Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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[ Y ]

Y a coordinate axis in a plane; electrical admittance; male sex chromosome; tyrosine; year; yellow; Yersinia; yield; yttrium
mean of y values
Y- yotta- [10²⁴]
y the vertical axis of a rectangular coordinate system
y- yocto- [10^-24]
Υ see upsilon
υ see upsilon
YA Yersinia arthritis
Y/A years of age
YAC yeast artificial chromosome
YACP young adult chronic patient
YACV Yacaaba virus
YADH yeast alcohol dehydrogenase
YAG yttrium aluminum garnet [laser]
Yahoo Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [hierarchical subject index to Web sites]
YAOV Yaounde virus
YATAV Yata virus
Yb ytterbium
YBOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
YBV Yug Bogdanovac virus
YCB yeast carbon base
YCMI Yale Center for Medical Informatics
YCT YMCA Cardiac Therapy [program]
YCVDS Yugoslavia Cardiovascular Disease Study
yd yard
YDV yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine
YDYES yin deficiency yang excess syndrome
YE yeast extract; yellow enzyme
YEH₂ reduced yellow enzyme
YEI Yersinia enterocolitica infection
Yel yellow
YF yellow fever
YFI yellow fever immunization
YFMD yellow fever membrane disease
YFV yellow fever virus
YHAP Yale Health and Aging Project
YHV Yaquina Head virus
Y2K year 2000
YKV yokapoxvirus
YLC youngest living child
YLD year lived with disability
YLF yttrium lithium fluoride
YLL years of life lost
YLS years of life saved
YM yeast and mannitol; yeast and mold; Young's modulus
Y_max maximum yield
YMB yeast malt broth
YMS Young Men's Survey
YMTV Yaba monkey tumor virus
YNB yeast nitrogen base
YNS yellow nail syndrome
y/o years old
YOB year of birth
Y_obs observed value
YOGV Yogue virus
YOKV Yokose virus
Yops Yersinia outer membrane proteins
YOS Yale Observation Scale
YP yeast phase; yield pressure
YPA yeast, peptone, and adenine sulfate
YpkA Yersinia protein kinase A
YPLL years of potential life lost
yr year
YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YRD Yangtze River disease
YRRM Y ribonucleic acid [RNA] recognition motif
YS yellow spot; yield strength; yolk sac
ys yellow spot; yolk sac
YSHR younger spontaneously hypertensive rat
YST yolk sac tumor
Y73SV Y73 sarcoma virus
YT, yt yttrium
Y1V Yaba-1 virus
Y7V Yaba-7 virus
yWACC younger woman with aggressive cervical cancer
YWKY younger Wistar-Kyoto rat

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