Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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  • SWCM  social work case manager
  • SWD  short wave diathermy
  • SWE  slow wave encephalography
  • SWEET  Square Wave Endurance Exercise Trial
  • SWEHSLinC  South West England Health Services Library and Information Network
  • SWG  silkworm gut; standard wire gauge; stimulus waveform generator
  • SWI  sterile water for injection; stroke work index; surgical wound infection
  • SWICE  South-West Information for Clinical Effectiveness [UK]
  • SWIFT  Should We Intervene Following Thrombolysis? [study]
  • SWIM  sperm-washing insemination method
  • SWIORA  spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality
  • SWISH  Swedish Isradipine Study in Hypertension
  • SWISSI  Swiss Interventional Study in Silent Ischemia
  • SWL  shock wave lithotripsy
  • SWM  segmental wall motion
  • SWMA  segmental wall motion analysis
  • SWMF  Semmes-Weinstein monofilament
  • SWNT  single-walled carbon nanotube
  • SWO  superficial white onychomycosis
  • SWOG  South West Oncology Group
  • SWOOP  South Wilshire Out of Hours Project
  • SWORD  Survival with Oral D-Sotalol [study]; surveillance of work-related and occupational respiratory diseases
  • SWOT  Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats [analysis]
  • SWPV  swinepox virus
  • SWR  serum Wassermann reaction; slow wave ratio; surgical wound infection rate
  • SWRF  square wave response function
  • SWRLIN  South and West Regional Library Information Network [UK]
  • SWS  slow-wave sleep; spike-wave stupor; steroid-wasting syndrome; Sturge-Weber syndrome
  • SWT  sine-wave threshold
  • SWU  septic work-up
  • SwV  swine calicivirus
  • SX  scleral invasion cannot be assessed [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
  • Sx  suction
  • Sx, Sx  signs; symptoms
  • s  standard deviation of sampling distribution [statistics]
  • SXA  single-energy x-ray absorptiometry, single x-ray absorptiometry
  • SXCT  spiral x-ray computed tomography
  • SXR  skull x-ray [examination]; steroid and xenobiotic receptor
  • Sxr  sex reversal
  • Sxs  serological sex-specific [antigen]
  • SXT  sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim [mixture]
  • SY  spectroscopy; syphilis, syphilitic
  • SYA  subacute yellow atrophy
  • SYB  synaptobrevin
  • SYDS  stomach yin deficiency syndrome
  • sym  symmetrical; symptom
  • sympath  sympathetic
  • symph  symphysis
  • SYMPHONY  Sibrafiban vs Aspirin to Yield Maximum Protection from Ischemic Heart Events Postacute Coronary Syndromes [trial]
  • sympt  symptom
  • SYN  synapse; synovitis
  • syn  synergistic; synonym; synovial
  • SYNBIAPACE  synchronous biatrial pacing therapy
  • synd  syndrome
  • SYNDIKATE  synthesis of distributed knowledge acquired from text
  • Synf  synovial fluid
  • SynText  symbolic text [processor]
  • SYP  synaptophysin
  • syph  syphilis, syphilitic
  • SYR  Syrian [hamster]
  • syr  syrup [Lat. syrupus]; syringe
  • SYREC  symmetric recombinant [virus]
  • SYS  stretching-yawning syndrome; systemic
  • sys  system, systemic; systolic
  • SYS-BP  systolic blood pressure
  • syst  system; systole, systolic
  • SYST-CHINA  Systolic Hypertension in Elderly Chinese Trial
  • SYST-EUR  Systolic Hypertension in Europeans Study
  • SYT  synaptotagmin
  • SZ  schizophrenia; streptozocin
  • Sz  seizure; schizophrenia
  • SZN  streptozocin
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