  National Human Genome Research Institute
• NHH  neurohypophyseal hormone
• NHHCS  National Home and Hospice Care Survey
• NHI  National Heart Institute; nuclear hepatobiliary imaging
• NHIC  National Health Information Council [Canada]
• NHIF  National Head Injury Foundation
• NHIS  National Health Interview Survey
• NHIS-YRB  National Health Interview Survey-Your Risk Behavior
• NHK  normal human kidney
• NHL  nodular histiocytic lymphoma; non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• NHLA  National Health Lawyers Association
• NHLBI  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• NHLBI II  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Type II [coronary intervention study]
• NHLBI-ICD  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator [trial]
• NHLBI-PTCA  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [registry]
• NHLBITS  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Twin Study
• NHLI  National Heart and Lung Institute [NIH]
• NHML  non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma
• NHMRC  National Health and Medical Research Council [Australia]
• NHP  National Hypertension Project [Egypt]; nonhemoglobin protein; nonhistone protein; normal human pooled plasma; Nottingham Health Profile; nursing home placement
• NHPC  National Health Planning Council
• NHPF  National Health Policy Forum
• NHPIC  National Health Planning Information Center
• NHPP  nonhomogeneous poison processes
• NHPPD  nursing hours per patient day
• NHPPN  National Health Professions Placement Network
• NHQRA  Nursing Home Quality Reform Act
• NHR  net histocompatibility ratio
• NHRA  Nursing Home Reform Act
• NHRC  National Health Research Center
• NHS  Nance-Horan syndrome; Nasu-Hakola syndrome; National Health Service [UK]; National Hospice Study; natural history; normal horse serum; normal human serum; Nurses' Health Study
• NHS-1  First Natural History Study [of congenital heart defects]
• NHS-2  Second Natural History Study [of congenital heart defects]
• NHSAS  National Health Service Audit Staff
• NHSC  National Health Service Corps
• NHS CCC  National Health Service Centre for Coding and Classification [UK]
• NHSIA  National Health Service [NHS] Information Authority [UK]
• NHSR  National Hospital Service Reserve
• NHSTD  National Health Service Training Division [UK]
• NHT  nonpenetrating head trauma
• NHTSA  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NHVR  normalized hepatic vascular resistance
• NI  neuraminidase inhibition; neurological improvement; neutralization index; no information; noise index; noninducible; not identified; not isolated; nursing informatics; nucleus intercalatus
• NIA  National Institute on Aging; nephelometric inhibition assay; neuroleptic-induced akathisia; niacin; no information available; Nutritional Institute of America
• nia  niacin
• NIAAA  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• NIADDK  National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• NIAID  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• NIAMDD  National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases
• NIAMS  National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• NIAP  National Information Assurance Partnership
• NIB  National Institute for the Blind
• NIBP  noninvasive blood pressure [monitoring]
• NIBSC  National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
• NIC  National Informatics Center; neonatal intensive care; network interface card; neurogenic intermittent claudication; neurointensive care; newborn intensive care; nursing interim care; nursing interventions classification
• NICD  National Information Center on Deafness
• NICET  National Institute of Certification in Engineering Technologies
• NICHCY  National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• NIC-HFH  Nephrology Information Center at Henry Ford Hospital
• NICHHD  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• NICHSR  National Center on Health Services Research
• NICOLE  Nisoldipine in Coronary Artery Disease in Leuven
• NICT  new information and communication technology
• NICU  neonatal intensive care unit; neurointensive care unit; neurological intensive care unit; neurosurgical intensive care unit; nonimmunologic contact urticaria
• NID  National Immunization Day; nidogen; no identifiable disease; nonimmunological disease; not in distress; number of intervals to fulfill detection [of ventricular fibrillation]
• NIDA  National Institute of Drug Abuse
• NIDCD  National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• NIDCR  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• NIDD  non-insulin-dependent diabetes
• NIDDK  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• NIDDM  non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• NIDDY  non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the young
• NIDM  National Institute for Disaster Mobilization
• NIDR  National Institute of Dental Research
• NIDRR  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• NIDS  nonionic detergent soluble
• NIDSEC  Nursing Information and Data Set Evaluation Center
• NIEHS  National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
• NIEPS  noninvasive electrophysiological study
• NIH  neointimal hyperplasia
• NIHAS  Northern Ireland Health and Activity Survey
• NIF  negative inspiratory force; neutrophil immobilizing factor; nonintestinal fibroblast
• Nig  non-immunoglobulin
• nig  black [Lat. niger]
• NIGMS  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• NIH  National Institutes of Health
• NIHL  noise-induced hearing loss
• Ni-Hon-San  Nipponese in Honolulu and San Francisco [comparative cardiovascular disease rate in Japanese-Americans living in Honolulu and San Francisco]
• NIHR  National Institute of Handicapped Research
• NIHS  National Institute of Hypertension Studies
• NIH-SS  NIH Stroke Scale
• NII  National Information Infrastructure; National Insurance Institute
• NIIC  National Injury Information Clearinghouse
• NII-HIN  National Information Infrastructure-Health Information Network
• NIIS  National Institute of Infant Services
• NIL  noise interference level
• NILT  Nursing Intervention Lexicon and Toxonomy
• NIMBY  not in my backyard
• NIMH  National Institute of Mental Health
• NIMP  National Intern Matching Program
• NIMR  National Institute for Medical Research
• NIMS  National Infant Mortality Surveillance
• NINCDS  National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke