DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS - 5th Ed. (2005)

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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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Stanley Jablonski

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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

Acronyms and abbreviations are used extensively in medicine, science and technology for good reason⎯they

are more essential in such fields. It would be difficult to imagine how one could write down chemical and

mathematical formulas and equations without using abbreviations or symbols. In medicine, they are used as a

convenient shorthand in writing medical records, instructions, and prescriptions, and as space-saving devices in

printed literature. It is easier and more economical to write down the acronyms HETE and RAAS than their full

names 12-L-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, respectively.

The main reason for abbreviations is said to be economy. Some actually save space in print, such as acronyms

for the names of institutions and organizational units, as well as being convenient to use. Many are used for

other reasons, as for instance, when trying to be delicate, we may euphemistically refer to bowel movement as

BM, an unprinicipled individual as SOB, and body odor as BO. Also, it is sometimes difficult to fathom the

reasoning of bureaucratic acronym makers, who have created some tongue-twisting monstrosities, such as

ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet,

Subordinate Command).

Abbreviations and acronyms used in medicine can be grouped into two broad categories. The first consists of

official abbreviations and symbols used in chemistry, mathematics, and other sciences, and those designating

weights and measures, whose exact form, capitalization, and punctuation have been determined by official

governing bodies. In this category, they mean only one thing (e.g., kg is the symbol for kilogram and Hz for

hertz), and their form, capitalization, and punctuation have been established by the International System of

Units (Systeme International d'Unites). Abbreviations in the second group, on the other hand, may appear in a

variety of forms, the same abbreviation having a different number of letters, sometimes capitalized, at other

times not, with or without punctuation. Moreover, they may also have numerous meanings. The abbreviation

AP may mean alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, action potential, angina pectoris, and many other things.

Editors of individual scientific publications make an effort to standardize the form of abbreviations and

symbols in their journals and books, but they generally vary from one publication to another.

This dictionary lists acronyms and abbreviations occurring with a reasonable frequency in the medical literature

that were identified by a systematic scanning of collections of books and periodicals at the National Library of

Medicine. Except as they take the form of Greek letters, pure geometric symbols are not included. Although we

have attempted to be as inclusive as possible, a book such as this one can never be complete, in spite of the

most diligent effort, and it is expected that some abbreviations and acronyms may have escaped detection and

others may have been introduced since completion of the manuscript.

Stanley Jablonski

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION

In the four years since the publication of the fourth edition of the Dictionary of Medical Acronyms &

Abbreviations, the coining of acronyms has continued at its usual furious pace, and the work of sifting through

the enormous volume of candidates for inclusion remains a challenging task. This new fifth edition, although

compiled with constant reference to its purpose as a convenient source for the most commonly used acronyms

and abbreviations, has nonetheless grown by about 12,000 new entries.

Some long-time users of the book may notice that the familiar Hanley & Belfus imprint has been replaced by

Elsevier's Saunders imprint. No matter what the imprint, however, the same care as always has been taken in

the selection of entries and the verification of their accuracy. The familiar format of boldface acronyms and

abbreviations followed by run-in meanings has been retained, allowing the book to be kept to a convenient size.

New terms have been drawn especially from the areas of virology, clinical trials, new technology, and medical

informatics. An important enhancement, not visible in this volume but important for the maintenance of the text

in the future, is the addition of the contents to the database that houses the well-known Dorland's Illustrated

Medical Dictionary, so that the same resources that help to make Dorland's the world's leading medical

dictionary can be used for the Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations.

It is an unfortunate fact that the use of abbreviations, although a helpful time-saver, occasionally leads to

ambiguity in interpretation. In some cases, especially in handwritten notes, this ambiguity rises to the level of

causing serious concern for patient safety, and for this reason the Joint Commission on Accreditation of

Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has created a list of abbreviations that are considered dangerous and should

not be used in a healthcare setting. The abbreviations included in this edition have been compared with

JCAHO's "Do not use" list, and those that occur on the list are so identified.

Even as this fifth edition is being prepared for publication, new acronyms and abbreviations are being added to

the already existing body, so that no compilation can ever be complete. I invite you to submit your own

suggestions for the next edition; this can be done over the Internet at http://www.dorlands.com; just click on the

link "Suggest a Word." Be sure that in doing so you will have performed a great service to the ranks of grateful

users (not to mention the grateful author and publisher) of the Dictionary of Medical Acronyms &

Abbreviations!

Stanley Jablonski

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank Christopher Peterson, MD, PhD, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for his continuing

interest in the book and for supplying several hundred new entries for this edition. The work of Tsung O.

Cheng, MD, of Washington, DC, was extremely useful for verifying acronyms for cardiology trials and is

gratefully acknowledged: Cheng TO: Acronyms of clinical trials in cardiology⎯1998. American Heart Journal

137:726-765, 1999.

SYMBOLS

GENETIC SYMBOLS

GREEK ALPHABET AND SYMBOLS

α Α alpha ω Ω omega β Β beta ο Ο omicron χ Χ chi φ Φ phi δ Δ delta (diagnosis; change) π Π pi ε Ε epsilon ψ

Ψ psi η Η eta ρ Ρ rho γ Γ gamma σ Σ sigma ι Ι iota τ Τ tau κ Κ kappa θ Θ theta λ Λ lambda υ Υ upsilon μ Μ

mu ξ Ξ xi ν Ν nu ζ Ζ zeta

A

A abnormal; abortion; absolute temperature; absorbance; acceptor; accommodation; acetone; acetum;

achondroplasia; acid; acidophil, acidophilic; acromion; actin; Actinomyces; activity [radiation]; adenine;

adenoma; adenosine; admittance; adrenalin; Adriamycin; adult; age; akinetic; alanine; albino [guinea pig];

albumin; allergologist, allergy; alpha [cell]; alveolar gas; ambulation; ampere; amphetamine; ampicillin;

amplitude; anaphylaxis; androsterone; anesthetic; angstrom, ngstr m unit; anode; Anopheles; antagonism;

anterior; antibody; antrectomy; apical; aqueous; area; argon; artery [Lat. arteria]; atomic weight; atrium;

atropine; auricle; auscultation; axial; axilla, axillary; before [Lat. ante]; blood group A; ear [Lat. auris]; mass

number; subspinale; total acidity; tumor limited to the bowel [Dukes classification]; tumor limited to the

mucosa [Astler-Coller classification]; water [Lat. aqua]; year [Lat. annum]

A [band] the dark-staining zone of a striated muscle

A1 aortic first sound; prostatic tumor less than 5% [Jewett staging system]

A-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 anterior cerebral artery segments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

AI, AII, AIII angiotensin I, II, III

A2 prostatic tumor more than 5% [Jewett staging system]

A2 aortic second sound

ngstr m unit

cumulated activity; antinuclear antibody

a absorptivity; acceleration; accommodation; acidity; activated; ampere; anode; anterior; area; arterial blood;

arterial; artery [Lat. arteria]; atto-; autopsy; before [Lat. ante]; thermodynamic activity; total acidity; water

[Lat. aqua]

a- atto- [10-18]

a sample y intercept of straight line

before [Lat. ante]

α see alpha

AA abampere; abdominal aorta; acetabular anteversion; acetic acid; achievement age; active alcoholic; active

assistive [range of motion]; active avoidance; acupuncture analgesia; acute appendicitis; adenine arabinoside;

adenylic acid; adjuvant arthritis; adrenal androgen; adrenocortical autoantibody; African American; aggregated

albumin; [bacterial] aggregative adherence; agranulocytic angina; alcohol abuse; Alcoholics Anonymous;

allergic alveolitis; alopecia areata; alveolo-arterial; aminoacetone; amino acid; aminoacyl; amyloid A;

anaplastic astrocytoma; anti-arrhythmic agent; anticipatory avoidance; antigen aerosol; aortic amplitude; aortic

aneurysm; aortic arch; aplastic anemia; arachidonic acid; arteries; ascending aorta; atlanto-axial; atomic

absorption; Australia antigen; autoanalyzer; automobile accident; axonal arborization

2AA 2-aminoanthracene

A&A aid and attendance; awake and aware

A-a alveolar-arterial; alveolar-atrial

aA abampere

aa amino acid; arteries [Lat. arteriae]

AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm/aneurysmectomy; acne-associated arthritis; acquired aplastic anemia; acute

anxiety attack; alacrimia-achalasia-addisonianism [syndrome]; American Academy of Addictionology;

American Academy of Allergy; American Association of Anatomists; androgenic anabolic agent; aneurysm of

ascending aorta; angiography of abdominal aorta; Area Agency on Aging; aromatic amino acid; arrest after

arrival

AAAD aromatic amino acid decarboxylase

AA/AD alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence

AAAE amino acid activating enzyme

AAAHC Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care

AAAHE American Association for the Advancement of Health Education

AAAI American Academy of Allergy and Immunology; American Association of Artificial Intelligence

AAALAC American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

AAAM Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAASPS African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study

AAAV avian adeno-associated virus

AAB American Association of Bioanalysts; aminoazobenzene

AABB American Association of Blood Banks; axis-aligned bounding boxes

AABCC alertness (consciousness), airway, breathing, circulation, cervical spine

AABS automobile accident, broadside

AABV Ascogaster argentifrons bracovirus

AAC antibiotic-associated [pseudomembranous] colitis; antimicrobial agent--induced colitis; augmentative

and alternative communication

AACA acylaminocephalosporanic acid

6′AAC-2″APH 6′-acetyltransferase-2″-phosphotransferase

AACC American Association for Clinical Chemistry

AACCN American Association of Critical Care Nurses

AACD aging-associated cognitive decline

AACE acute acquired comitant esotropia

AACEM Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine

AACG acute angle closure glaucoma

AACHP American Association for Comprehensive Health Planning

AACIA American Association for Clinical Immunology and Allergy

AACN American Association of Colleges of Nursing; American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

AACOM American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

AACP American Academy of Cerebral Palsy; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

AACPDM American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

AACS American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

AACSH adrenal androgen corticotropic stimulating hormone

AACT American Academy of Clinical Toxicology

AACVPR American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

AAD acute agitated delirium; acute aortic dissection; alcohol abuse or dependence; alloxazine adenine

dinucleotide; alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; American Academy of Dermatology; antiarrhythmic drug;

antibiotic-associated diarrhea; aromatic acid decarboxylase; average absolute deviation

7-AAD 7-amino-actinomycin D

AADC amino acid decarboxylase; L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase

AADE American Association of Dental Editors; American Association of Dental Examiners

AADGP American Academy of Dental Group Practice

AADH alopecia-anosmia-deafness-hypogonadism [syndrome]

(A-a)DN2 alveolo-arterial nitrogen tension difference

AaDNV Aedes aegypti densovirus

AADO2, (a-A) DO2 arterio-alveolar oxygen tension difference

AADP American Academy of Denture Prosthetics; amyloid A-degrading protease

AADPA American Academy of Dental Practice Administration

AADR American Academy of Dental Radiology

AADS American Academy of Dental Schools

AAE active assistive exercise; acute allergic encephalitis; American Association of Endodontists; annuloaortic

ectasia

AAEE American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis

AAEM American Academy of Emergency Medicine; American Academy of Environmental Medicine;

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

AAEV Aedes aegypti entomopoxvirus

AA ex active assistive exercise

AAF acetylaminofluorene; aggregative adherence fimbriae; aortic arch flush; ascorbic acid factor

2-AAF N-2-fluorenylacetamide

AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Practice

AAFPRS American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

AAFT amplitude-adjusted Fourier transform

AAG 3-alkaladenine deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase; allergic angiitis and granulomatosis; alpha-1-acid

glycoprotein; alveolar arterial gradient; autoantigen

17AAG 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin

AAGL American Academy of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

AAGP American Academy of General Practice; American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

AAH Academy of Architecture for Health

AAHA American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; American Association of Homes for the Aging

AAHC American Academy of Healthcare Consultants; American Accreditation HealthCare Commission;

Association of Academic Health Centers

AAHD American Association of Hospital Dentists

AAHE Association for the Advancement of Health Education

AAHP American Association of Health Plans

AAHPER American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

AAHRPP Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs

AAHS American Association for Hand Surgery

AAHSL Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

AAHSLD Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors

AAI acute alveolar injury; Adolescent Alienation Index; American Association of Immunologists; atrial

inhibited [pacemaker]

AAIB alpha-1-aminoisobutyrate

AAID American Academy of Implant Dentures

AAIN American Association of Industrial Nurses

AAK allo-activated killer

AAL ambient air level; anterior axillary line

AALAC American Association for Laboratory Animal Care

AALAS American Association of Laboratory Animal Science

AALib amino acid library

AALL American Association for Labor Legislation

AALNC American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

AAM acute aseptic meningitis; American Academy of Microbiology; amino acid mixture

AAm acrylamide

AAMA American Academy of Medical Administrators; American Association of Medical Assistants

AAMC American Association of Medical Clinics; Association of American Medical Colleges

AAMD American Academy of Medical Directors; American Association of Mental Deficiency

AAME acetylarginine methyl ester

AAMFT American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

AAMIH American Association for Maternal and Infant Health

AAMMC American Association of Medical Milk Commissioners

AAMP American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics; American Academy of Medical Prevention

AAMR American Academy of Mental Retardation

AAMRL American Association of Medical Record Librarians

AAMRS automated ambulatory medical record system

AAMS acute aseptic meningitis syndrome

AAMSI American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics

AAMT American Association for Medical Transcription

AAMU 5-acetylamino-6-amino-methyluracil

AAN AIDS-associated nephropathy; alpha-amino nitrogen; American Academy of Neurology; American

Academy of Nursing; American Academy of Nutrition; American Association of Neuropathologists; amino

acid nitrogen; analgesic-associated nephropathy; attending's admission notes

AANA American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

AANE American Association of Nurse Executives

AANM American Association of Nurse-Midwives

AANPI American Association of Nurses Practicing Independently

AAO American Academy of Ophthalmology; American Academy of Optometry; American Academy of

Osteopathy; American Academy of Otolaryngology; American Association of Ophthalmologists; American

Association of Orthodontists; amino acid oxidase; ascending aorta; awake, alert, and oriented

AAo ascending aorta

A-a O2 alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient; alveolo-arterial oxygen tension

AAOC antacid of choice

AAofA Ambulance Association of America

AAOHN American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

AAOM American Academy of Oral Medicine

AAOMS American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

AAOO American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

AAOP American Academy of Oral Pathology

AAOPP American Association of Osteopathic Postgraduate Physicians

AAOS American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; American Association of Osteopathic Specialists

AAP acute abdominal pain; acute appendicitis; air at atmospheric pressure; American Academy of Pediatrics;

American Academy of Pedodontics; American Academy of Periodontology; American Academy of

Psychoanalysts; American Academy of Psychotherapists; American Association of Pathologists; Association

for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis; Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy; Association of

Academic Physiatrists; Association of American Physicians

AAPA American Academy of Physician Assistants; American Association of Pathologist Assistants

AAPB American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists

AAPC antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis; average annual percent change

AAPCC adjusted annual per capita cost; adjusted average per capita costs; American Association of Poison

Control Centers

AaPCO2, (A-a)PCO2 alveolo-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference

AAPF anti-arteriosclerosis polysaccharide factor

AAPH 2,2′-azobis-(2-amidinopropane) hydrochloride

AAPHD American Association of Public Health Dentists

AAPHP American Association of Public Health Physicians

AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine

AAPMC antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis

AAPM&R American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

AaPO2, (A-a) PO2 alveolo-arterial oxygen tension difference

AAPP American Academy on Physician and Patient

AAPPO American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations

AAPS American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists; American Association of Plastic Surgeons; Arizona

Articulation Proficiency Scale; Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

AAPT Adolescent Alcohol Prevention Trial

AAR active avoidance reaction; acute articular rheumatism; antigen-antiglobulin reaction

aar against all risks

AARC American Association for Respiratory Care

AARE automobile accident, rear end

AARNet Australian Academic and Research Network

AAROM active assertive range of motion; active-assisted range of motion

AARP American Association of Retired Persons

AART American Association for Rehabilitation Therapy; American Association for Respiratory Therapy

AAS Aarskog-Scott [syndrome]; acid aspiration syndrome; alcoholic abstinence syndrome; American

Academy of Sanitarians; American Analgesia Society; aneurysm of atrial septum; anthrax antiserum; aortic

arch syndrome; atomic absorption spectrophotometry

AASD American Academy of Stress Disorders

aa seq amino acid sequence

AASH adrenal androgen stimulating hormone; American Association for the Study of Headache

AASK African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Pilot Study

AASP acute atrophic spinal paralysis; American Association of Senior Physicians; ascending aorta

synchronized pulsation

AASS American Association for Social Security

AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

AAT Aachen Aphasia Test; academic aptitude test; Accolate Asthma Trial; alanine aminotransferase;

alkylating agent therapy; alpha-1-antitrypsin; atrial triggered [pacemaker]; auditory apperception test;

automatic atrial tachycardia

A1AT α1-antitrypsin

α1AT α1-antitrypsin

AATB American Association of Tissue Banks

AATS American Association for Thoracic Surgery

AAU acute anterior uveitis

AAUT actual amount of use test

AAV adeno-associated virus

AaV Acherontia atropas virus; Allomyces arbuscula virus

AAVMC Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

AAVP American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists

AAW anterior aortic wall

AB abdominal; able body; abnormal; abortion; Ace bandage; active bilaterally; aid to the blind; airbag; alcian

blue; alertness behavior; antibiotic; antibody; antigen binding; apex beat; asbestos body; asthmatic bronchitis;

axiobuccal; Bachelor of Arts [Lat. Artium Baccalaureus]; blood group AB

A/B acid-base ratio

A&B apnea and bradycardia

A>B air greater than bone [conduction]

Ab abortion; antibiotic; antibody; antivenom

Ab amount in body

aB azure B

ab aberration; abortion; antibody; from [Lat.]

3AB 3-aminobenzamide

ABA abscissic acid; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; American Board of Anesthesiologists; American

Burn Association; antibacterial activity; arrest before arrival; autonomic blocking agent

ABACAS Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Following Coronary Atherectomy Study

AB/AM antibiotic/antimycotic

ABAT American Board of Applied Toxicology

ABAV Abadina virus

ABB Albright-Butler-Bloomberg [syndrome]; American Board of Bioanalysis

ABBI advanced breast biopsy instrument

ABBQ AIDS Beliefs and Behavior Questionnaire

abbr abbreviation, abbreviated

ABC abacavir; absolute basophil count; absolute bone conduction; acalculous biliary colic; acid balance

control; aconite-belladonna-chloroform; adenosine triphosphate [ATP] binding cassette; airway, breathing, and

circulation; alignment, blue, calcium [synovial fluid pearls in gout and pseudogout]; Alpha Beta Canadian

[trial]; alternative birth center; alum, blood, and charcoal [purification and deodorizing method]; alum, blood,

and clay [sludge deodorizing method]; American Blood Commission; aneurysmal bone cyst; antigen-binding

capacity; antigen-binding cell; apnea, bradycardia, cyanosis; aspiration biopsy cytology; assessment of basic

competency; atomic, biological, and chemical [warfare]; axiobuccocervical; autism behavior checklist; avidinbiotin

peroxidase complex

A&BC air and bone conduction

ABCA1 ATP-binding cassette A1

ABCC Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission

ABCD airway, breathing, circulation, differential diagnosis (or defibrillate) [in cardiopulmonary resuscitation];

amphotericin B colloidal dispersion; appropriate blood pressure control in diabetes; asymmetry, borders are

irregular, color variegated, diameter > 6 mm [biopsy in melanoma]

ABCDE airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure [in trauma patients]; botulism toxin pentavalent

ABCDES abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities,

marginal erosions, soft tissue swelling [x-ray features in rheumatoid arthritis]; adjust medication, bacterial

prophylaxis, cervical spine disease, deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, evaluate extent and activity of disease,

stress-dose steroid coverage [preoperative evaluation in rheumatoid diseases]; alignment, bone mineralization,

calcifications, distribution of joints, erosions, soft tissue and nails [x-ray features in arthritis]; ankylosis, bone

osteoporosis, cartilage destruction, deformity of joints, erosions, swelling of soft tissues [x-ray features of

septic arthritis]

ABCIC airway, breathing, circulation, intravenous crystalloid

ABCIL antibody-mediated cell-dependent immunolympholysis

ABC-M chemical-biological aircraft mask

ABCN American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology

ABD abdomen; aged, blind, and disabled; aggressive behavioral disturbance; aortic barodenervated [rat];

automatic border detection; automatic boundary detection; average body dose

Abd, abd abdomen, abdominal; abduct, abduction, abductor

abdom abdomen, abdominal

ABDPH American Board of Dental Public Health

ABE acute bacterial endocarditis; American Board of Endodontics; botulism equine trivalent antitoxin

ABEM American Board of Emergency Medicine

ABEPP American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology

ABER abducted and externally rotated; auditory brainstem evoked response

aber aberrant

A-β amyloid beta-peptide

ABF aortic blood flow; aortobifemoral

ABG arterial blood gas; axiobucco-gingival

ABGC American Board of Genetic Counseling

ABI ankle/brachial index; atherothrombotic brain infarct

ABIC Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children; antibody excess immune complex

ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine

ABIMCE American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination

ABIT assertive behavior inventory tool

ABK aphakic bullous keratopathy

ABL Abelson proto-oncogene; abetalipoproteinemia; acceptable blood loss; acute basophilic leukemia;

African Burkitt lymphoma; Albright-Butler-Lightwood [syndrome]; allograft-bound lymphocyte; angioblastic

lymphadenopathy; antigen-binding lymphocyte; Army Biological Laboratory; automated biological laboratory;

axiobuccolingual

Abl ablation

ABLB alternate binaural loudness balance

ABLC amphotericin B lipid complex

ABLES Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance

ABM abamectin; adjusted body mass; alveolar basement membrane; autologous bone marrow

ABMG American Board of Medical Genetics

ABMI autologous bone marrow infusion

AbMLV Abelson murine leukemia virus

ABMM American Board of Medical Management

ABMS American Board of Medical Specialties

ABMT American Board of Medical Toxicology; autologous bone marrow transplantation

ABMV Above Maiden virus; Abu Mina virus

AbMV Abutilon mosaic virus

AbN antibody nitrogen

Abn, abn abnormal; abnormality(ies)

ABNMP alpha-benzyl-N-methyl phenethylamine

ABNO anatomic abnormality [UMLS]

abnor abnormal

ABO abortion; absent bed occupancy; American Board of Orthodontists; blood group system consisting of

groups A, AB, B, and O

ABOHN American Board for Occupational Health Nurses

ABOMS American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

ABOP American Board of Oral Pathology

Abor, abor abortion

ABOS American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

ABOVE Acute Bleeding Oesophageal Variceal Episodes [study]

ABP actin-binding protein; acute biliary pancreatitis; ambulatory blood pressure; American Board of

Pedodontics; American Board of Periodontology; American Board of Prosthodontists; aminobiphenyl;

androgen-binding protein; antigen-binding protein; arterial blood pressure; automatic systolic blood pressure

measurement; avidin-biotin peroxidase

aBP arterial blood pressure

ABPA actin-binding protein, autosomal form; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

ABPC antibody-producing cell

ABPE acute bovine pulmonary edema

ABPM ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

ABPM&R American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

ABPS American Board of Plastic Surgery

ABR abortus Bang ring [test]; absolute bed rest; American Board of Radiology; arterial baroreflex; auditory

brainstem response

ABr agglutination test for brucellosis

Abr, Abras abrasion

ABRV Abras virus; Arbroath virus

ABS abdominal surgery; acidic ammonium bisulfate; acute brain syndrome; Adaptive Behavior Scale;

admitting blood sugar; adult bovine serum; aging brain syndrome; alkylbenzene sulfonate; aloin, belladonna,

strychnine; American Board of Surgery; amniotic band sequence; amniotic band syndrome; anti-B serum;

Antley-Bixler syndrome; arterial blood sample; at bed side; Australian Bureau of Statistics

Abs absorption

abs absent; absolute

AB-SAAP autologous blood selective aortic arch perfusion

absc abscess; abscissa

abs conf absolute configuration

ABSe ascending bladder septum

abs feb while fever is absent

ABSITE American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination

absorp absorption

AbSR abnormal skin reflex

abst, abstr abstract

ABSV Absettarov virus

ABT abstract behavioral type; autologous blood transfusion; lopinavir

abt about

ABU asymptomatic bacteriuria

ABV actinomycin D-bleomycin-vincristine; Agaricus bisporus virus; Aglaonema bacilliform virus; Aransas

Bay virus; arthropod-borne virus

AbV Agaricus bisporus virus

ABVD Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine

ABW average body weight

ABX abciximab; antibiotics

ABY acid bismuth yeast [medium]

AbYV Abutilon yellow virus

AC abdominal circumference; abdominal compression; ablation catheter; abrupt closure; absorption

coefficient; abuse case; acetate; acetylcholine; acidified complement; Acinetobacter calcoaceticus;

acromioclavicular; activated charcoal; acupuncture clinic; acute; acute cholecystitis; adenocarcinoma; adenylate

cyclase; adherent cell; adrenal cortex; adrenocorticoid; Adriamycin/cyclophosphamide; air chamber; air

conditioning; air conduction; alcoholic cirrhosis; alternating current; alveolar crest; ambulatory care; anesthesia

circuit; angiocellular; anodal closure; antecubital; anterior chamber; anterior column; anterior commissure;

antibiotic concentrate; anticholinergic; anticoagulant; anticomplement; antiphlogistic corticoid; aortic closure;

aortic compliance; aortocoronary; arm circumference; ascending colon; assist control [ventilation]; atriocarotid;

autocorrelation; axiocervical; hydrogen cyanide [war gas]

A-C acromioclavicular; adult-versus-child; aortocoronary bypass

A/C albumin/coagulin [ratio]; anterior chamber of eye; assist control [ventilation]

A2C apical two-chamber [view]

A4C apical four-chamber [view]

Ac accelerator [globulin]; acetate; acetyl; actinium; anticoagulant, anticoagulation; aortic closure; arabinosyl

cytosine

aC abcoulomb; arabinosyl cytosine

ac acceleration; acetyl; acid; acromioclavicular; acute; alternating current; antecubital; anterior chamber; atrial

contraction; axiocervical

5-AC azacitidine

ACA abnormal coronary artery; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; acute cerebellar ataxia; adenocarcinoma;

adult child of an alcoholic; American Chiropractic Association; American College of Allergists; American

College of Anesthesiologists; American College of Angiology; American College of Apothecaries; American

Council on Alcoholism; American Counseling Association; aminocephalosporanic acid; ammonia, copper, and

acetate; amyotrophic choreo-acanthocytosis; anisotropic conductive adhesive; anterior cerebral artery; anterior

communicating aneurysm [or artery]; anticapsular antibody; anticardiolipin antibody; anticentromere antibody;

anticollagen antibody; anticomplement activity; anticytoplasmic antibody; arrhythmic cardiac arrest; automatic

chemical agent alarm; Automatic Clinical Analyzer

AC/A accommodative convergence/accommodation [ratio]

ACAAI American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

ACAC acetyl-coenzyme A cocarboxylase; activated charcoal artificial cell

ACACN American Council of Applied Clinical Nutrition

ACACT acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyl transferase

ACAD asymptomatic coronary artery disease; atherosclerotic carotid artery disease; Azithromycin in Coronary

Artery Disease [study]

Acad academy

ACADEMIC Azithromycin in Coronary Artery Disease Elimination of Myocardial Infection with Chlamydia

[study]

A-CAH autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

ACAM American College for Advancement in Medicine

ACAO acyl coenzyme A oxidase

ACAPS Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Plaque Study; Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Progression Study

ACAS adaptive cluster analysis system

ACAT acetyl coenzyme A acetyltransferase; automated computerized axial tomography

ACAV Acara virus; American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses

ACB antibody-coated bacteria; aortocoronary bypass; arterialized capillary blood; asymptomatic carotid bruit

ACBaE air contrast barium enema

ACBC aminocyclobutanecarboxylic acid

AC/BC air conduction/bone conduction [time ratio]

ACBE air contrast barium enema

ACBG aortocoronary bypass graft

ACBS Asymptomatic Cervical Bruit Study

ACC accommodation; acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase; acinic cell carcinoma; actinomycin C; acute care

center; adenoid cystic carcinoma; administrative control center; adrenocortical carcinoma; agenesis of corpus

callosum; alveolar cell carcinoma; ambulatory care center; American College of Cardiology; anodal closure

contraction; anterior cingulate cortex; antitoxin-containing cell; aplasia cutis congenita; articular

chondrocalcinosis; automated cell count; automated cell counter

Acc acceleration; adenoid cystic carcinoma

acc acceleration, accelerator; accident; accommodation

ACCA Advisory Committee on Casualty Assessment [Canada]; American College of Cardiovascular

Administrators

ACC/AHA American College of Cardiology/American Hospital Association [Task Force]

ACCE American College of Clinical Engineering

ACCEPT Accupril Canadian Clinical Evaluation and Patient Teaching; American College of Cardiology

Electrocardiogram Proficiency Test; American College of Cardiology Evaluation of Preventive Therapies

[study]

ACCESS A Comparison of Percutaneous Entry Sites for Coronary Angioplasty; Acute Candesartan Cilexetil

Evaluation in Stroke Survivors; Ambulatory Care Clinic Effectiveness Systems Study; Atorvastatin

Comparative Cholesterol Efficacy and Safety Study; automated cervical cell screening system

ACCH Association for the Care of Children's Health

AcCh acetylcholine

AcChR acetylcholine receptor

AcCHS acetylcholinesterase

accid accident, accidental

acc insuff accommodation insufficiency

ACCISM Association of City and County Information System Managers

ACCL, Accl anodal closure clonus

ACCME Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

ACCN accession number

AcCoA acetyl coenzyme A

accom accommodation

ACCP American College of Chest Physicians; American College of Clinical Pharmacology; American

College of Clinical Pharmacy

AcCPV Arctia caja cypovirus

ACCR amylase-creatinine clearance ratio

ACCS American-Canadian Cooperative Study

ACCT Amlodipine Cardiovascular Community Trial

accum accumulation

accur accurately [Lat. accuratissime]

ACD absolute cardiac dullness; absolute claudication distance; acid-citrate-dextrose [solution]; actinomycin D;

active compression-decompression; adult celiac disease; advanced care directive; allergic contact dermatitis;

alopecia-contractures-dwarfism [syndrome]; American College of Dentists; ammonium citrate dextrose;

angiokeratoma corporis diffusum; annihilation coincidence detection; anterior chamber depth; anterior chest

diameter; anticoagulant citrate dextrose; anticonvulsant drug; area of cardiac dullness; Available Chemicals

Directory

AcDB A C. elegans Database [gene expression]

AC-DC, ac/dc alternating current or direct current

ACD-CPR active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation

ACD-PCR active compression-decompression post-compression remodeling

ACDV Acado virus

ACE acetonitrile; acetylcholine esterase; acute cerebral encephalopathy; acute coronary event; adrenocortical

extract; Adverse Childhood Experience [study]; alcohol, chloroform, and ether; analytic continuum

electrostatics; angiotensin-converting enzyme; annealed competition of experts [algorithm]; Aspirin and

Carotid Endarterectomy [trial]

ace acentric; acetone

ACED anhidrotic congenital ectodermal dysplasia

AceDB A C. elegans Database [gene expression]

ACEDS angiotensin-converting enzyme dysfunction syndrome

ACEH acid cholesterol ester hydrolase

ACEI angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor

ACEIT applied current electrical impedance tomography

ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians

ACES Alternans Cardiac Electrical Safety [study]; Azithromycin and Coronary Events Study

AcEst acetyl esterase

ACET Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis; Azmacort Cost Effectiveness Trial

ACET, acet acetone; vinegar [Lat. acetum]

acetab acetabular, acetabulum

acetyl-CoA acetyl coenzyme A

ACEV Anomala cuprea entomopoxvirus

ACF accessory clinical findings; active case finding; acute care facility; advanced communication function or

facility; anisotropic conductive film [computer-assisted radiology]; anterior cervical fusion; anterior cranial

fossa; area correction factor; asymmetric crying facies; autocorrelation function

ACf autocorrelation function

ACFAO American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine

ACFAS American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

ACG accelerator globulin; adjusted clinical group; alternative care grant; ambulatory care group; American

College of Gastroenterology; angiocardiography, angiocardiogram; aortocoronary graft; apexcardiogram

AC-G, AcG, ac-g accelerator globulin

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

ACGP American College of General Practitioners

ACGPOMS American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery

ACGT antibody-coated grid technique

ACH acetylcholine; achalasia; active chronic hepatitis; adrenocortical hormone; air change per hour;

amyotrophic cerebellar hypoplasia; arm girth, chest depth, and hip width [nutritional index]

ACh acetylcholine

ACHA American College Health Association; American College of Hospital Administrators

AChA anterior choroidal artery

ACHD atherosclerotic coronary heart disease

ACHE American College of Healthcare Executives; American Council for Headache Education

AChE acetylcholinesterase

ACHIEVE Accupril Congestive Heart Failure Investigation and Economic Variable Evaluation

ACHOO autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst [syndrome]

ACHPER Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation [survey]

ACHPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AChR acetylcholine receptor

AChRAb acetylcholine receptor antibody

AChRP acetylcholine receptor protein

ACHS Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

AcHV acciptrid herpesvirus

ACI acceleration index; acoustic comfort index; acute cardiac ischemia; acute coronary infarction; acute

coronary insufficiency; adenylate cyclase inhibitor; adrenocortical insufficiency; anticlonus index

ACID Arithmetic, Coding, Information, and Digit Span

ACIF acute care index of functions; anterior cervical interbody fusion; anticomplement immunofluorescence

AciHV Acipenserin herpesvirus

AcINH acid labile isonicotinic acid hydrazide

ACIP acute canine idiopathic polyneuropathy; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [CDC];

ambulatory care incentive payment; Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot Study

ACIR Australian Clinical Immunisation Register; Automotive Crash Injury Research

ACIS ambulatory care information system; automated clinical information system

ACIT Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Trial

ACI-TIPI acute cardiac ischemia-time insensitive predictive instrument

AcK francium [actinium K]

ACKD acquired cystic kidney disease

ACL access control list; Achievement Check List; acromegaloid features, cutis verticis gyrata, corneal

leukoma [syndrome]; American cutaneous leishmaniasis; anterior chamber lens; anterior cruciate ligament;

Association for Computa-tional Linguistics

ACl aspiryl chloride

aCL anticardiolipin [antibody]

ACLA American Clinical Laboratory Association

ACLC Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension

ACLD Association for Children with Learning Disabilities

ACLE acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus

ACLF adult congregate living facility

ACLI American Council on Life Insurance

ACLM American College of Legal Medicine

ACLPS Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

ACLR anterior capsulolabral reconstruction

ACLS acrocallosal syndrome; advanced cardiac life support; Assessment of Children's Language

Comprehension

AcLV avian acute leukemia virus

ACM access control matrix; acetaminophen; acute cerebrospinal meningitis; adaptive fuzzy c-means

algorithm; Adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate; albumin-calcium-magnesium; alcoholic

cardiomyopathy; alveolar capillary membrane; anticardiac myosin; Arnold-Chiari malformation; asbestoscontaining

material; Association of Computing Machinery; automated cardiac flow measurement

ACMC Association of Canadian Medical Colleges

ACMD associate chief medical director

ACME Advisory Council on Medical Education; Angioplasty Compared to Medicine [study]; assessing

changes in medical education; Automated Classification of Medical Entities

ACMF arachnoid cyst of the middle fossa

ACMG American College of Medical Genetics

ACMHV avian carcinoma Mill Hill virus

ACMI age-consistent memory impairment; American College of Medical Informatics

ACML atypical chronic myeloid leukemia

AcMNPV Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus

ACMP alveolar-capillary membrane permeability

ACMR Advisory Committee on Medical Research

ACMS American Chinese Medical Society

ACMT artificial circus movement tachycardia

ACMV assist-controlled mechanical ventilation

ACN acute conditioned neurosis; Ambulatory Care Network; American College of Neuropsychiatrists;

American College of Nutrition

ACNM American College of Nuclear Medicine; American College of Nurse-Midwives

ACNP acute care nurse practitioner; American College of Nuclear Physicians

ACO acute coronary occlusion; alert, cooperative, and oriented; anodal closure odor

ACOA adult children of alcoholics

ACoA anterior communicating artery

ACODENIC Advisory Committee on Dental Electronic Nomenclature, Indexing and Classification

ACOEM American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

ACOEP American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

ACOEV Araphia conspersa entomopoxvirus

ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

ACOHA American College of Osteopathic Hospital Administrators

ACO-HNS American Council of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

ACOI American College of Osteopathic Internists

ACOM American College of Occupational Medicine; anterior communicating [artery]

AComA anterior communicating artery

ACOMS American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

ACOOG American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists

ACOP American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians; approved code of practice

ACORDE A Consortium on Restorative Dentistry Education

ACOS American College of Osteopathic Surgeons; associate chief of staff

ACOS/AC associate chief of staff for ambulatory care

Acous acoustics, acoustic

ACOX acetyl coenzyme A [CoA] oxidase

ACP accessory conduction pathway; acid phosphatase; acyl carrier protein; American College of Pathologists;

American College of Pharmacists; American College of Physicians; American College of Prosthodontists;

American College of Psychiatrists; Animal Care Panel; anodal closure picture; aspirin-caffeine-phenacetin;

Association for Child Psychiatrists; Association of Clinical Pathologists; Association of Correctional

Psychologists; Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot Study; atom class pair

ACPA American Cleft Palate Association

AcPase acid phosphatase

ACPC aminocyclopentane carboxylic [acid]

AC-PC anterior commissure-posterior commissure

ACPE American College of Physician Executives

AC-PH, ac phos acid phosphatase

ACPM American College of Preventive Medicine

ACPP adrenocortical polypeptide; prostate-specific acid phosphatase

ACPS acrocephalopolysyndactyly

ACQUIP Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project

ACR abnormally contracting region; absolute catabolic rate; acriflavine; acute-to-chronic ratio; adenomatosis

of colon and rectum; adjusted community rate; ambulance call report; American College of Radiology;

American College of Rheumatology; anticonstipation regimen; axillary count rate

Acr acrylic

ACRE Appropriateness of Coronary Revascularization [study]

ACRF acute-on-chronic respiratory failure; ambulatory care research facility

ACRM American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

ACR/NEMA American College of Radiology/National Electrical Manufacturers' Association [standard for

transferring radiologic images]

ACS access control system; acrocallosal syndrome; acrocephalosyndactyly; acute chest syndrome; acute

confusional state; acute coronary syndrome; Alcon Closure System; ambulatory care-sensitive [condition];

American Cancer Society; American Chemical Society; American College of Surgeons; anodal closure sound;

antireticular cytotoxic serum; aperture current setting; Association of Clinical Scientists; automatic corneal

shaper

ACs air changes

ACSA adenylate cyclase-stimulating activity

ACSCEPT Assessment for Carotid Stenosis: Correlation with Endarterectomy Specimen Trial

ACS CPS American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Studies

ACSE association control service element

ACSF artificial cerebrospinal fluid

aCSF artificial cerebrospinal fluid

AC/SIUG ambulatory care special-interest user group

ACSM American College of Sports Medicine

ACSML arbitration and control state machine logic

ACSP adenylate cyclase-stimulating protein

ACSSuT ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines

ACST Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial

ACSV aortocoronary saphenous vein

ACSVBG aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass graft

ACT abdominal computed tomography; ablation catheter tip; achievement through counseling and treatment;

actin; actinomycin; action class torsion; activated clotting time; adaptive current tomography; advanced

coronary treatment; Angioplasty Compliance Trial; anterocolic transposition; antichymotrypsin; anticoagulant

therapy; anxiety control training; artemisinin combination therapy [malaria]; Association of Cytogenetic

Technologists; asthma care training; atropine coma therapy; Attacking Claudication with Ticlopidine [study];

Australian Capital Territory [heroin trial]

AcT acceleration time

Act activity

act actinomycin; activity, active

ACTA American Cardiology Technologists Association; automatic computerized transverse axial [scanning]

Act-C actinomycin C

ACTC alpha-actin, cardiac muscle

Act-D actinomycin D

ACT/DB Adaptable Clinical Trials Database

ACTe anodal closure tetanus

ACTG AIDS Clinical Trial Group [study]

ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone

ACTH-LI adrenocorticotropin-like immunoreactivity

ACTHR adrenocorticotropic hormone receptor

ACTHR/MC-2 adrenocorticotropin receptor/melanocortin receptor 2

ACTH-RF adrenocorticotropic hormone releasing factor

ACTION A Coronary Disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS; Assisting Carriers Using

Telematics Interventions to Meet Older Persons Needs [Ireland]

ACTIS [NLM database] Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS] Clinical Trials Information Service

activ active, activity

ACTN adrenocorticotropin

ACTOBAT Australasian Clinical Trial of Betamethasone and Thyroid-Releasing Hormone

ACTP adrenocorticotropic polypeptide

ACT/PD actual nursing hours per patient/day

ACTR American Club of Therapeutic Radiologists

ACTS acute cervical traumatic sprain or syndrome; advanced communication technology satellite; advanced

computational testing and simulation [toolkit]; American-Canadian Thrombosis Study; American College

Testing Services; Auditory Comprehension Test for Sentences

ACTUR Automated Central Tumor Registry

ACTV Acatinga virus; activity [UMLS]

ACU acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit

ACURP American College of Utilization Review Physicians

ACUTE Analysis of Coronary Ultrasound Thrombolysis Endpoints; Assessment of Cardioversion Utilizing

Transesophageal Echocardiography [pilot study]

ACV acute cardiovascular [disease]; acyclovir; assisted controlled ventilation; atrial/carotid/ventricular;

autonomic conduction velocity

ACVB aortocoronary venous bypass

ACVD acute cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

ACx anomalous circumflex [coronary artery]

AD abductor digiti minimi [muscle]; above diaphragm; absorbed dose; acceptable daily intake; accident

dispensary; accidental death; acetabular depth; acetate dialysis; active disease; active domain; acute

dermatomyositis; addict, addiction; adenoid degeneration [agent]; adjuvant disease; admitting diagnosis;

adrenodoxin; adrenostenedione; adult disease; advanced directive; aerosol deposition; affective disorder; after

discharge; alcohol dehydrogenase; Aleutian disease; alveolar diffusion; alveolar duct; Alzheimer dementia;

Alzheimer disease; analgesic dose; analog device; anodal duration; anterior division; antigenic determinant;

appropriate disability; arthritic dose; associate degree; atopic dermatitis; attentional disturbance; Aujeszky

disease; autistic disorder; autonomic dysreflexia; autosomal dominant; average deviation; average difference;

axiodistal; axis deviation; right ear [Lat. auris dextra; JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]

A/D analog-to-digital

A&D admission and discharge; ascending and descending

Ad adenovirus; adrenal; anisotropic disk

ad add [Lat. adde]; let there be added [up to a specified amount, Lat. addetur]; axiodistal; right ear [Lat. auris

dextra]

AD1 Alzheimer disease type I

ADA adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; American Dermatological Association; American

Diabetes Association; American Dietetic Association; Americans with Disabilities Act; anterior descending

artery; antideoxyribonucleic acid antibody; approved dietary allowance

ADAA American Dental Assistants Association

ADACS automatic data acquisition and control system

ADAM adduct detection by acylation with 35S-methionine; amniotic deformity, adhesion, mutilation

[syndrome]; A disintegrin and A metalloprotease; Amsterdam Duration of Antiretroviral Medication [study]

ADAMHA Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

ADAP American Dental Assistants' Program; Assistant Director of Army Psychiatry

ADAPC alcohol and drug abuse prevention and control

ADAPT American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today [organization]; Association for Drug and Alcohol

Prevention and Treatment; Automated Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition Toolkit

ADAPTS acute directional atherectomy prior to stenting

ADAS Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale

ADAS-COG cognitive portion of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale

AdASDiM Adaptive Advisory System for Diabetic Management

ADase adenosine deaminase

ADAU adolescent drug abuse unit

ADB accidental death benefit; archival database

ADC adenylate cyclase; adult day care [facility]; affective disorders clinic; Aid to [Families with] Dependent

Children; AIDS-dementia complex; albumin, dextrose, and catalase [medium]; ambulance design criteria;

analog-to-digital converter; anodal duration contraction; apparent diffusion coefficient; audio-to-digital

conversion; average daily census; axiodistocervical

AdC adenylate cyclase; adrenal cortex

ADCA autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia

ADCC acute disorder of cerebral circulation; antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity

ADCH autosomal dominant cyclic hematopoiesis

AD-CHF acutely decompensated congestive heart failure

ADCMC antibody-dependent complement-mediated cytotoxicity

AdCMVHSV-TK adenovirus carrying the gene for herpes simplex thymidine kinase

ADCP adenosine deaminase complexing protein

AD-CPEO autosomal dominant chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia

ADCS Argonz del Castillo syndrome

ADCY adenyl cyclase

ADD acceptable daily dose; adduction; adenosine deaminase; Anti-Epileptic Drug Development [program];

attention deficit disorder; auditory discrimination in depth; average daily dose

add addition; adductor, adduction; let there be added [Lat. addatur]

ADDH attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity

ADD/HA attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity

addict addiction, addictive

AdDNV Aceta domestica densovirus

add poll adductor pollicis

ADDS American Digestive Disease Society

ADDU alcohol and drug dependence unit

ADE acute disseminated encephalitis; adaptive delay estimation; advanced large-scale integrated

computational environment [ALICE] differencing engine; adverse drug event; antibody-dependent

enhancement; apparent digestible energy

Ade adenine

ADEAR Alzheimer Disease Education and Referral [center]

AdeCbl adenosyl cobalamine

ADEE age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy

ADEG Antiarrhythmic Drug Evaluation Group [trial]

ADEM academic department of emergency medicine; acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

AdenCa adenocarcinoma

ADEP Atherosclerotic Disease Evolution by Picotamide [study]

ADEPT Applying Diagnosis, Etiology, Prognosis, and Therapy [program]

adeq adequate

ADF adaptive filter; administrative determination of fault; average duration of failures

ADFVd Apple dimple fruit viroid

AD/FHD acetabular depth/femoral head diameter

ADFN albinism-deafness [syndrome]

ADFR activate, depress, free, repeat [coherence therapy]

ADFS alternative delivery and financing system

AD-FSP autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia

ADG ambulatory diagnostic group; atrial diastolic gallop; axiodistogingival

ADH Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped; adhesion; alcohol dehydrogenase; antidiuretic hormone;

arginine dihydrolase; atypical ductal hyperplasia

adh adhesion, adhesive; antidiuretic hormone

ADHA American Dental Hygienists Association

ADH/CA atypical ductal hyperplasia with adjacent ductal cancer

ADHD attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

ADHDP action-dependent dual heuristic programming

ADI Academy of Dentistry International; acceptable daily intake; AIDS-defining illness; allowable daily

intake; alternating direction implicit; alternating directions implicit [method]; artificial diverticulum of the

ileum; atlas-dens interval; autism diagnostic interview; average daily intake; axiodistoincisal

adj adjacent; adjoining; adjuvant

ADK adenosine kinase

ADKC atopic dermatitis with keratoconjunctivitis

ADL active digital library; activities of daily living; advanced distributed learning; Amsterdam Depression

List; annual dose limit

ADLAR advanced design linear accelerator radiosurgery

ADLC antibody-dependent lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity

ad lib as desired [Lat. ad libitum]

ADLS Activities of Daily Living Survey

ADM abductor digiti minimi; add-drop multiplexer; administrative medicine; admission; Adriamycin;

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health [grant of US Department of Health and Human Services]

AdM adrenal medulla

adm administration; admission; apply [Lat. admove]

Adm Dr admitting doctor

ADME [drug] absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion

Admin administration

ADMIRE AMP 579 Delivery for Myocardial Infarction Reduction

ADMIT Arterial Disease Multiple Intervention Trial

AdML adenovirus major late promoter

Adm Ph admitting physician

ADMR average daily metabolic rate

ADMS analysis of disorders of masticatory system; atmospheric dispersion modeling system

ADMX adrenal medullectomy

ADN antideoxyribonuclease; aortic depressor nerve; associate degree in nursing

ad naus to the point of producing nausea [Lat. ad nauseam]

ADN-B antideoxyribonuclease B

ADO active data object; adenosine; adolescent medicine; allele drop-out; axiodisto-occlusal

Ado adenosine

ADOA autosomal dominant ocular albinism

AdoCbl 5′-adenosylcobalamin

ADOD arthrodentosteodysplasia

AdoDABA adenosyldiaminobutyric acid

AdoHcy S-adenosylhomocysteine

adol adolescence, adolescent

AdoMet S-adenosylmethionine

ADOPT Accupril Decision on Pharmacotherapy [trial]

ADOS autism diagnostic observation scale; autosomal dominant Opitz syndrome

ADOTS affective disorder outpatient telephone screening

Adox oxidized adenosine

ADP adenopathy; adenosine diphosphate; adenovirus death protein; administrative psychiatry; approved drug

product; approximate dynamic programming; area diastolic pressure; automatic data processing

AdP adductor pollicis

ADPase adenosine diphosphatase

ADPK autosomal dominant polycystic kidney [disease]

ADPKD autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

ADPL average daily patient load

ADPR adenosine diphosphate ribose

ADPRT adenosine diphosphate ribosyltransferase

ADQ abductor digiti quinti; adolescent drinking questionnaire

ADR activation, depression, repetition [in bone remodeling]; adrenalin; adrenals; adrenergic receptor;

adrenodoxin reductase; Adriamycin; adverse drug reaction; airway dilation reflex; alternative dispute

resolution; arrested development of righting response; ataxia-deafness-retardation [syndrome]

Adr adrenalin; Adriamycin

adr adrenal, adrenalectomy

ADRA1A alpha-1A-adrenergic receptor

ADRA1B beta-1B-adrenergic receptor

ADRAC Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee [Australia]

ADRA1C alpha-1C-adrenergic receptor

ADRA2C alpha-2C-adrenergic receptor

ADRAR alpha-2-adrenergic receptor

ADRBK beta-1-adrenergic receptor kinase

ADRBR adrenergic beta-receptor

ADRC Alzheimer Disease Research Center

ADRDA Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association

ADRP adipose differentiation-related protein; autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

ADRT approximate discrete radon transform

ADS acute death syndrome; acute diarrheal syndrome; adenocarcinoma dataset; Alcohol Dependence Scale;

alternative delivery system; anatomical dead space; anonymous donor's sperm; antibody deficiency syndrome;

antidiuretic substance; Army Dental Service

ADSD adductor spasmodic dysphonia

ADSL adenylosuccinate lyase; asymmetrical digital single line; asymmetrical digital subscription line

ADSP analog devices digital signal processor

ADSS adenylosuccinate synthetase

ADSTGD Stargardt-like muscular dystrophy

ADSV Arborea virus

ADT Accepted Dental Therapeutics; adenosine triphosphate; admission, discharge, and transfer; agar-gel

diffusion test; alternate-day therapy; any, what you desire, thing (a placebo); Alzheimer-type dementia;

Auditory Discrimination Test

ADTA American Dental Trade Association

ADTe anodal duration tetanus

ADU alkaline deoxyribonucleic acid unwinding

AD&U acid dissociation and ultrafiltration

ADV adenovirus; adventitia; Aleutian disease virus; Aujeszky disease virus

AdV adenovirus

Adv adenovirus

adv advanced; against [Lat. adversum]

ADVENT antithrombin for deep venous thrombosis

ADVIRC autosomal dominant vitreo-retinochoroidopathy

ADVS activities of daily vision survey

ADW assault with deadly weapon

A5D5W alcohol 5%, dextrose 5%, in water

ADX adrenalectomized; adrenodoxin

AE above-elbow [amputation]; acrodermatitis enteropathica; activation energy; adult erythrocyte; adverse

event; after-effect; agarose electrophoresis; air embolism; air entry; alcoholic embryopathy; aminoethyl; anion

exchange; anoxic encephalopathy; antiepileptic; antitoxic unit [Ger. Antitoxineinheit]; apoenzyme;

aryepiglottic; atherosclerotic encephalopathy; atrial ectopic [heart beat]; avian encephalomyelitis

A&E accident and emergency [department]

A+E accident and emergency [department]; analysis and evaluation

A/E above elbow [amputation]

AEA acquired epileptic aplasia; alcohol, ether, and acetone [solution]

AEB acute erythroblastopenia; avian erythroblastosis

AEC aminoethylcarbazole; ankyloblepharon, ectodermal defects, and cleft lip [syndrome]; at earliest

convenience; Atomic Energy Commission; automatic exposure control

AECB acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis

AECD allergic eczematous contact dermatitis

AECE-6-AZUMP 5-[2-(aminoethyl) carbamyl]-6-azauridine-5′monophosphate

AECGM ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring

AECS acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis

AED academic emergency department; antiepileptic drug; antihidrotic ectodermal dysplasia; anxious ego

dissolution; automated external defibrillator

AEDP automated external defibrillator pacemaker

AEE Atomic Energy Establishment

AEF allogenic effect factor; amyloid enhancing factor; aorto-enteric fistula

AEFB aerobic endospore-forming bacterium

AEFF effective area

AEFI adverse events following immunization

AEFV acceleration of early flow velocity

AEG acute erosive gastritis; air encephalography, air encephalogram; atrial electrogram

AEGIS Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions

AEI arbitrary evolution index; atrial emptying index; atrial escape interval

AEL acute erythroleukemia

AELV avian entero-like virus

AEM Academic Emergency Medicine [journal]; ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring; analytical

electron microscopy; ataxia episodica with myokymia; avian encephalomyelitis

AEMG abdominal electromyography

AEMIS Aerospace and Environmental Medicine Information System

AEMK ataxia episodica with myokymia

A-EMT advanced emergency medical technician

AEN anal epithelial neoplasia; aseptic epiphyseal necrosis

AEP acute edematous pancreatitis; artificial endocrine pancreas; auditory evoked potential; average evoked

potential

AEq age equivalent

AER abduction/external rotation; acoustic evoked response; acute exertional rhabdomyolysis; agranular

endoplasmic reticulum; albumin excretion rate; aldosterone excretion rate; apical ectodermal ridge; auditory

evoked response; average electroencephalic response; average evoked response

AERE Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Aero Aerobacter

AERP aircrew air and respiratory protection; antegrade effective refractory period; atrial effective refractory

period; auditory event related potential

AERPAP antegrade effective refractory period accessory pathway

AERS acute equine respiratory syndrome

AES acetone-extracted serum; ambulatory encounter system; American Electroencephalographic Society;

American Encephalographic Society; American Endocrine Society; American Endodontic Society; American

Epidemiological Society; American Equilibration Society; anterior esophageal sensor; anti-embolic stockings;

antral ethmoidal sphenoidectomy; aortic ejection sound; Auger's electron spectroscopy; auto-erythrocyte

sensitization

AEs adverse events

AesoNPV Aedes sollicitans nucleopolyhedrovirus

AEST aeromedical evacuation support team

AET absorption-equivalent thickness; S-(2-aminoethyl) isothiuronium

AETT acetylethyltetramethyltetralin

AEV arthritis encephalitis virus; avian encephalomyelitis-like virus; avian erythroblastosis virus

AeV Antheraea eucalypti virus

AEZ acrodermatitis enteropathica, zinc deficient

AF abnormal frequency; acid-fast; actin filament; active force; adult female; afebrile; affected female;

aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; alcoholic female; aldehyde fuchsin; amaurosis fugax; aminofluorine;

aminophylline; amniotic fluid; angiogenesis factor; anteflexion; anterior fontanelle; antibody-forming; anti-fog;

aortic flow; Arthritis Foundation; artificial feeding; ascitic fluid; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; atrial fusion;

attenuation factor; attributable fraction; audio frequency

aF abfarad

af audio frequency

AFA acromegaloid facial appearance [syndrome]; advanced first aid; alcohol-formaldehyde-acetic acid

[fixative]

AFAFP amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein

AFAR American Foundation for Aging Research

AFASAK Atrial Fibrillation, Aspirin, Anticoagulation [trial]

AFB acid-fast bacillus; aflatoxin B; aflatoxin biomarker; air fluidized bed; aortofemoral bypass

AFBAC affected family-based control test

AFBG aortofemoral bypass graft

AFC adult foster care; alternative forced choice; amplitude frequency characteristics; antibody-forming cell

AFCAPS Air Force Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study

AFCI acute focal cerebral ischemia

AFCR American Federation for Clinical Research

AfCVd Apple fruit crinkle viroid

AFD accelerated freeze drying; acrofacial dysostosis

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFDH American Fund for Dental Health

AFDM adaptive focus deformable model

AFDSM adaptive focus deformable statistical model

AFDW ash-free dry weight

AFE amniotic fluid embolism

afeb afebrile

AFEDI Association Francophone Europeene des Infirmiers [Canada]

AFF atrial fibrillation and flutter; atrial filling fraction

aff afferent

AFFIRM Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management

AFFN acrofrontofacionasal [dysostosis]

AFG aflatoxin G; amniotic fluid glucose; arbitrary function generator

aFGF acidic fibroblast growth factor

AFH angiofollicular hyperplasia; anterior facial height

AFI amaurotic familial idiocy; Atrial Fibrillation Investigators [1993 pooled study]

AFib atrial fibrillation

AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Investigation with Bidisomide [trial]

AFIB/FL atrial fibrillation/flutter

AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

AFIPS American Federation of Information Processing Societies

AFIRME antagonist of the fibrinogen receptor after myocardial events

AFIS amniotic fluid infection syndrome

AFL antifibrinolysin; artificial limb; atrial flutter

AFLNH angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia

AFLP acute fatty liver of pregnancy; amplified fragment length polymorphism

AFM aflatoxin M; after fatty meal; American Federation of Musicians; atomic force microscopy

AFMA automated fabrication of modality aids

AFMU 5-acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil

AFN afunctional neutrophil; antegrade femoral nail

AFNC Air Force Nurse Corps

AFND acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

AFO ankle/foot orthotic [brace or cast]; ankle-foot orthosis

AFORMED alternating failure of response, mechanical, [to] electrical depolarization

AFP acute flaccid paralysis; alpha-fetoprotein; anterior faucial pillar; atypical facial pain

AFPP acute fibropurulent pneumonia

AFQ aflatoxin Q

AFR aqueous flare response; ascorbic free radical

AFRAX autism-fragile X [syndrome]

AFRD acute febrile respiratory disease

AFRI acute febrile respiratory illness

AFROC Association for Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers

AFS acquired or adult Fanconi syndrome; alternative financing system; American Fertility Society;

antifibroblast serum

AFSAM Air Force School of Aviation Medicine

AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

AFSM adaptive Fourier series modeling

AFSP acute fibrinoserous pneumonia

AFT aflatoxin; agglutination-flocculation test

AFTA American Family Therapy Association

AFTER Anistreplase Following Thrombolysis Effect on Reocclusion [study]; Aspirin/Anticoagulants

Following Thrombolysis with Eminase in Recurrent Infarction [study]; Aspirin/Anticoagulants Following

Thrombolysis with Eminase Results [study]

AFTN autonomously functioning thyroid nodule

AFV amniotic fluid volume; aortic flow velocity; Aspergillus foetidus virus

AFV-F Aspergillus foetidus virus F

AFV-S Aspergillus foetidus virus S

AFX atypical fibroxanthoma

AG abdominal girth; acidophilic granulocyte; agarose; aminoglutethimide; analytical grade; angular gyrus;

anion gap; antigen; antigenomic; antiglobulin; antigravity; atrial gallop; attached gingiva; autograft;

axiogingival; azurophilic granule

AG, A/G albumin-globulin [ratio]

Ag antigen; silver [Lat. argentum]

Ag* labeled antigen

ag androgenetic; antigen

AGA accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Association;

American Genetic Association; American Geriatrics Association; American Goiter Association; antigliadin

antibody; antiglomerular antibody; anti-IgG autoantibody; appropriate for gestational age [birthweight];

aspartylglucosamidase

Ag-Ab antigen-antibody complex

AGAC aminoglycoside-aminocyclitol

AGAG acidic glycosaminoglycans

AGAR Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance [study]

AGBAD Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

AGC absolute granulocyte count; anatomically graduated component; atypical glandular cell; automatic gain

control

AGC-FN atypical glandular cell-favor neoplasia

AGC-FR atypical glandular cell-favor reactive

AgCPV Abraxas grossulariata cypovirus; Autographa gamma cypovirus

AGCT antiglobulin consumption test; Army General Classification Test

AGC-U atypical glandular cell-unqualified

AGD agar gel diffusion; agarose diffusion; alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

AGDD agar gel double diffusion

AGE acrylamide gel; acute gastroenteritis; advanced glycosylation end-product; agarose gel electrophoresis;

angle of greatest extension; arterial gas embolism

AGED automated general experimental device

AGEG age group

AGE-IEF agarose gel-isoelectric focusing [electrophoresis]

AGEPC acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine

AGES age grade extension size [thyroid tumor]

AGF adrenal growth factor; angle of greatest flexion

AGG agammaglobulinemia

agg agglutination; aggravation; aggregation

aggl, agglut agglutination

aggrav aggravated, aggravation

aggreg aggregated, aggregation

AGGS anti-gas gangrene serum

AGI adjusted gross income

AGID agar gel immunodiffusion

AGIS Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study

agit agitated, agitation

AGIV Anticarisia gemmatalis iridescent virus

AGL acute granulocytic leukemia; agglutination; aminoglutethimide; anterior glenoid labrum

AGM absorbent gelling material

AGMK African green monkey kidney [cell]

AGMkK African green monkey kidney [cell]

AgMNPV Anticarisia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus

AGMPyV African green monkey polyoma virus

AGN acute glomerulonephritis; agnosia

VIIIAGN factor VIII antigen

agn agnosia

AGNB aerobic gram-negative bacillus

AgNOR silver-staining nucleolar organizer region

AGOS American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society

AGP acid glycoprotein; agar gel precipitation; ambulatory glucose profile; azurophil granule protein

AGPA American Group Practice Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association

AGPI agar gel precipitin inhibition

AGPT agar-gel precipitation test

AGR aniridia-ambiguous genitalia-mental retardation [syndrome]; anticipatory goal response

agr accessory gene regulator

agri agriculture

AGRP agouti-related protein

AGS adrenogenital syndrome; Alagille syndrome; American Geriatrics Society; audiogenic seizures

AGSP Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme

AGT abnormal glucose tolerance; activity group therapy; acute generalized tuberculosis; alkylguanine

deoxyribonucleic acid alkyltransferase; angiotensin; aniline/glyoxylate aminotransferase; antiglobulin test;

Association of Genetic Technologists

agt agent

AGTH adrenoglomerulotropic hormone

AGTr adrenoglomerulotropin

AGTT abnormal glucose tolerance test

AGU aspartylglucosaminuria

AGUS atypia of gland cells of undetermined significance

AGUV aguacate virus

AGV aniline gentian violet

AGVd Australian grapevine viroid

AH abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid

hydrolysis; acute hepatitis; adrenal hypoplasia; affected hemisphere; after-hyperpolarization; agnathiaholoprosencephaly;

alcoholic hepatitis; amenorrhea and hirsutism; aminohippurate; anterior heel; anterior

hypothalamus; antihyaluronidase; arcuate hypothalamus; Army Hospital; arterial hypertension; artificial heart;

aryl hydrocarbon; ascites hepatoma; assisted hatching; astigmatic hypermetropia; ataxic hemiparesis; atypical

hyperplasia; autoimmune hepatitis; autonomic hyperreflexia; axillary hair

A/H amenorrhea-hyperprolactinemia

A + H accident & health [policy]

A ⋅ h ampere-hour

Ah ampere hour

aH abhenry

ah hyperopic astigmatism

AHA acetohydroxamic acid; acquired hemolytic anemia; acute hemolytic anemia; American Heart

Association; American Hospital Association; anterior hypothalamic area; anti-heart antibody; antihistone

antibody; area health authority; arthritis-hives-angioedema [syndrome]; aspartyl-hydroxamic acid; autoimmune

hemolytic anemia

AHA/ACC American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology [Task Force]

AHB alpha-hydroxybutyric acid

AHC academic health care; academic health center; acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; acute hemorrhagic

cystitis; adrenal hypoplasia congenita; antihemophilic factor C

AHCA Agency for Health Care Administration; American Health Care Association

AHCD acquired hepatocellular degeneration

AHC/HHG adrenal hypoplasia congenita-hypogonadotropic hypogonadism [syndrome]

aHCl aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride

AHCN American Housecall Network [consumer health information]

AHCP allied health care professional

AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (see AHRQ)

AhCPV Agrochola helvolva cypovirus

AHCy adenosyl homocysteine

AHD acquired hepatocerebral degeneration; acute heart disease; antihyaluronidase; antihypertensive drug;

arterio-hepatic dysplasia; arteriosclerotic heart disease; atherosclerotic heart disease; autoimmune hemolytic

disease

AHDMS automated hospital data management system

AHDP azacycloheptane diphosphonate

AHDS Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome

AHE acute hazardous events [database]; acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis

AHEA area health education activity

AHEAD Asset and Health Dynamics

AHEC area health education center

AHES artificial heart energy system

AHF acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital

Formulary; antihemolytic factor; antihemophilic factor; Argentinian hemorrhagic fever; Associated Health

Foundation

AHFS American Hospital Formulary Service

AHF SCENE Advanced Heart Failure Shared Clinical Experience Network

AHG aggregated human globulin; antihemophilic globulin; antihuman globulin; arterial hypertension group

AHGG aggregated human gammaglobulin; antihuman gammaglobulin

AHGS acute herpetic gingival stomatitis

AHH alpha-hydrazine analog of histidine; anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism [syndrome];

arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase; Association for Holistic Health

AHI acromiohumeral interval; active hostility index; Animal Health Institute; apnea-plus-hypopnea index;

applied health informatics

AHIMA American Health Information Management Association

AHIP assisted health insurance plan

AHIS automated hospital information system

AHJ artificial hip joint

AHL apparent half-life

AHLE acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis

AHLG antihuman lymphocyte globulin

AHLS antihuman lymphocyte serum

AHM allied health manpower; ambulatory Holter monitor

AHMA American Holistic Medicine Association; antiheart muscle autoantibody

AHMC Association of Hospital Management Committees

AHMD alcoholic heart muscle disease

AHN Army Head Nurse; assistant head nurse

AHNS American Head and Neck Society

AHO acute hematogenous osteomyelitis; Albright hereditary osteodystrophy

AHP accountable health plan or partnership; acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis; afterhyperpolarization; air at high

pressure; aminohydroxyphenylalanine; analytic hierarchy process; approved health plan; Assistant House

Physician; hyperpolarizing afterpotential

AHPA American Health Planning Association

AHPO anterior hypothalamic preoptic [area]

AHPSR Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

AHR antihyaluronidase reaction; aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Association for Health Records; atrial heart rate

AhR aryl hydrocarbon receptor

AHRA American Hospital Radiology Administration

AHRF acute hypoxemic respiratory failure; American Hearing Research Foundation

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [formerly Agency for Health Care Policy and Research]

AHRTAG Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group

AHS Academy of Health Sciences; Adventist Health Study; African horse sickness; alveolar hypoventilation

syndrome; American Hearing Society; American Hospital Society; area health service; assistant house surgeon

AHSA American Health Security Act

AHSDF area health service development fund

AHSG alpha-2HS-glycoprotein

AHSN Assembly of Hospital Schools of Nursing

AHSP AIDS Health Services Program [of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]

AHSR Association for Health Services Research

AHSV African horse sickness virus

AHT aggregation half-time; antihyaluronidase titer; augmented histamine test; autogenous hamster tumor

AHTG antihuman thymocyte globulin

AHTP antihuman thymocyte plasma

AHTS antihuman thymus serum

AHU acute hemolytic uremic [syndrome]; air handling unit; arginine, hypoxanthine, and uracil

AHuG aggregated human IgG

AHV Abu Hammad virus; avian herpes virus

AhV Atkinsonella hypoxylon virus

AI accidental injury; accidentally incurred; active ingredient; adiposity index; aggregation index; allergy and

immunology; amylogenesis imperfecta; anaphylatoxin inactivator; angiogenesis inhibitor; angiotensin I;

anxiety index; aortic incompetence; aortic insufficiency; apical impulse; articulation index; artificial

insemination; artificial intelligence; atherogenic index; atrial insufficiency; autoimmune, autoimmunity; avidity

index; axio-incisal; first meiotic anaphase

A&I allergy and immunology

aI active ingredient

AIA allylisopropylacetamide; amylase inhibitor activity; anti-immunoglobulin antibody; anti-insulin antibody;

aortoiliac aneurysm; aspirin-induced asthma; automated image analysis

AIB aminoisobutyrate; avian infectious bronchitis

AIBA aminoisobutyric acid

AIBS American Institute of Biological Sciences

AIC Akaike information criterion [a goodness-of-fit measure]; aminoimidazole carboxamide; Association des

Infirmieres Canadiennes

A-IC average integrated concentration

AICA anterior inferior cerebellar artery; anterior inferior communicating artery

AI-CAH autoimmune-type chronic active hepatitis

AICAR aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide

AICD activation-induced cell death; automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

AICE angiotensin I converting enzyme

AICF adaptive impulse correlated filtering; autoimmune complement fixation

AICG appraisal instrument for clinical guidelines

AI/COAG artificial intelligence hemostasis consultant system

AICPV Aporophyla lutulenta cypovirus

AICS acute ischemic coronary syndrome; artery of inferior cavernous sinus

AID acquired immunodeficiency disease; acute infectious disease; acute ionization detector; Agency for

International Development; argon ionization detector; artificial insemination by donor; autoimmune deficiency;

autoimmune disease; automatic implantable defibrillator; average interocular difference

AIDA automatic interpretation for diagnostic assistance; automatic interpretation of data analysis

AIDCI angle independent Doppler color imaging

AIDH atypical intraductal hyperplasia

AIDNV Aedes albopictus densovirus

AIDP acute idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy

AIDS acquired immune deficiency or immunodeficiency syndrome

AIDSDRUGS Clinical Trials of AIDS drugs [National Library of Medicine (NLM) database]

AIDS-KS acquired immuno deficiency syndrome with Kaposi's sarcoma

AIDSLINE on-line information on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [MEDLARS data base]

AIDSPIT Artificial Insulin Delivery System Pancreas and Islet Transplantation [study]

AIDSTRIALS clinical trials of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome drugs [MEDLARS data base]

AIE acute inclusion-body encephalitis; acute infectious encephalitis; acute infective endocarditis

AIEP amount of insulin extractable from pancreas

AIF anemia-inducing factor; anti-inflammatory; anti-invasion factor

AIFD acute intrapartum fetal distress

AIG anti-immunoglobulin

AIgE anti-immunoglobulin E antibody

AIH amelogenesis imperfecta, hypomaturation type; American Institute of Homeopathy; artificial

insemination, homologous; artificial insemination by husband; autoimmune hemolysis

AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association; American International Health Alliance; autoimmune

hemolytic anemia

AIHC American Industrial Health Conference

AIHD acquired immune hemolytic disease

AIHV alcelaphine herpesvirus

AII acute intestinal infection; angiotensin II; second meiotic anaphase

AIIS anterior inferior iliac spine

AIIT amiodarone-iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis

AIL acute infectious lymphocytosis; angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion; angioimmunoblastic

lymphadenopathy

AILA angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy

AILD alveolar interstitial lung disease; angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia

AIM Abridged Index Medicus; acquisition interface module; acuity index method; advanced informatics and

medicine; all in medicine; applications integration mechanism [software]; area of interest magnification;

artificial intelligence in medicine; associate in internal medicine; atypical immature squamous metaplasia

AIMBE American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

AIMD abnormal involuntary movement disorder; active implantable medical device

AIMS abnormal involuntary movement scale; Acylated Plasminogen-Streptokinase Activator Complex

[APSAC] Intervention Mortality Study; aid for the impaired medical student; Arthritis Impact Measurement

Scale; Automated Immunization Management System; automated indexing management system

AIMV alfalfa mosaic virus

AIN acute interstitial nephritis; American Institute of Nutrition; anal intraepithelial neoplasia; anterior

interosseous nerve

AINA automated immunonephelometric assay

AINOV Aino virus

AINS anterior interosseous nerve syndrome; anti-inflammatory nonsteroidal

AIOD aortoiliac occlusive disease

AION anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

AIOS Acute Illness Observation Scale

AIP acute idiopathic pericarditis; acute infectious polyneuritis; acute intermittent porphyria; acute interstitial

pneumonia; aldosterone-induced protein; American Institute of Physics; automated immunoprecipitation;

average intravascular pressure; integral anatuberculin, Petragnani

AIPE acute interstitial pulmonary emphysema; alcoholism intervention performance evaluation

AIPFP acute idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy

AIPRI ACE Inhibition in Progressive Renal Insufficiency [study]

AIPS American Institute of Pathologic Science

AIR acute insulin response; airway responsiveness; amino-imidazole ribonucleotide; aortoiliac reconstruction;

automated image registration; average impairment rating

AIRA anti-insulin receptor antibody

AIRE Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy [study]; Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy [trial]; Acute Infarction

Reperfusion Efficacy [study]

AIREX Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy Extension [study]

AIRF alterations in respiratory function

AI/RHEUM artificial intelligence rheumatology consultant system

AIRIO Agency for Intramural Research Integrity Office [NIH]

AIR-L Association of Internet Researchers List [listserv]

AIRS Amphetamine Interview Rating Scale

AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale; absolute increase in survival; acute ischemic stroke; acute ischemic syndrome;

adenocarcinoma in situ; administrative information system; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; aggregate injury

score; amniotic infection syndrome; analyzer of interrated sequences [model of a beating ventricle]; androgen

insensitivity syndrome; anterior interosseous nerve syndrome; anti-insulin serum; automatic information

system; automotive injury score

AISA acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia

AISI African Information Society Initiative

AIS/MR Alternative Intermediate Services for the Mentally Retarded

AIT acute intensive treatment; aeromedical isolation team

AITD autoimmune thyroid disease

AITIA aspirin in transient ischemic attacks

AITIAIS Aspirin in Transient Ischemic Attacks Italian Study

AITP autoimmune idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

AITT arginine insulin tolerance test; augmented insulin tolerance test

AIU absolute iodine uptake; antigen-inducing unit

AIUM American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

AIV AI chi virus

AIVC Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee

AIVR accelerated idioventricular rhythm

AIVV anterior internal vertebral vein

AJ adherens junction

AJ, A/J ankle jerk

AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer

AJCCS American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging

AJDL arteriojugular venous lactate content difference

AJDO2 arteriojugular venous oxygen content difference

AJR abdominojugular reflux maneuver

AJS acute joint syndrome

AJT automatic junctional tachycardia

AK above knee; acetate kinase; actinic keratosis; adenosine kinase; adenylate kinase; artificial kidney

A/K, ak above knee [amputation]

A→K ankle to knee

AKA above-knee amputation; alcoholic ketoacidosis; also known as; antikeratin antibody

aka also known as

AK amp above-knee amputation

AKAV Akabane virus

AKBR arterial ketone body ratio

AKE acrokeratoelastoidosis

A/kg amperes per kilogram

AKP alkaline phosphatase

AKRMLV AKR murine leukemia virus

AKS alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome; auditory and kinesthetic sensation

AKU alkaptonuria

AL absolute latency; acinar lumen; acute leukemia; adaptation level; albumin; alcoholism [and other drug

dependence services]; alignment; amyloid L; amyloidosis; analyzer and loader; anatomic location, anatomical

localizer; anterior leaflet; anterolateral; antihuman lymphocytic [globulin]; argininosuccinate lyase; avian

leukosis; axial length; axillary loop; axiolingual; left ear [Lat. auris laeva]

AL angiographic area of lateral projection

Al allantoic; allergic, allergy; aluminum

al left ear [Lat. auris laeva]

ALA amebic liver abscess; American Laryngological Association; American Lung Association;

aminolevulinate; aminolevulinic acid; axiolabial

ALa axiolabial

Ala alanine

ala alanine

AL-Ab antilymphocyte antibody

ALAD abnormal left axis deviation

ALAD, ALA-D aminolevulinic acid dehydrase

ALADH delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase

ALADP aminolevulinic acid dehydrogenase deficiency porphyria

ALAG, ALaG axiolabiogingival

A-LAK adherent lymphokine-activated killer [cell]

ALAL, ALaL axiolabiolingual

ALAO angiographic area of left anterior oblique projection

AlaP, ala-P alafosfalin

ALARA as low as reasonably achievable [radiation exposure]

ALARM adjustable leg and ankle repositioning mechanism

ALARP as low as reasonably possible

ALAS delta-aminolevulinate synthase

ALASH delta-aminolevulinate synthase, housekeeping type

ALAT alanine aminotransferase

ALB albumin; avian lymphoblastosis

alb albumin; white [Lat. albus]

ALBC albumin clearance

ALB/GLOB albumin/globulin [ratio]

ALC absolute lymphocyte count; acute lethal catatonia; aided living center; alternate level of care; Alternative

Lifestyle Checklist; approximate lethal concentration; avian leukosis complex; axiolinguocervical

alc alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism

ALCA anomalous left coronary artery

ALCAPA anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery

ALCAR acetyl-L-carnitine

ALCEQ Adolescent Life Change Event Questionnaire

ALCL anaplastic large cell lymphoma

ALCO Anonymous Fighters Against Obesity

alcoh alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism

AlCPV Agrochola lychnidis cypovirus; Aporophyla lutulenta cypovirus

AlcR, alcR alcohol rub

AlCr aluminum crown

ALD adrenoleukodystrophy; alcoholic liver disease; aldehyde dehydrogenase; aldolase; aldosterone; anterior

latissimus dorsi; Appraisal of Language Disturbance; approximate lethal dose; assistive listening device

Ald aldolase; aldosterone

ALDA aldolase A

ALDB aldolase B

ALDC aldolase C

ALDF American Lyme Disease Foundation

ALDH aldehyde dehydrogenase

Aldo aldosterone

ALDOA aldolase A

ALDOC aldolase C

ALDOST aldosterone

ALDP adrenoleukodystrophy protein

ALDR aldose reductase

ALDS albinism-deafness syndrome

ALDUSA aspirin low dosage in unstable angina

ALE active life expectancy; adaptive line enhancer; allowable limits of error; amputated lower extremity

ALEC artificial lung-expanding compound

ALEP atypical lymphoepithelioid cell proliferation

ALERT Amiodarone vs Lidocaine Inpatient Emergency Resuscitation Trial; Assessment of Lescol in Renal

Transplantation [to reduce coronary event]

ALEV Alenquer virus

ALF acute liver failure; advance laser flowmeter; American Liver Foundation; assisted living facilities;

automated laser fluorescence

ALFT abnormal liver function test

ALFV Alfuy virus

ALG antilymphocytic globulin; axiolinguogingival

alg allergy

ALGOL algorithmic oriented language

ALH angiolymphoid hyperplasia; anterior lobe hormone; anterior lobe of hypophysis

ALHE angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia

ALHV alcelaphine herpesvirus

ALI acute lung injury; annual limit of intake; average lobe index

ALICE advanced large-scale integrated computational environment

ALIF anterior lumbar interbody fusion

ALIP abnormal localized immature myeloid precursor

ALIVE Adenosine Lidocaine Infarct Zone Viability Enhancement [trial]; Amiodarone vs Lidocaine in Prehospital

Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation [study]; Azimilide Postinfarction Survival Evaluation [trial]

ALJV Alajuela virus

ALK automated lamellar keratoplasty

ALK, alk alkaline; alkylating

ALK-P alkaline phosphatase

ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia; acute lymphocytic leukemia; Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering [study]

all allergy, allergic

ALLA acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen

ALLHAT Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial

ALLO atypical Legionella-like organism

ALM aerial lentiginous melanoma; alveolar living material

ALME acetyl-lysine methyl ester

ALMI anterior lateral myocardial infarct

ALMV Almeirim virus; Almpiwar virus; anterior leaflet of the mitral valve

AlMV alfalfa mosaic virus

ALN allylnitrile; anterior lymph node; axillary lymph node

ALO average lymphocyte output; axiolinguo-occlusal

ALOS average length of stay

ALOSH Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health

ALOX aluminum oxide

ALP acute leukemia protocol; acute lupus pericarditis; alkaline phosphatase; alveolar proteinosis; anterior lobe of

pituitary; antileukoproteinase; antilymphocytic plasma; argon laser photocoagulation; automated linkage preprocessor

AlPase alkaline phosphatase

ALPG alkaline phosphatase, germ-cell

α Greek letter alpha; angular acceleration; first [carbon atom next to the carbon atom bearing the active group in organic

compounds]; optical rotation; probability of type I error; solubility coefficient

alpha2-AP alpha2-antiplasmin

α1-AT alpha1-antitrypsin

α error type I error [statistics]

alpha-GLUC alpha-glucosidase

alpha2M alpha2-macroglobulin

α2 PIPC α2-plasmin inhibitor-plasmin complex

ALPL alkaline phosphatase, liver

ALPP alkaline phosphatase, placental

ALPPL alkaline phosphatase-like, placental

ALPS angiolymphoproliferative syndrome; Aphasia Language Performance Scale; attitudinal listening profile system

ALPSA anterior labroligamentous periosteal sleeve avulsion

ALPV aphid lethal paralysis virus

ALR aldehyde reductase

ALRI anterolateral rotatory instability

ALROS American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society

ALS acute lateral sclerosis; advanced life support; afferent loop syndrome; alkali-labile site; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;

angiotensin-like substance; anterolateral sclerosis; anticipated life span; antilymphocyte serum

ALSD Alzheimer-like senile dementia

ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood

ALS-PD amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism-dementia [complex]

AlStV Alstroemeria streak virus

AL-SV avian leukosis sarcoma virus

ALT alanine aminotransferase; argon laser trabeculoplasty; autolymphocyte therapy; avian laryngotracheitis

AlT aluminum tartrate

Alt, alt alternate; altitude; aluminum tartrate

ALTB acute laryngotracheobronchitis

ALTE apparent life-threatening event

ALTEE acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester

ALTS acute lumbar traumatic sprain or syndrome

ALTV Altamira virus

ALU arithmetic and logic unit

ALV Abelson leukemia virus; adeno-like virus; alveolar, alveolus; American latent virus; Arracacha latent virus;

ascending lumbar vein; avian leukosis virus

Alv alveolus, alveolar

ALV-A avian leukosis virus A

ALVAD abdominal left ventricular assist device

ALVF acute left ventricular failure

ALV-HPRS103 avian leukosis virus-HPRS103

ALV M alveolar mucosa

ALVT aortic and left ventricular tunnel

alv vent alveolar ventilation

ALVX alveolectomy

ALW arch-loop whorl

ALWMI anterolateral wall myocardial infarct

AM Academic Medicine [journal]; actomyosin; acute myelofibrosis; adult male; adult monocyte; aerospace medicine;

affected male; akinetic mutism; alcoholic male; alveolar macrophage; alveolar mucosa; amacrine cell; ambulatory;

amethopterin; ametropia; ammeter; amperemeter; ampicillin; amplitude modulation; amyl; anovular menstruation; anterior

mitral leaflet; antimycotic; arithmetic mean; arousal mechanism; articular manipulation; aviation medicine; axiomesial;

meter angle; myopic astigmatism

Am americium; amnion; amyl

A/m amperes per meter

A-m2 ampere-square meter

am ametropia; amyl; amplitude; meter angle; myopic astigmatism

AMA against medical advice; alkaline membrane assay; American Management Association; American Medical

Association; analog multiplexer array; antimitochondrial antibody; antimyosin antibody; antithyroid microsomal antibody;

apocrine membrane antigen; arm muscle area; Australian Medical Association

AMA-DE American Medical Association Drug Evaluation

AMAL Aero-Medical Acceleration Laboratory

AMANET, AMA/Net American Medical Association Network

AMAP American Medical Accreditation Program; as much as possible

A-MAT amorphous material

AMAV Amapari virus

AMB amphotericin B; anomalous muscle bundle; anteromedial bundle; avian myeloblastosis

Amb ambulance; ambulatory, ambulation

amb ambient; ambiguous; ambulance; ambulatory

AMBER advanced multiple-beam equalization radiography; assisted model building with energy refinement

ambig ambiguous

AMBL acute megakaryoblastic leukemia

AMbL acute myeloblastic leukemia

AMBRE atraumatic multidirectional bilateral rehabilitation [shoulder]

AMBRI atraumatic, multidirectional, bilateral radial instability

AMBU air mask bag unit

ambul ambulatory

AMBV Anhembi virus

AMC academic medical center; acetylmethyl carbinol; Animal Medical Center; antibody-mediated cytotoxicity; antimalaria

campaign; arm muscle circumference; Army Medical Corps; arthrogryposis multiplex congenita; ataxia-microcephalyretardation

[syndrome]; automated mixture control; axiomesiocervical

AMCAS American Medical College Application Service

AMCD Aeromedical Certification Division

AMCHA aminomethylcyclohexane-carboxylic acid

AMCN anteromedial caudate nucleus

AmCPV Antheraea mylitta cypovirus

AMCRA American Managed Care and Review Association

AMCV avian myelocytomatosis virus

AMD acid maltase deficiency; acromandibular dysplasia; actinomycin D; S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase;

adrenomyelodystrophy; advance medical directives; age-related macular degeneration; Aleutian mink disease; alphamethyldopa;

Association for Macular Diseases; axiomesiodistal

AMDA American Medical Directors Association

AMDF average magnitude difference function

AMDGF alveolar macrophage-derived growth factor

AMDS Association of Military Dental Surgeons

AMDV Aleutian mink disease virus

AME amphotericin methyl ester; apparent mineralocorticoid excess; aseptic meningoencephalitis

AMEA American Medical Electroencephalographic Association

AMEAE acute monophasic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

AMED Allied and Alternative Medicine Database [UK]; Army Medical Department

AMEDD Army Medical Department

AMEDS Army Medical Service

AMEGL, AMegL acute megakaryoblastic leukemia

AMEND Aiding Mothers and Fathers Experiencing Neonatal Death

AMES age metastasis extension size

AMet adenosyl-L-methionine

AMETHIST Ambroxol Efficacy and Tolerability on Hypersecretion, Italian Study

AMEV Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus

AMF antimuscle factor

Amf amniotic fluid

AMFAR American Foundation for AIDS Research

AM/FM automated mapping and facility management

AMFPI active matrix flat panel imager

AMG alpha-2-macroglobulin; amyloglucosidase; antimacrophage globulin; arterial migraine grinder; axiomesiogingival

A2MG alpha-2-macroglobulin

AMH Accreditation Manual for Hospitals; anti-m llerian hormone; automated medical history

Amh mixed astigmatism with myopia predominating over hyeropia

AMHA Association of Mental Health Administrators

AMHIS Alberta Mental Health Information System

AMHT automated multiphasic health testing

AMI acquired monosaccharide intolerance; acute myocardial infarction; amitriptyline; anterior myocardial infarct; anterior

myocardial infarction; Argatroban in Myocardial Infarction [study]; Association of Medical Illustrators; Athletic Motivation

Inventory; axiomesioincisal

AMIA American Medical Informatics Association

AMIABLE Acute Myocardial Infarction Angioplasty Bolus Lysis Evaluation

AMICUS Austrian Multicenter Isradipine cum Spirapril Study

AMIS Ambulatory Medical Information System; Aspirin in Myocardial Infarction Study; Automated Management

Information System

AMISTAD Acute Myocardial Infarction Study of Adenosine

AMKL acute megakaryoblastic leukemia

AML acute monocytic leukemia; acute mucosal lesion; acute myeloblastic leukemia; acute myelocytic leukemia; acute

myelogenous leukemia; anatomic medullary locking; angiomyolipoma; anterior mitral leaflet; automated multitest

laboratory

AMLB alternate monaural loudness balance

AMLC adherent macrophage-like cell; autologous mixed lymphocyte culture

AMLCD active matrix liquid crystal display

AMLR autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction

AMLS antimouse lymphocyte serum

AMLSGA acute myeloblastic leukemia surface glycoprotein antigen

AMM agnogenic myeloid metaplasia; ammonia; antibody to murine cardiac myosin; Association of Medical

Microbiologists [UK]; World Medical Association [Fr. Association Medicale Mondiale]

amm ammonia

AMML acute myelomonocytic leukemia

AMMoL acute myelomonocytic or myelomonoblastic leukemia

ammon ammonia

AMN adrenomyeloneuropathy; alloxazine mononucleotide; aminonucleoside; anterior median nucleus

AMNS aminonucleoside

AMO assistant medical officer; axiomesio-occlusal

AmO alarm object

amo, amor amorphous

A-mode amplitude mode; amplitude modulation

AMOG adhesion molecule on glia

AMOL, AMoL acute monocytic or monoblastic leukemia

AMP accelerated mental processes; acid mucopolysaccharide; adenosine monophosphate; Aerospace Medical Panel;

2,3-aminophenazine; 2-amino-2,1-propanol; amphetamine; ampicillin; ampule; amputation; average mean pressure

amp ampere; amplification; amplitude; ampule; amputation, amputee

AMPA alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate; American Medical Publishers Association;

aminoisopropyl propionic acid

AMPAC American Medical Political Action Committee

AMPAR alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate receptor

AMP-c cyclic adenosine monophosphate

AMPH, amphet amphetamine

amp-hr ampere-hour

AMPI APSAC in Acute Myocardial Infarction Placebo Controlled Investigation

ampl large [Lat. amplus]

AMPLE allergies, medications, past medical history, last meal, events preceding present condition

A-M pr Austin-Moore prosthesis

Amp-RT amplified reverse transcriptase

AMPS abnormal mucopolysacchariduria; acid mucopolysaccharide

AMPT active mouse protection test; alpha-methylparatyrosine

ampul ampule

AMR acoustic muscle reflex; activity metabolic rate; acute mitral regurgitation; alopecia-mental retardation [syndrome];

alternate motion rate; alternating motion reflex; ambulatory medical record

AMRA American Medical Record Association

AMRF American Medical Resources Foundation

AMRI anteromedial rotatory instability

AMRL Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

AMRNL Army Medical Research and Nutrition Laboratory

AMRO Amsterdam-Rotterdam Trial Comparing Excimer Laser and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

AMRS ambulatory medical records system; automated medical record system

AMS ablepharon-microstomia syndrome; accelerator mass spectrometry; act management system; acute mountain

sickness; adenosylmethionine synthetase; advanced large-scale integrated computational environment [ALICE] memory

snooper; advanced medical systems [fetal monitor]; aggravated in military service; altered mental status; American

Microscopical Society; amount of substance; amylase; antimacrophage serum; Army Medical Service; aseptic meningitis

syndrome; Association of Military Surgeons; auditory memory span; automated multiphasic screening

ams amount of a substance

AMSA acridinylamine methanesulfon-m-anisidide; American Medical Society on Alcoholism; American Medical Students

Association; amsacrine

AMSAODD American Medical Society on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies

AMSC Army Medical Specialist Corps

AMSP Association of Medical School Pharmacology

AMSRDC Army Medical Service Research and Development Command

AMSU ambulatory minor surgery unit

AMT acute miliary tuberculosis; Adenosine Scan Multicenter Trial; alpha-methyltyrosine; American Medical

Technologists; amethopterin; amitriptyline; amniotic membrane transplantation; amphetamine; anxiety management

training; atherogenic metabolic triad

amt amount

AMTV Arumowot virus

amt/vol amount/volume

AMU Army Medical Unit

amu atomic mass unit

AmuLV Abelson murine leukemia virus; amphotrophic murine leukemia virus

AMV alfalfa mosaic virus; apex to mitral valve; assisted mechanical ventilation; asteroid mosaic virus; avian

myeloblastosis virus

AMVF additive multiattribute value function

AMVI acute mesenteric vascular insufficiency

aMVL anterior mitral valve leaflet

AMWA American Medical Women's Association; American Medical Writers' Association

AMX advanced multiprocessor extension; amoxicillin

AMY, amy amylase

AMyA antimyocardial antibody

AN acanthosis nigricans; acetylnitrile; acne neonatorum; acoustic neuroma; adult, normal; ala nasi; amyl nitrate;

aneurysm; anisometropia; anode; anorexia nervosa; antenatal; anterior; antineuraminidase; aseptic necrosis; atmosphere

normal; atrionodal; autonomic neuropathy; avascular necrosis

A/N antenatal; as needed

An actinon; anisometropia; anode, anodal; antigen; Aspergillus niger; atmosphere normal

An atmosphere normal

A1-NA A1 area of the nucleus ambiguus

ANA acetylneuraminic acid; American Narcolepsy Association; American Neurological Association; American Nurses

Association; anesthesia [anaesthesia]; antibody to nuclear antigens; antinuclear antibody; aspartyl naphthylamide

Ana anaplastic

ANAD anorexia nervosa with associated disorders

ANAE alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase

ANAG acute narrow angle glaucoma

AnaINH anaphylotoxin inhibitor

ANAL, anal analgesia, analgesic; analysis, analytic

ANAM automated neuropsychological assessment metrics

ANAP agglutination negative, absorption positive [reaction]

ANAS anastomosis; auditory nerve activating substance

ANASCD American Nurses Association Steering Committee on Databases

anast anastomosis

ANAT anatomic structure [UMLS]

Anat, anat anatomy, anatomist

ANAV Anopheles A virus

ANB avascular necrosis of bone

ANBN alpha-nitroso-beta-naphthol

ANBP Australian National Blood Pressure [trial]

ANBV Anopheles B virus

ANC absolute neutrophil count; acid neutralization capacity; active noise control [MRI]; adaptive or noise canceler; adult

neuronal ceroid [lipofuscinosis]; ancestor [UMLS]; antigen-neutralizing capacity; Army Nurse Corps

ANC1 ancestor, first level in hierarchy [UMLS]

ANCA antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody

ANCC, AnCC anodal closure contraction

ANCHR Access to National Claims History Repository [Medicare database]

ANCL adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

ANCOVA analysis of covariance

ANCR Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries

AND algoneurodystrophy; anterior nasal discharge

ANDA Abbreviated New Drug Application

ANDRO, andro androsterone

ANDTE, AnDTe anodal duration tetanus

ANDV Andasibe virus; Andes virus

anes, anesth anesthesia, anesthetic

ANESR apparent norepinephrine secretion rate

AnEx, an ex anodal excitation

ANF alpha-naphthoflavone; American Nurses' Foundation; antineuritic factor; antinuclear factor; atrial natriuretic factor

AnfaMNPV Anagrapha falciform multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus

ANFIS adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system

ANFO ammonium nitrate-fuel oil [bomb]

ANG angiogenin; angiogram, angiography; angiotensin

Ang II, ANGII angiotensin II

ang angiogram, angiography; angle, angular

ANGEL a new global environment for learning [computer-assisted]

ANGFA antinerve growth factor antibody

Ang GR angiotensin generation rate

AngHV anguillid herpesvirus

Angio , angiogram, angiographicangiography

ang pect angina pectoris

ANH academic nursing home

anh anhydrous

ANHV Anhanga virus

AnHV anatid herpesvirus

ANI acute nerve irritation

ANIA automated nephelometric immunoassay

ANIM animal [UMLS]

ANIMAL automatic nonlinear image matching and anatomical labeling

ANIR Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research [National Science Foundation]

ANIS Anorexia Nervosa Inventory for Self-rating

aniso anisocytosis

ANIT alpha-naphthyl-isothiocyanate

ANK, Ank ankyrin

ank ankle

ANL acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia

ANLI antibody-negative with latent infection

ANLL acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

ANN artificial neural network

Ann annual

ANNA antineutrophil nuclear antibody

ann fib annulus fibrosus

ANNP artificial neural network processor

ANOC, AnOC anodal opening contraction

ANOCL anodal opening clonus

ANOCOVA analysis of covariance [statistics]

ANOP anophthalmia

ANOV, ANOVA analysis of variance [statistics]

ANP acute necrotizing pancreatitis; adult nurse practitioner; advanced nurse practitioner; ancillary nursing personnel; Anorprogesterone;

atrial natriuretic peptide

ANP-A atrial natriuretic peptide A

ANP-B atrial natriuretic peptide B

ANP-C atrial natriuretic peptide C

A-NPP absorbed normal pooled plasma

ANRC American National Red Cross

ANRL antihypertensive neutral renomedullary lipid

ANS acanthion; American National Standards; American Nimodipine Study; American Nutrition Society; 8-anilino-1-

naphthalene-sulfonic acid; anterior nasal spine; antineutrophilic serum; antirat neutrophil serum; Army Nursing Service;

arterionephrosclerosis; Associate in Nursing Science; autonomic nervous system

ANSCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ANSI-HISPP American National Standards Institute Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel

AN-SIR advice nurse structured implicit review [telemedicine]

ANSWER Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/National Library of Medicine's Workstation for Emergency

Response

ANT acoustic noise test; adenine nucleotide translocator; aminonitrothiazole; anterior

ant anterior; antimycin

AntA antimycin A

antag antagonist

ANTENOX [Switch to oral] Anticoagulant from Enoxaparin [in treatment of acute deep venous thrombosis]

Anth-Gly anthraquinone-glycine [conjugate]

Anth-IDA anthraquinone-iminodiacetate [conjugate]

anti-HBc antibody to hepatitis B core antigen

anti-HBe antibody to hepatitis B early antigen

anti-HBs antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen

anti-PNM Ab anti-peripheral nerve myelin antibody

AntLV Anthriscus latent virus

ANTR apparent net transfer rate

ANTU alpha-naphthylthiourea

ANTV Antequera virus

ANT3Y adenine nucleotide translocator 3 Y

ANU artificial neural unit

ANuA antinuclear antibody

ANUG acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

ANUV Ananindeua virus

ANV avian nephritis virus

AnV-S Aspergillus niger virus S

ANX annexin

anx anxiety

ANZ Australia and New Zealand [heart failure collaborative study]

AO abdominal aorta; abdominally obese; achievement orientation; acid output; acridine orange; age of onset; ankle

orthosis; anodal opening; anterior oblique; antisense oligonucleotide; aorta; aortic opening; arthro-ophthalmopathy;

assessment-object; atelosteogenesis; atomic orbital; atrioventricular [valve] opening; average optical [density]; axioocclusal

Ao aorta; Aspergillus ochraceus

Ao orifice area

A/O atlanto-occipital

A&O, A/O alert and oriented

AOA Administration on Aging; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; American Optometric Association; American

Orthopedic Association; American Orthopsychiatric Association; American Osteopathic Association; ascending aorta

AoA age of acquisition

AOAA amino-oxyacetic acid

AOAC Association of Official Agricultural Chemists

AOAP as often as possible

AoArE aortic arch epinephrine

AOAS American Osteopathic Academy of Sclerotherapy

AOB accessory olfactory bulb; alcohol on breath

AOBEM American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine

AOBS acute organic brain syndrome

AOC abridged ocular chart; allyloxycarbonyl; amyloxycarbonyl; anodal opening contraction; area of concern

AOCA American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists

AOCD American Osteopathic College of Dermatology

AOCl anodal opening clonus

AOCN advanced oncology certified nurse

AOCPA American Osteopathic College of Pathologists

AOCPR American Osteopathic College of Proctology

AOCR American Osteopathic College of Radiology; American Osteopathic College of Rheumatology

AOD Academy of Operative Dentistry; Academy of Oral Dynamics; adult-onset diabetes; anesthesiologist-on-duty;

arterial oxygen desaturation; arteriosclerotic occlusive disease; auriculo-osteodysplasia

AODM adult-onset diabetes mellitus

AODME Academy of Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education

AODP alcohol and other drug problems

AOE admission order entry

AoE aortic epinephrine

AOHA American Osteopathic Hospital Association

AoHV aotine herpesvirus

AOI apnea of infancy

AoIR Association of Internet Researchers

AOIVM angiographically occult intracranial vascular malformation

AOL acro-osteolysis

AOM acute otitis media; alternatives of management; arthroophthalmopathy; azoxymethane

AOMA American Occupational Medical Association

AOMP, AoMP aortic mean pressure

AON anterior olfactory nucleus

AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives

AOO anodal opening odor; atrial asynchronous (competitive, fixed-rate) [pacemaker]

AOP anodal opening picture; aortic pressure

AoP aortic pressure

AOPA American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association

AOPC adult outpatient psychotherapy clinic

AOPW, AoPW aortic posterior wall

AOR adjusted odds ratio; Alvarado Orthopedic Research [instruments]; auditory oculogyric reflex

AORN Association of Operating Room Nurses

AOS American Ophthalmological Society; American Otological Society; anodal opening sound; anterior [o]esophageal

sensor

A2-OS aortic second sound, opening snap

AOSF adaptive order statistic filter

AOSSM American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine

AOT accessory optic tract; acute occlusive thrombus or thrombosis; Anderson Olsson table; anodal opening tetanus;

Association of Occupational Therapists

AOTA American Occupational Therapy Association

AOTe anodal opening tetanus

AOTF American Occupational Therapy Foundation

AOU apparent oxygen utilization

AOV aortic valve

AoV aortic valve; Aspergillus ochraceus virus

AP abdominal pain; abdominal [voiding] pressure; abdominoperitoneal; accelerated phase; accessory pathway; accounts

payable; acid phosphatase; acinar parenchyma; action plan; action potential; activator protein; active pepsin; active

pressure; acute pancreatitis; acute phase; acute pneumonia; acute proliferative; adductor pollicis [muscle]; adenomatous

polyposis; adolescent psychiatry; after parturition; agno protein; alkaline phosphatase; alum precipitated; aminopeptidase;

aminopyrine; amyloid P-component; amyloid peptide; anatomic profile; angina pectoris; antepartal [Lat. ante partum];

anterior pituitary; anteroposterior; antidromic potential; antiplasmin; antipyrine; antiviral protein; antral peristalsis; aortic

pressure; aortopulmonary; apical pulse; apothecary; appendectomy; appendicitis; appendix; apurinic acid;

apurinic/apyrimidinic [site in DNA]; area postrema; arithmetic progression; arterial pressure; artificial pneumothorax;

aspiration pneumonia; assessment and plans; association period; atherosclerotic plaque; atrial pacing; atrioventricular

pathway; attending physician; axiopulpal; before parturition [Lat. ante partum]

A-P anteroposterior

A&P anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion

A/P abdominal/perineal; antepartum; ascites/plasma [ratio]

A2 P2 aortic second sound, pulmonary second sound

4-AP 4-aminopyridine

Ap apex

Ap amount in plasma

aP acellular pertussis [vaccine]

ap anteroposterior; attachment point

APA action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; American

Pancreatic Association; American Pharmaceutic Association; American Physiotherapy Association; American Podiatric

Association; American Psychiatric Association; American Psychoanalytic Association; American Psychological

Association; American Psychopathological Association; American Psychotherapy Association; aminopenicillanic acid;

anterior margin of pulmonary artery; antipernicious anemia [factor]; antiphospholipid antibody; antiproliferative antibody;

arcuate premotor area; azidophenacyl

ApA adenylyl (3′-5′) adenosine; azidophenacyl

APAAP alkaline phosphatase-antialkaline phosphatase [labeling]

APAB antiphospholipid antibody; azidophenacyl bromide

APACHE Acute Physiology, Age, and Chronic Health Evaluation

APACS analog picture archiving and communication system

APAF antipernicious anemia factor

APAMI Asian Pacific Association of Medical Informatics

APAN Asian-Pacific Advanced Network

APAP acetaminophen; adaptive positive airway pressure

APASS Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Stroke Studies

APB abductor pollicis brevis; atrial premature beat

APBD adult polyglucosan body disease

APC acetylsalicylic acid, phenacetin, and caffeine; activated protein C; adenoidal-pharyngeal-conjunctival [agent];

adenomatous polyposis coli; allophyocyanin; all-purpose capsule; angiotensin presenting cell; antigen-presenting cell;

antiphlogistic corticoid; aortopulmonary collateral artery; aperture current; apneustic center; argon plasma coagulation;

Association for Practitioners in Infection Control; aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine; atrial premature contraction; autologous

platelet concentrate

aPC activated protein C

ApCAM aplasia cell adhesion molecule

APCC aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine-codeine

APCD acquired prothrombin complex deficiency [syndrome]; adult polycystic kidney disease

APCF acute pharyngoconjunctival fever

APCG apex cardiogram

Ap4CH apical four-chamber plane

APCKD adult-type polycystic kidney disease

ApCPV Anaitis plagiata cypovirus; Antheraea pernyi cypovirus

APC-R, APCR activated protein C resistance

APD acquired perforating dermatosis; action potential duration [of heart]; acute polycystic disease; adult polycystic

disease; advanced physical diagnosis; airway pressure disconnect; anteroposterior diameter; antipsychotic drug;

articulation-phonological disorders; atrial premature depolarization; autoimmune progesterone dermatitis; automated

peritoneal dialysis; avalanche photodiodes

APD80 action potential duration at 80% repolarization

A-PD anteroposterior diameter

APDb [heart] action potential duration-baseline beat

APDF amplitude probability density function

APDI Adult Personal Data Inventory

APDIM Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine

ApDNV Aedes pseudoscutellaris densovirus

APDp [heart] action potential duration-premature stimulus

AP-DRG all patients-diagnosis-related group

APE acetone powder extract; acute polioencephalitis; acute psychotic episode; acute pulmonary edema; airway pressure

excursion; aminophylline, phenobarbital, and ephedrine; anterior pituitary extract; asthma of physical effort; avian

pneumoencephalitis

APECED autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidosis-ectodermal dystrophy

ApEn approximate entropy

APES aminopropyltriethoxysilane

APEUV Apeu virus

APEX automatic programmable electronic matrix

APF acidulated phosphofluoride; adaptive pattern filtering; American Psychological Foundation; anabolism-promoting

factor; animal protein factor; antiperinuclear factor; assigned protection factor

APG acid-precipitated globulin; air plethysmography; ambulatory patient group; animal pituitary gonadotropin; antegrade

pyelography

APGAR American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record

APGL alkaline phosphatase activity of granular leukocytes

APGO Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

APH alcohol-positive history; alternative pathway hemolysis; aminoglycoside phosphotransferase; antepartum

hemorrhage; anterior pituitary hormone; Association of Private Hospitals

Aph aphasia

APHA American Protestant Hospital Association; American Public Health Association

APhA American Pharmaceutical Association

APHEA Air Pollution in Health, European Approach

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories

APHP anti-Pseudomonas human plasma

API alkaline protease inhibitor; Analytical Profile Index; annual parasitological index; application program interface;

applications programming interface; arterial pressure index; atmospheric pressure ionization; Autonomy Preference Index

APIC Acenocoumarin vs Pentoxifylline in Intermittent Claudication [trial]; Association for Practitioners in Infection Control

APIE assessment, plan, implementation, and evaluation

APIM Association Professionnelle Internationale des Medecins

APIP additional personal injury protection

APIS Antihypertensive Patch, Italian Study

APIVR artificial pacemaker-induced ventricular rhythm

aPKC atypical protein kinase C

APKD adult-onset polycystic kidney disease

APL abductor pollicis longus; accelerated painless labor; acute promyelocytic leukemia; animal placenta lactogen;

anterior pituitary-like; anterior pulmonary leaflet

aPL antiphospholipid

A-P&L anteroposterior and lateral

APLA, aPLA antiphospholipid antibody

APLAUD Antiplatelet Useful Dose [trial]

APLAUSE Antiplatelet Treatment After Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Optimal Stent Expansion [trial]

APLP amyloid precursor-like protein

APLPV American plum line pattern virus

APLS advanced pediatric life support

APLV Andean potato latent virus

APM Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine; Academy of Physical Medicine; Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine;

acid precipitable material; admission pattern monitoring; affected pedigree member; alternating pressure mattress;

anterior papillary muscle; anteroposterior movement; apical plasma membrane; aspartame; Association of Professors of

Medicine

APML acute promyelocytic leukemia

APMOMS Advisory Panel on the Mission and Organization of Medical Schools

APMoV Andean potato mottle virus

APMR Association for Physical and Mental Retardation

APMV avian paramyxovirus

ApMV apple mosaic virus

APN acute pyelonephritis; advanced practice nurse; average peak noise

APNCU adequacy of prenatal care utilization

APNH antiporter sodium-hydrogen ion

APO abductor pollicis obliquus; acquired pendular oscillation; Adriamycin, prednisone, vincristine; adverse patient

occurrence; aphoxide; apolipoprotein; apomorphine; apoprotein

Apo, apo apolipoprotein

APOA, apoA apolipoprotein A

APOB, apoB apolipoprotein B

APOC African Program for Onchocerciasis Control; apolipoprotein C

apoC apolipoprotein C

APOE, apoE apolipoprotein E

APOIV Apoi virus

APOJ, apoJ apolipoprotein J

APORF acute postoperative renal failure

apoth apothecary

APP acute phase protein; alum-precipitated pyridine; aminopyrazolopyrimidine; amyloid peptide precursor; amyloid

precursor protein; antiplatelet plasma; aqueous procaine penicillin; automated physiologic profile; average pixel

projection; avian pancreatic polypeptide

App, app appendix

APPA American Psychopathological Association; 4-aminophenylacetic acid

appar apparatus

APPC application or advanced program-to-program communication

APPCPT atom and physicochemical property class pair and torsion

APPCR, AP-PCR arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction

APPG aqueous procaine penicillin G

APPI Active Persantine in Postischemic Injury [study]

appl appliance; application, applied

APPROACH Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease

approp appropriate

approx approximate

APPS amyloid precursor protein secretase

APPT Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool

Appt, appt appointment

appx appendix

appy appendectomy

APR abdominoperineal resection; absolute proximal reabsorption; acute phase reaction or reactant; air-purifying

respirator; amebic prevalence rate; anatomic porous replacement; anterior pituitary reaction; average payment rate

APRAIS Acute Phase Reactions and Ischemic Coronary Syndromes

APRAISE Antisense to Prevent Restenosis After Intervention, Stent Evaluation

aprax apraxia

APRICOT Antithrombotics in the Prevention of Reocclusion in Coronary Thrombolysis [trial]; Aspirin vs Coumadin Trial;

Aspirin vs Coumadin in the Prevention of Reocclusion and Recurrent Ischemia after Successful Thrombolysis Trial

APRL American Prosthetic Research Laboratory

AProL acute promyelocytic leukemia

APRP acidic proline-rich protein; acute phase reactant protein

APRT adenine phosphoribosyl transferase

APRV airway pressure release ventilation

APS acute physiology score; adenosine phosphosulfate; advanced photon source; American Pain Society; American

Pediatric Society; American Physiological Society; American Proctologic Society; American Prosthodontic Society;

American Psychological Society; American Psychosomatic Society; aminopropylsilane; ammonium persulfate; analog

processing stage; annual person summary [Medicare data file]; antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; attending

physician's statement; Australian Psychological Society; autoimmune polyglandular syndrome; automated patent system;

prostate-specific antigen

APSAC acylated plasminogen-streptokinase activator complex; anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator

complex

APSD aorticopulmonary septal defect

APSGN acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

APSIS Angina Prognosis Study in Stockholm; Angina Prognosis Study with Isoptin and Seloken [trial]

APSP assisted peak systolic pressure

APSQ Abbreviated Parent Symptom Questionnaire

APSS Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep

APSU Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

APT Ablate and Pace Trial; alum-precipitated toxoid; aminophenylthioether; antiplatelet trials; applied potential

tomography; automatic peak tracing

APTA American Physical Therapy Association

APTD Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled

APTES γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane

APTF American Physical Therapy Foundation

APTH ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and treatment of hypertension

APTI airway pressure time index

APTT, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time

APUD amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation

APV abnormal posterior vector; Acyrthosiphon pisum virus; amprenavir

aPV acellular pertussis vaccine

APVC anomalous pulmonary venous connection

APW alkaline peptone water

APWS attending physician work station

AQ achievement quotient; acoustic quantification; anthraquinone; any quantity; aphasia quotient

aq aqueous; water [Lat. aqua]

AQAB acquired abnormality [UMLS]

AQCESS Automated Quality of Care Evaluation Support System

AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

AQL acceptable quality level

AQLQ Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire

AQMS acute quadriplegic myopathy syndrome

AQP aquaporin

AQS additional qualifying symptoms

aqu aqueous

AR absolute risk; acceptable risk; accounts receivable; achievement ratio; actinic reticuloid [syndrome]; active

resistance; acute rejection; acute relapse; adherence ratio; admission rate; admitting room; adrenergic receptor;

adrenodoxin reductase; airway resistance; alarm reaction; alcohol related; alkali reserve; allergic rhinitis; allowance region

[radiotherapy]; alloy restoration; ambulance report; amphiregulin; amplitude ratio; analytical reagent; androgen receptor;

anterior root; aortic regurgitation; apical-radial; Argyll Robertson [pupil]; aromatase; arsphenamine; articulare; artificial

respiration; ascorbate reductase; assisted respiration; at risk; atrial rate; atrial reversal; atrophic rhinitis; augmented reality

[computer graphics]; autoradiography; autoregressive; autosomal recessive

A1R adenosine A1 receptor

Ar argon; articulare

Ar relative atomic mass

ar aromatic

A/R apical/radial

A&R advised and released

ARA Academy of Rehabilitative Audiometry; acetylene reduction activity; adenine regulating agent; American

Rheumatism Association; anorectal agenesis; antireticulin antibody; aortic root angiogram; arabinose; Associate of the

Royal Academy; Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly

ara arabinose

ara-A adenine arabinoside

Ara-C arabinosylcytidine

ara-C cytosine arabinose; cytosine arabinoside

ARAL adjustment reaction to adult life

ARAM antigen recognition activation motif

ARAMIS American Rheumatism Association Medical Information System

ARAO angiographic area of right anterior oblique projection

ARAS ascending reticular activating system

ara-U arabinosyluracil

ARAV Araguari virus

ARB adrenergic receptor binder; angiotensin receptor blocker

arb arbitrary unit

ARBD alcohol-related birth defects

ARBV Arbia virus

ARC absolute reticulocyte count; accelerating rate calorimetry; Accreditation Review Council; acquired

immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex; active renin concentration; AIDS-related complex; American Red Cross;

anomalous retinal correspondence; antigen reactive cell; arcuate; Arthritis Rehabilitation Center; arthrogryposis-renal

dysfunction-cholestasis [syndrome]; Association for Retarded Children; atypical reparative changes; automatic exposure

control

ARCA acquired red cell aplasia

ARCD age-related cognitive decline

ARCH Amiodarone Reduces Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Hospitalization [trial]; automated record for child health

ARCI Addiction Research Center Inventory

ARCOS Auckland Region Coronary or Stroke [study]

ARCS Associate of the Royal College of Science; Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

ARC-ST Accreditation Review Council for Educational Programs in Surgical Technology

ARD absolute reaction of degeneration; acute radiation disease; acute respiratory disease; adult respiratory distress;

allergic respiratory disease; ancillary report display; anorectal dressing; aortic root diameter; arthritis and rheumatic

diseases; atopic respiratory disease

AR-DLMD autosomal recessive Duchenne-like muscular dystrophy

ARDMS American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome; adult respiratory distress syndrome

ARE active-resistive exercises; AIDS-related encephalitis; antioxidant response element

AREDS Age-Related Eye Disease Study

AREDYLD acrorenal field defect, ectodermal dysplasia, lipoatrophic diabetes [syndrome]

AREPA acetazolamide-responsive familial paroxysmal ataxia

ARES antireticulo-endothelial serum

AREV Advanced Revelations [platform for database distribution]

ARF acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation; ambulance

report form; area resource file

ARFC active rosette-forming T-cell; autologous rosette-forming cell

ARFD acrorenal field defect

AR-FSP autosomal recessive familial spastic paraplegia

ARG, Arg arginine

arg arginine; silver [Lat. argentum]

ARGAMI Argatroban Compared with Heparin in Myocardial Infarction Treated with Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen

Activator

ARGS antitrypsin-related gene sequence

ArGV Artogeia rapae granulovirus

ARI absolute risk increase; activation-recovery interval; acute renal insufficiency; acute respiratory illness; airway

reactivity index; aldolase reductase inhibitor; annual rate of infection; anxiety reaction, intense

ARIA acetylcholine receptor-inducing activity; allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma; automated radioimmunoassay

ARIC Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [study]

ARIF Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility [UK]

ARIMA autoregressive integrated moving average

ARIS Andrology Research Information System; Anturan Reinfarction Italian Study; auto-regulated inspiratory support

Ar Kr argon-krypton [laser]

ARKV Arkonam virus

ARL Association of Research Libraries; average remaining lifetime

ARLD alcohol-related liver disease

AR-LGMD autosomal recessive limb muscular dystrophy

ArLV artichoke latent virus

ArLVM artichoke latent virus M

ArLVS artichoke latent virus S

ARM adrenergic receptor material; advanced respiratory mechanics; aerosol rebreathing method; ambulatory renal

monitor; anorectal manometry; anxiety reaction, mild; arginine-rich motif; Armenian [hamster]; artificial rupture of

membranes; associations rule mining [algorithm]; atomic resolution microscopy

ARMA autoregressive moving average

ARMD age-related muscle degeneration

ARMS access by radial artery multilink stent; adverse reaction monitoring system; amplification refractory mutation

system

ARMV Arumateua virus

ARN acute renal necrosis; acute retinal necrosis; arcuate nucleus; Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

ARNMD Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases

ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

ARNSHL autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss

ARNT aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator; aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator

ARNV Aruana virus

ARO adjusted relative odds; Associate for Research in Ophthalmology

AROA autosomal recessive ocular albinism

AROAV Aroa virus

AROM active range of motion; artificial rupture of membranes

arom aromatic

ARP absolute refractory period; address resolution protocol; American Registry of Pathologists; anticipated recovery

path; apolipoprotein regulatory protein; assay reference plasma; assimilation regulatory protein; atrial refractory period; at

risk period; automaticity recovery phase

ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ARPC Akaike relative power contribution

ARPD autosomal recessive polycystic disease

ARPES angular resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

ARPKD autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

ARPT American Registry of Physical Therapists

ARR absolute risk reduction; aortic root replacement

arr arrest, arrested

ARRC Associate of the Royal Red Cross

ARREST Amiodarone in Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation of Refractory Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia; Amsterdam

Resuscitation Study

ARRP autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa

ARRS American Roentgen Ray Society

ARRT American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

ARS acquiescence response scale; acute radiation syndrome or sickness; adult Reye's syndrome; alcohol-related

seizures; alizarin red S; American Radium Society; American Rhinologic Society; antirabies serum; arsphenamine;

arylsulfatase; Atherogenic Risk Study; autonomously replicating sequence

Ars arsphenamine

ARSA American Reye's Syndrome Association; arylsulfatase A

ARSAC Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee

ARSACS autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay

ARSB arylsulfatase B

ARSC arylsulfatase C; Associate of the Royal Society of Chemistry

ARSM acute respiratory system malfunction

ARSPH Associate of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

ART absolute retention time; Accredited Record Technician; Achilles reflex time; acoustic reflex test; acoustic reflex

threshold; adaptive resonance theory; algebraic reconstruction technique; algebraic reconstructive technique; AngioJet

Rapid Thrombectomy Catheter Study; antiretroviral therapy; artery; assisted reproductive technique; automated radiation

therapy; automated reagin test; automaticity recovery time

art artery, arterial; articulation; artificial

ARTF artificial

arth arthritis

artic articulation, articulated

artif artificial

ARTIS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [HIV/AIDS] Treatment Information

Service [NLM database]

ARTISTIC Angiorad Radiation Technology for In-Stent Restenosis Trial in Coronaries

ARTMAP adaptive resonance theory mapping

Art O2 arterial oxygen flow

ARTS Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study

ARU arthritis rehabilitation unit

ARUAV Aruac virus

ARV acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related virus; Adelaide River virus; anterior right ventricle; antiretroviral;

avian orthoreovirus; avian reovirus

ARV-A aquareovirus A

ARV-B aquareovirus B

ARV-C aquareovirus C

ARVD arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

ARV-D aquareovirus D

ARV-E aquareovirus E

ARV-F aquareovirus F

ARVP arginine-vasopressin

ARX autoregressive with exogenous input [model]

ARZAP archive zap process [database element]

AS above scale; absence of seizures; access service [to health information]; acetylstrophanthidin; acidified serum;

acoustic schwannoma; acoustic stimulation; active sarcoidosis; active sleep; Adams-Stokes [disease]; adolescent suicide;

aerosol sensitivity; aerosol sensitization; allele-specific; Alport syndrome; alveolar sac; amphetamine sulfate; amyloid

substance; anabolic steroid; anal sphincter; androsterone sulfate; Angelman syndrome; angiosarcoma; ankylosing

spondylitis; anorexia site [database, Italy]; anovulatory syndrome; anterior synechia; anteroseptal; anterosuperior;

antiserum; antisocial; antistreptolysin; antral spasm; anxiety state; aortic sound; aortic stenosis; approaching significance

[statistical]; aqueous solution; aqueous suspension; archives server; area of stenosis; arteriosclerosis; artificial

sweetener; aseptic meningitis; asparagine synthetase; Asperger syndrome; assisted suicide; astigmatism; asymmetric;

atherosclerosis; atrial septum; atrial stenosis; atropine sulfate; audiogenic seizure; Auto-Suture; left ear [Lat. auris

sinistra; JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]

As arsenic; astigmatism; asymptomatic

A(s) asplenia syndrome

As ampere second

A/s ampere per second

As shifted ligand concentration [amount/volume]

aS absiemens

as left ear [Lat. auris sinistra]

ASA acetylsalicylic acid; active systemic anaphylaxis; acute severe asthma; Adams-Stokes attack; ambulatory services

architecture; American Society of Anesthesiologists; American Standards Association; American Surgical Association;

aminosalicylic acid; anterior spinal artery; antibody to surface antigen; argininosuccinic acid; arylsulfatase-A; aspirinsensitive

asthma; asthma-nasal polyps-aspirin intolerance [triad]

ASAAC Acetylsalicylic Acid Aorto-Coronary Bypass Surgery; Acetylsalicylic Acid vs Anticoagulants [study]

ASAAD American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry

ASAC acidified serum-acidified complement

ASAH antibiotic sterilized aortic valve homograft

ASAHP American Society of Allied Health Professions

ASAIO American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

ASAL arginosuccinic acid lyase

ASAP Academic Strategic Alliance Program; Acetylsalicylic Acid Persantine [study]; American Society for Adolescent

Psychology; apparatus for sensing accuracy of position; arbitrary signatures from amplification profiles; Areawide Stroke

Awareness Program; as soon as possible; Azimilide Supraventricular Arrhythmia Program [trial]

ASAPS American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

ASAS Anderson Symptom Assessment Scale; argininosuccinate synthetase

ASAT aspartate aminotransferase

ASB American Society of Bacteriologists; anencephaly-spina bifida [syndrome]; anesthesia standby; Anxiety Scale for

the Blind; asymptomatic bacteriuria

ASBMT American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

ASBS American Society for Bariatric Surgery

ASBV, ASBVd avocado sunblotch viroid

ASC acetylsulfanilyl chloride; acute suppurative cholangitis; altered state of consciousness; ambulatory surgical center;

American Society of Cytology; anterior subcapsular cataract; antibody-secreting cell; antigen-sensitive cell; ascorbate,

ascorbic acid; asthma symptom checklist; auditory sequence comparison; automatic sensitivity control

asc anterior subcapsular; ascending

ASCAD atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

ASCAo ascending aorta

ASCB Asymptomatic Cervical Bruit [study]

ASCH American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

ASCI Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative; acute spinal cord injury; American Society for Clinical Investigation;

automated stress relaxation and creep indentation

ASCIA American Spinal Cord Injury Association

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASCLT American Society of Clinical Laboratory Technicians

ASCMS American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery

ASCN American Society for Clinical Nutrition

ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Society of Contemporary Ophthalmology

ASCOT Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial; a severity characterization of trauma

ASCOTA American Student Committee of the Occupational Therapy Association

ASCP American Society of Clinical Pathologists; American Society of Consulting Pharmacists

AsCPV Actias selene cypovirus; Agrotis segetum cypovirus

ASCR American Society of Chiropodical Roentgenology

ASCS admissions scheduling system

ASCT autologous stem cell transplantation

ASCUS atypia of squamous cells of undetermined significance

ASCUS-H atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

ASCUS-L atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

ASCVD arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

ASD adaptive seating device; aldosterone secretion defect; Alzheimer senile dementia; antisiphon device;

argininosuccinic acid synthetase deficiency; arthritis syphilitica deformans; arthroscopic subacromial decompression;

atrial septal defect

ASDB Active Substance Database; Annotation and Similarity [protein] Database

A-SDC anomaly-symptomatic deformity complex

ASDC American Society of Dentistry for Children; Association of Sleep Disorders Centers

ASDE Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative [ASCI] Simulation Development Environment

ASDH acute subdural hemorrhage or hematoma

ASDOS Atrial Septal Defect Occlusion System [study]

ASDP anal sphincter dysplasia

ASDS American Society for Dermatological Surgery

ASE acute stress erosion; American Society of Electrocardiography; application service element; axilla, shoulder, and

elbow

ASEX Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale

ASF African swine fever; aniline-sulfur-formaldehyde [resin]

ASFR age-specific fertility rate

ASFV African swine fever virus

ASG advanced cell group; American Society for Genetics; Army Surgeon General; aspermiogenesis

ASGBI Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

ASGE American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

ASGP asialoglycoprotein

AS/GP antiserum, guinea pig

ASGR asialoglycoprotein receptor

ASGV apple stem grooving virus

ASH Action on Smoking and Health; aldosterone-stimulating hormone; American Society of Hematology; ankylosing

spinal hyperostosis; antistreptococcal hyaluronidase; asymmetric septal hypertrophy

AsH astigmatism, hypermetropic

A&Sh arm and shoulder

ASHA American School Health Association; American Social Health Association; American Speech and Hearing

Association

ASHAC acquired immunodeficiency syndrome self-help and care

ASHBEAMS American Society of Hospital-Based Emergency Aeromedical Services

ASHBM Associate Scottish Hospital Bureau of Management

ASHCRM American Society of Health Care Risk Managers

ASHCSP American Society for Hospital Central Service Personnel [of AHA]

ASHCVD atherosclerotic hypertensive cardiovascular disease

ASHD arteriosclerotic heart disease; atrioseptal heart disease

ASHE American Society for Hospital Engineering

ASHET American Society for Health Manpower Education and Training

ASHFSA American Society for Hospital Food Service Administrators

ASHG American Society for Human Genetics

ASHI Association for the Study of Human Infertility

ASHL Association of Scottish Health Science Librarians

ASHM Australasian Society for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medicine

ASHN acute sclerosing hyaline necrosis

AS/Ho antiserum, horse

ASHP American Society for Hospital Planning; American Society of Hospital Pharmacists

ASHPA American Society for Hospital Personnel Administration

ASHT American Society of Hand Therapists

ASHV Arctic squirrel hepatitis virus

ASI Addiction Severity Index; anxiety state inventory; anxiety status inventory; arthroscopic screw installation

a-Si amorphous silicon

ASIA American Spinal Injury Association

ASIC acid sensing ion channel; application-specific integrated circuit

aSi/CsI cesium iodide and amorphous silicon [x-ray detector]

ASIF Association for Study of Internal Fixation

ASII American Science Information Institute

ASIM American Society of Internal Medicine

ASIP atypical protein kinase C isotype-specific interacting protein

ASIR age-standardized incidence rate

ASIS American Society for Information Science; American Study of Infarct Survival; Angina and Silent Ischemia Study;

average severity of index score; anterior superior iliac spine

ASIST Atenolol Silent Ischemia Trial

ASK anomalous state of knowledge; antistreptokinase; Australian Streptokinase [trial in stroke]

ASL angiosarcoma of liver; antistreptolysin; argininosuccinate lyase

ASLIB Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau

ASLM American Society of Law and Medicine

ASLN Alport syndrome-like hereditary nephritis

ASLO antistreptolysin O

ASLT antistreptolysin test

ASLV avian sarcoma and leukosis virus

ASM acid sphingomyelinase; active shape model [radiological image]; age-specific mortality; airway smooth muscle;

American Society for Microbiology; angular second moment; anterior scalenus muscle

AsM astigmatism, myopic

asm age-specific mortality

ASMA Aerospace Medical Association; antismooth muscle antibody

ASMC arterial smooth muscle cell

ASMD anterior segment mesenchymal dysgenesis; atonic sclerotic muscle dystrophy

ASME Association for the Study of Medical Education

ASMI anteroseptal myocardial infarct

As/Mk antiserum, monkey

ASMPA Armed Services Medical Procurement Agency

ASMR age-standardized mortality ratio

ASMS archival [imaging] storage management system

ASMT acetylserotonin methyltransferase; American Society for Medical Technology

ASMTY acetylserotonin methyltransferase Y

ASN abstract syntax notation; alkali-soluble nitrogen; American Society of Nephrology; American Society of

Neurochemistry; arteriosclerotic nephritis; asparagine; Associate in Nursing

Asn, asn asparagine

ASO administrative services only; AIDS service organization; allele-specific oligonucleoside; antistreptolysin O;

arteriosclerosis obliterans

ASOD anterior segmental ocular dysgenesis

AS ON antisense oligonucleotide

ASOS American Society of Oral Surgeons

ASOT antistreptolysin-O test

ASP abnormal spinal posture; active server page or pages; active server processor; acute suppurative parotitis; acute

symmetric polyarthritis; affected sibling pair; African swine pox; aged substrate plasma; alkali-stable pepsin; American

Society of Parasitology; amnesic shellfish poisoning; ankylosing spondylitis; anorectal malformation, sacral bony

abnormality, presacral mass [association]; antibody-specific prediction; antisocial personality; aortic systolic pressure;

application service provider; area systolic pressure; asparaginase; aspartic acid

Asp aspartic acid; asparaginase

asp aspartame; aspartate, aspartic acid; aspiration; automatic signal processing

ASPA American Society of Physician Analysts; American Society of Podiatric Assistants; aspartoacylase

ASPAC Asia-Pacific [regional study]

ASPAT antistreptococcal polysaccharide test

ASPCR, AS-PCR allele-specific polymerase chain reaction

ASPD antisocial personality disorder

ASPDM American Society of Psychosomatic Dentistry and Medicine

ASPECT Anticoagulants in Secondary Prevention of Events in Coronary Thrombosis; Approach to Systematic Planning

and Evaluation of Clinical Trials

ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

ASPG antispleen globulin

AS/PI anterior superior/posterior inferior

ASPIRE Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events

ASPM American Society of Paramedics

ASPO American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics; American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

ASPP Association for Sane Psychiatric Practices

ASPREN Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

ASPRS American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

ASPS advanced sleep phase syndrome; Australian Swedish Pindolol Study

ASPSOM adaptive structure probabilistic self-organizing map

ASPV apple stem pitting virus

ASPVD atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease; atherosclerotic pulmonary vascular disease

ASQ Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire; Anxiety Scale Questionnaire

ASR adrenal/spleen ratio; age-standardized rate; aldosterone secretion rate; antistreptolysin reaction; automated speech

recognition

AS/Rab antiserum, rabbit

ASRT American Society of Radiologic Technologists; American Society of Registered Technologists

ASS Aarskog-Scott syndrome; acute serum sickness; acute spinal stenosis; acute stroke study; anterior superior spine;

argininosuccinate synthetase; Auckland Stroke Study

ASSA, ASSAS aminopterin-like syndrome sine aminopterin

ASSC acute splenic sequestration crisis

AS-SCORE age, stage of disease, physiological system involved, complications, response to therapy

ASSENT Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Agent

ASSERT [improving] Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services and Educating Providers to Refer Patients to Treatment

ASSET Anglo-Scandinavian Study of Early Thrombolysis; Atorvastatin Simvastatin Safety and Efficacy Trial

ASSH American Society for Surgery of the Hand

ASSI Accurate Surgical and Scientific Instruments

ASSIA Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts [UK]

assim assimilate, assimilation

ASSIST American Stop Smoking Intervention Study

ASSO American Society for the Study of Orthodontics

Assoc association, associate

ASSP argininosuccinate synthetase pseudogene

ASSR adult situation stress reaction; auditory steady-state response

ASSURE A Stent vs Stent Ultrasound Remodeling Evaluation

ASSVd Apple scar skin viroid

ASSX argininosuccinate synthetase pseudogene

AST above selected threshold; allele-specific transcript; allergy serum transfer; angiotensin sensitivity test; anterior

spinothalamic tract; antimicrobial susceptibility test; antistreptolysin test; aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT); Association

of Surgical Technologists; astigmatism; atrial overdrive stimulation rate; audiometry sweep test; Australian Streptokinase

Trial

Ast astigmatism

ASTA anti-alpha-staphylolysin

ASTAM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTECS Antenatal Steroid Therapy in Elective Cesarean Section [study]

ASTH, Asth asthenopia

ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officers; Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ASTI antispasticity index

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTMH American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

ASTO antistreptolysin O

as tol as tolerated

ASTPHND Association of State and Territorial Public Health and Nutrition Directors

ASTRO American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

AstV Astrovirus

ASTZ antistreptozyme

ASUB active substance [UMLS]

ASV anodic stripping voltammetry; antisiphon valve; anti-snake venom; autologous saphenous vein; avian sarcoma virus

ASV-CT10 avian sarcoma virus CT10

ASVO American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology

ASVPP American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists

ASW artificial sweetener

ASWC averaged spike and wave complex [EEG]

Asx amino acid that gives aspartic acid after hydrolysis; asymptomatic

asym asymmetry, asymmetric

AT abdominal thrusts; Achilles tendon; Achard-Thiers [syndrome]; achievement test; activity training; acute thrombosis;

adaptive thermogenesis; adenine-thymine; adenine-thyronine; adipose tissue; adjunctive therapy; adnexal torsion; air

temperature; allergy treatment; amino acid transporter; aminotransferase; aminotriazole; amitriptyline; anaerobic

threshold; anaphylotoxin; angiotensin; anterior tibia; antithrombin; antitrypsin; antral transplantation; applanation

tonometry; ataxia-telangiectasia; atmosphere; atraumatic; atresia, tricuspid; atrial tachycardia; atrial tumor; atropine;

attenuate, attenuation; autoimmune thrombocytopenia; axonal terminal; old tuberculin [Gr. alt Tuberkulin]

A-T ataxia-telangiectasia

AT1 angiotensin II type 1

AT10 dihydrotachysterol

AT I angiotensin I

AT II angiotensin II

AT III angiotensin III; antithrombin III

At acidity, total; angiotensin; antithrombin; astatine; atrium, atrial

At amount in tissue

at air tight; atom, atomic; technical atmosphere

ATA alimentary toxic aleukia; American Telemedicine Association; American Thyroid Association; aminotriazole;

antithymic activity; antithyroglobulin antibody; anti-Toxoplasma antibody; atmosphere absolute; aurintricarboxylic acid

ATACS Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes [trial]

ATAI acute traumatic aortic injury

ATB Articulated Total Body [model]; at the time of the bomb [A-bomb in Japan]; atrial tachycardia with block

Atb antibiotic

ATBC Alpha-Tocopherol/Beta Carotene [cancer prevention study]

ATC activated thymus cell; alpha tocopherol; anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical

[classification]; around the clock; certified athletic trainer

ATCase aspartate transcarbamoylase

ATCC American Type Culture Collection

ATCL adult T-cell leukemia or lymphoma

ATCS anterior tibial compartment syndrome

ATD Alzheimer-type dementia; androstatrienedione; anthropomorphic test dummy; antithyroid drug; aqueous tear

deficiency; asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

ATDC Association of Thalidomide Damaged Children

ATDNet Advanced Technology Demonstration Network

ATDP Attitude Toward Disabled Persons [scale]

ATE acute toxic encephalopathy; acute toxicity end point; adipose tissue extract; autologous tumor extract

ATEE N-acetyl-1-tyrosyl-ethyl ester

ATEM analytic transmission electron microscopy

Aten atenolol

ATEST Atenolol and Streptokinase Trial

ATEV Aphodius tasmaniae entomopoxvirus

ATF activating transcription factor; anterior talofibular [ligament]; ascites tumor fluid

At fib atrial fibrillation

ATG adenine-thymidine-guanine; advanced technology group; antihuman thymocyte globulin; antithrombocyte globulin;

antithymocyte globulin; antithyroglobulin

ATGAM antithymocyte gamma-globulin

AT/GC adenine-thymine/guanine-cytosine [ratio]

ATH acetyl-tyrosine hydrazide; alkylated thiohydantoin

ATh Associate in Therapy

Athsc atherosclerosis

AtHV ateline herpesvirus

ATI abdominal trauma index; attitude-treatment interaction

ATIAIS Anturane Transient Ischemic Attack Italian Study

ATIME Accupril Titration Interval Management Evaluation [trial]

ATL Achilles tendon lengthening; active template library; acute T-cell leukemia; adult T-cell leukemia; anterior tricuspid

leaflet; antitension line; atypical lymphocyte

ATLA adult T-cell leukemia virus-associated antigen; alternatives to laboratory animals

ATLANTIC Angina Treatment, Lasers, and Normal Therapy in Comparison [trial]

ATLANTIS Alteplase Thrombolysis for Acute Noninterventional Therapy in Ischemic Stroke

ATLAS Adolescents Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids; Aspirin and Ticlid vs Anticoagulants for Stents [study];

Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival [trial]

ATLAST Antiplatelet Therapy vs Lovenox Plus Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients with Increased Risk of Stent

Thrombosis; Aspirin/Ticlopidine vs Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin/Aspirin/Ticlopidine Stent Trial

ATLL adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

ATLP anterior titanium thoracolumbar locking plate

ATLS acute tumor lysis syndrome; Advanced Tool for Learning Anatomical Structures; advanced trauma life support

ATLV adult T-cell leukemia virus

ATM abnormal tubular myelin; acute transverse myelopathy; adaptive template moderated; advanced trauma

management; Arizona Asynchronous Transfer Mode [network]; asynchronous transfer mode; asynchronous transfer

protocol; ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated [protein]; atmosphere; average time of maintenance

atm standard atmosphere

ATMA Amiodarone Trials Meta Analysis; antithyroid plasma membrane antibody

ATMI application transaction manager interface

atmos atmospheric

ATMTN asynchronous transfer mode teleradiology network

ATN acute tubular necrosis; Adolescent Trials Network; augmented transition network

ATNC atraumatic normocephalic

at no atomic number

ATNR asymmetric tonic neck reflex

A-to-D analog-to-digital

ATOT total anions

ATP addiction treatment program; adenosine triphosphate; ambient temperature and pressure; annual transmission

potential; antitachycardia pacing; Arizona Telemedicine Program; autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura

A-TP adsorbed test plasma

AT-P antitrypsin-Pittsburgh

AtP attending physician

ATPA 2-amino-3-(hydroxy-5-tert-butylisoxazol-4-yl) propanoic acid

AT-PAS aldehyde-thionine-periodic acid Schiff [test]

ATPase adenosine triphosphatase

ATPD dried at ambient temperature and pressure

ATP-2Na adenosine triphosphate disodium

ATPS ambient temperature and pressure, saturated

ATR Achilles tendon reflex; Achilles tendon rupture; acid-tolerance response; alpha-thalassemia-mental retardation

[syndrome]; ataxia-telangiectasia and rad3-related [protein]; attenuated total reflectance; automatic term recognition; axial

trunk rotation

atr atrophy

ATR1 alpha-thalassemia mental retardation [syndrome] type 1

ATR2 alpha-thalassemia mental retardation [syndrome] type 2

ATRA all-transretinoic acid

ATRAMI Autonomic Tone and Reflexes After Myocardial Infarction [trial]

ATRAS Adrenal Test Retrieval and Analysis System

Atr fib atrial fibrillation

ATRX, ATR-X X-linked alpha-thalassemia mental retardation [syndrome]

ATS Achard-Thiers syndrome; acid test solution; alpha-D-tocopherol acid succinate; American Thoracic Society;

American Trauma Society; American Trudeau Society; antirat thymocyte serum; antitetanus serum; antithymocyte serum;

anxiety tension state; arteriosclerosis; autologous transfusion system

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

ATT arginine tolerance test; aspirin tolerance time

att attending

atten attenuated

ATTMH Australian Therapeutic Trial of Mild Hypertension

ATTRACT application of telemedicine taking rapid advantage of cable television

ATV Abelson virus transformed; Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi virus; antisense target validation; atazanavir; avian tumor

virus

at vol atomic volume

at wt atomic weight

ATX associated expressions [UMLS]

ATx adult thymectomy

atyp atypical

ATZ acetazolamide; atypical transformation zone

AU allergenic unit; Alzheimer unit; ngstr m unit; antitoxin unit; arbitrary unit; Australia antigen; azauridine; both ears

[Lat. aures unitas; JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]; each ear [Lat. auris uterque; JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]

Au Australia [antigen]; authorization

AUA American Urological Association; asymptomatic urinary abnormalities

Au Ag Australia antigen

AUB abnormal uterine bleeding

AUC area under the curve

AUCextra extrapolated area under the curve

AuCPV Aglais urticae cypovirus

AUCSS steady-state area under the curve

AUD arthritis of unknown diagnosis

aud auditory

AUDEX automated urologic diagnostic expert [ultrasonographic imaging]

AUDIT alcohol use disorders identification test

AUDIT-C alcohol use disorders identification test-alcohol consumption questions

aud-vis audiovisual

AUG acute ulcerative gingivitis; adenosine-uracil-guanine

AUGH acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

AuHAA Australia hepatitis-associated antigen

AUI Alcohol Use Inventory

AUL acute undifferentiated leukemia

AUMC area under the first moment curve

AUMCextra extrapolated area under the first moment curve

AUO amyloid of unknown origin

AuP Australian antigen protein

AUPHA Association of University Programs in Health Administration

AUR Association of University Radiologists

aur, auric auricle, auricular

AURAV Aura virus

AURT Association of University Radiologic Technicians

AUS acute urethral syndrome; artificial urinary sphincter

AuS Australia serum hepatitis

aus, ausc auscultation

AuSH Australia serum hepatitis

AUST Australian Urokinase Stroke Trial

AUT authentication

AutoCAD auto-computer assisted diagnosis [software]

Auto-PEEP self-controlled positive end-expiratory pressure

AUV anterior urethral valve

aux auxiliary

AV adeno-associated virus; adenovirus; Adriamycin and vincristine; air velocity; allergic vasculitis; anteroventral;

anteversion; anticipatory vomiting; antivirin; aortic valve; arenavirus; arteriovenous; artificial ventilation; ascovirus;

asparagus virus; assisted ventilation; atrioventricular; audiovisual; augmented vector; average; aviation medicine;

avoirdupois

A-V arteriovenous; atrioventricular

A/V ampere/volt; arteriovenous

Av average; avoirdupois

aV abvolt

av air velocity; average; avulsion

AVA activity vector analysis; anthrax vaccine adsorbed; antiviral antibody; aortic valve annulus; aortic valve area; aortic

valve atresia; Arracacha virus A; arteriovenous anastomosis

AvaCPV Agraulis vanillae cypovirus

AV/AF anteverted, anteflexed

AVAV Avalon virus

AVB Arracacha virus B; atrioventricular block

AVC aberrant ventricular conduction; Academy of Veterinary Cardiology; aortic valve closure; arteriovenous

communication; Association of Vitamin Chemists; associative visual cortex; atrioventricular canal; automatic volume

control

AVCN anteroventral cochlear nucleus

AVCO2R arteriovenous carbon dioxide removal

AVCS atrioventricular conduction system

AVCx atrioventricular circumflex branch

AVD aortic valvular disease; apparent volume of distribution; Army Veterinary Department; atrioventricular dissociation

AvDNV Agraulis vanillae densovirus

AVDO2 arteriovenous oxygen saturation difference

AVDO2B arteriovenous oxygen saturation difference, basal

AVDP average diastolic pressure

avdp avoirdupois

AVE aortic valve echocardiogram

ave, aver average

AVED ataxia with vitamin E deficiency

AVERT Atorvastatin vs Revascularization Treatment [trial]

AVEU AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit

AVF antiviral factor; arteriovenous fistula

aVF automated volt foot

aVF unipolar limb lead on the left leg in electrocardiography

AVG ambulatory visit group; aortic valve gradient

avg average

AVH acute viral hepatitis

AVHD acquired valvular heart disease

AVHS acquired valvular heart syndrome

AVI air velocity index; Association of Veterinary Inspectors; atrioventricular interval; audio-video interleave

AviCPV Arctia villica cypovirus

AVID Amiodarone vs Implantable Defibrillators [trial]; Angiography vs Intravascular Ultrasound Directed Coronary Stent

Placement [trial]; Antiarrhythmics vs Implantable Defibrillators [study]

AVIR aortic valve replacement

AVJ atrioventricular junction

AVJR atrioventricular junction rhythm

AVJRe atrioventricular junctional reentrant

AVL automatic vehicle locator

aVL automated volt left

aVK unipolar limb lead on the left arm in electrocardiography

AVLINE Audiovisuals Online [NLM database]

AVLJ absolute value of logarithm of Jacobian

AVM arteriovenous malformation; atrioventricular malformation; avermectin; aviation medicine

AVMA American Veterinary Medical Association

AVN acute vasomotor nephropathy; atrioventricular nodal [conduction]; atrioventricular node; avascular necrosis

AVNA atrioventricular node artery

AVND atrioventricular node dysfunction

AVNFH avascular necrosis of the femoral head

AVNFRP atrioventricular node functional refractory period

AVNR atrioventricular nodal reentry

AVNRT atrioventricular node reentry tachycardia

AVO aortic valve opening; aortic valve orifice; atrioventricular opening

AVO2 arteriovenous oxygen ratio

AVOA amorphous vascular occluding agent

AVP abnormal vasopressin; actinomycin-vincristine-Platinol; ambulatory venous pressure; antiviral protein;

aortoventriculoplasty; aqueous vasopressin; arginine-vasopressin; arteriovenous passage time

AVP-NPII arginine vasopressin-neurophysin II

AVPU alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive [neurologic test]

AVR accelerated ventricular rhythm; antiviral regulator; aortic valve replacement

aVR automated volt right

aVR unipolar limb lead on the right arm in electrocardiography

AVREO avian reovirus

AVRI acute viral respiratory infection

AVRP atrioventricular refractory period

AVRR antiviral repressor regulator

AVRT atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia; atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; atrioventricular reentry

AVS Advanced Visual Systems; aortic valve stenosis; application visualization system; arteriovenous shunt; auditory

vocal sequencing

AVSD atrioventricular septal defect

AVSV aortic valve stroke volume

AVT Allen vision test; arginine vasotocin; Aviation Medicine Technician

AVV atrioventricular valve

AvV Agraulis vanillae virus

Av3V anteroventral third ventricle

AVVM angiographically visualized vascular malformation

AVY Arracacha virus Y

AVZ avascular zone

AW able to work; above waist; abrupt withdrawal; airways; alcohol withdrawal; alveolar wall; anterior wall; atomic

warfare; atomic weight

A&W alive and well

aw airway; water activity

AWAR anterior wall of aortic root

AWBM alveolar wall basement membrane

AWBV Ahlum waterborne virus

AWD alive with disease

AWESOME Angina with Extremely Serious Operative Mortality Evaluation

AWFM adaptive Walsh function modeling

AWG American Wire Gauge

AWGN additive white gaussian noise [telemedicine]

AWHILES All-Wales Health Information and Library Extension Service

AWI anterior wall infarction

AWIGS advanced workplace for image-guided surgery

AWL active waiting list

AWM abnormal wall motion

AWMI anterior wall myocardial infarction

AWMN Acid Waters Monitoring Network [UK]

AWMV amplitude-weighted mean velocity

AWO airway obstruction

AWOL absent without official leave

AWP airway pressure; any willing provider; average of the wholesale prices; average wholesale price

AWR absolute weighted residual; airway restriction

AWRS anti-whole rabbit serum

AWRU active wrist rotation unit

AWS Alagille-Watson syndrome; alcohol withdrawal syndrome

AWTA aniridia-Wilms tumor association

awu atomic weight unit

ax axillary; axis, axial

AxCPV anti-xanthomista cypovirus

AXD axillary dissection

AXF advanced x-ray facility

AXG adult xanthogranuloma

AXL anexelekto [oncogene]; axillary lymphoscintigraphy

AXR abdominal x-ray [examination]

AXT alternating exotropia

AYA acute yellow atrophy

AYF antiyeast factor

AYP autolyzed yeast protein

AYV Anthriscus yellows virus

AZ Aschheim-Zondek [test]; 5-azacytidine; azathioprine

Az nitrogen [Fr. azote]

AZA azathioprine; azelaic acid

AzC azacytosine

AZEV Acrobasis zelleri entomopoxvirus

AZF azoospermia factor

AzG, azg azaguanine

AZGP zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein

AZO [indicates presence of the group ⎯ N:N⎯]

AZOA azaorotic acid

AZQ diaziquone

AZR alizarin

AZT Aschheim-Zondek test; azidothymidine; 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine; zidovudine (azidothymidine)

AZTEC amplitude zone time epoch coding [in ECG]

AZTMP azidothymidine monophosphate

AZT-R azidothymidine-resistant

AZT-S azidothymidine-susceptible or sensitive

AZTTP azidothymidine trithiophosphate

AZT-TP 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine triphosphate

AZU azauracil; azurocidin

AzUr 6-azauridine

B

B bacillus; bands; barometric; base; basophil, basophilic; bath [Lat. balneum]; Baume scale; behavior; bel;

Benoist scale; benzoate; beta; biscuspid; black; blood, bloody; blue; body; boils at; Bolton point; bone marrowderived

[cell or lymphocyte]; born; boron; bound; bovine; break; bregma; bronchial, bronchus; brother;

Brucella; bruit; buccal; Bucky [film in cassette in Potter-Bucky diaphragm]; Bucky factor; bursa cells; burst

[pacemaker]; bypass; byte; colorectal tumor extending into adipose tissue [Dukes classification]; magnetic

induction; minimal detectable blurring; supramentale [point]

B0 constant magnetic field in nuclear magnetic resonance

B1 palpable one lobe prostatic tumor less than 1.5 cm [Jewett staging system]; tumor extending into

muscularis propria [Astler-Coller classification]

B1 induced field in nuclear magnetic resonance; radiofrequency magnetic field in nuclear magnetic resonance;

thiamine

B2 palpable two-lobe prostatic tumor larger than 1.5 cm [Jewett staging system]; tumor extending into

perirectal adipose tissue [Astler-Coller classification]

B2 riboflavin

B6 pyridoxine

B7 biotin

B8 adenosine phosphate

B12 cyanocobalamin

b barn; base; boils at; born; brain; branched; [chromosome] break; supramentale [point]; twice [Lat. bis]

b sample regression coefficient [statistics]

b+ positron emission

b- beta emission

β see beta

BA Bachelor of Arts; backache; bacterial agglutination; bactericidal activity; barbituric acid; basion; benz[a]

anthracene; benzyladenine; best amplitude; beta adrenergic; betamethasone acetate; bilateral asymmetrical; bile

acid; biliary atresia; biological activity; blocking antibody; blood agar; blood alcohol; bone age; boric acid;

bovine albumin; brachial artery; breathing apparatus; bronchial asthma; buccoaxial; buffered acetone

Ba barium; barium enema; basion

ba basion

BAA benzoylarginine amide; branched amino acid

BAAP bone-anchored auricular prosthesis

BAATAF Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial for Atrial Fibrillation

BAAV bovine adeno-associated virus

BAB blood agar base

Bab Babinski's reflex; baboon

BabK baboon kidney

BABs born after the ban cases [see BSE]

BABV Babahoya virus

BAC baclofen; bacterial adherent colony; bacterial antigen complex; bacterial artificial chromosome; blood

alcohol concentration; British Association of Chemists; bronchoalveolar carcinoma; bronchoalveolar cells;

buccoaxiocervical

Bac, bac Bacillus

BACT bacterium [UMLS]; best available control technology

Bact, bact Bacterium; bacterium, bacteria

BACUS Balloon Angioplasty Compliance Ultrasound Study

BAD biological aerosol detection; biologically active dose; British Association of Dermatologists

BADE [Thoracic] Bioimpedance as an Adjunct to Dobutamine Echocardiography [study]

BADS black locks-albinism-deafness syndrome

BAdV bovine adenovirus

BAdV-A, B, C bovine adenovirus A, B and C

BAE bovine aortic endothelium; bronchial artery embolization

BaE barium enema

BAEC bovine aortic endothelial cell

BAEDP balloon aortic end-diastolic pressure

BAEE benzoylarginine ethyl ester

BaEn barium enema

BAEP brainstem auditory evoked potential

BAER brainstem auditory evoked response

BaEV baboon endogenous virus

BaFBr:Eu europium-activated barium fluorohalide

BAG buccoaxiogingival

BAGG buffered azide glucose glycerol

BAGV Bagaza virus

BAHA® bone-anchored hearing aid

BAHAMA Baragwanath Hypertension Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Multiarm

BA/HPCC biomedical application of high performance computing and communication

BAHS Boston Area Health Study; butoctamide hydrogen succinate

BAHV Bahig virus

BAI beta-aminoisobutyrate

BAIB beta-aminoisobutyric [acid]

BAIF bile acid independent flow

BAIT bacterial automated identification technique

BAKUV Baku virus

BAKV Bakel virus; Bakau virus

BAL bio-artificial liver; blood alcohol level; British anti-lewisite; bronchoalveolar lavage

bal balance; balsam

BALB binaural alternate loudness balance

BALF broncho-alveolar lavage fluid

bals balsam

BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue

BAM Bacteriological Analytical Manual; basilar artery migraine; bilateral augmentation mammoplasty;

brachial artery mean [pressure]

BaM barium meal

Bam benzamide

BAME benzoylarginine methyl ester

BaMMV barley mild mosaic virus

BaMV bamboo mosaic virus

BAN British Approved Name; British Association of Neurologists

BANS back, arms, neck, and scalp

BANTER Bayesian Network Tutoring and Explanation

BANV Banzi virus

BAO basal acid output; brachial artery output

BAO-MAO basal acid output to maximal acid output [ratio]

BAP bacterial alkaline phosphatase; Behavior Activity Profile; beta-amyloid peptide; blood-agar plate; bovine

albumin in phosphate buffer; brachial artery pressure; brightness area product

BAPhysMed British Association of Physical Medicine

BAPI barley alkaline protease inhibitor

BAPN beta-aminoproprionitrile

BAPO British Association of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngologists

BAPP beta amyloid precursor protein

BAPS biomechanical ankle platform system; bovine albumin phosphate saline; British Association of

Paediatric Surgeons; British Association of Plastic Surgeons

BAPT British Association of Physical Training

BAPTA 1,2-bis (aminophenoxy) ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid

BAPV bovine alimentary papillomavirus

BAQ brain-age quotient

BAR bariatrics; barometer, barometric; beta-adrenergic receptor

βAR beta adrenergic receptor

bar barometric

BARASTER Balloon Angioplasty vs Rotational Atherectomy for Stent Restenosis

Barb, barb barbiturate, barbituric

BARI Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation [trial]

BARK beta-adrenergic receptor kinase

BARN bilateral acute retinal necrosis; Body Awareness Resource Network

BAROCCO Balloon Angioplasty vs Rotacs for Total Chronic Coronary Occlusion [trial]

BARS behaviorally anchored rating scale

BART blood-activated recalcification time

BARV Barur virus

BarV barley virus

BarV-B1 barley virus B1

BAS balloon atrial septostomy; battalion aid station; benzyl anti-serotonin; beta-adrenergic stimulation; boric

acid solution; Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study

BaS barium swallow

bas basilar; basophil, basophilic

BASA Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia

BASC Blood Pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration

BASE B27-arthritis-sacroiliitis-extra-articular features [syndrome]

BASH body acceleration synchronous with heart rate

BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Introduction Code

BASIS Basel Antiarrhythmic Study of Infarct Survival

baso basophil

BASOC boundary at the scale of the core [imaging]

BAstV bovine astrovirus

BaSV Bajra streak virus

BAT basic aid training; best available technology; blunt abdominal trauma; bright acuity test; brown adipose

tissue

BATV Batai virus

BAUP Bovie-assisted uvulopalatoplasty

BAUS British Association of Urological Surgeons

BAUV Bauline virus

BAV banana virus; bicuspid aortic valve; Bivens arm virus

BaV Barramundi virus

BAV-CH banana virus-China

BAVCP bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis

BAVFO bradycardia after arteriovenous fistula occlusion

BAW bronchoalveolar washing

BaYMV barley yellow mosaic virus

BAYV bayou virus

BB bad breath; bed bath; beta blockade, beta blocker; biceps brachii; BioBreeding [rat]; blanket bath; blood

bank; blood buffer; blow bottle; blue bloaters [emphysema]; bombesin; borderline; Bortfeld/Boyer

[radiotherapy]; both bones; breakthrough bleeding; breast biopsy; bronchial blocker [tube]; brush border; buffer

base; bundle branch; isoenzyme of creatine kinase containing two B subunits

B&B branch and bound [algorithm]

bb Bolton point; both bones

BBA born before arrival

BBB blood-brain barrier; blood buffer base; bundle-branch block

BBBB bilateral bundle-branch block

BBBD blood brain barrier disruption

BBC bromobenzycyanide; buccal bifurcation cyst

BbCPV Biston betularia cypovirus

BBD benign breast disease

BB3DI broad beam 3-dimensional irradiation

BBE Bacteroides bile esculin [agar]

BBEP biotechnology, biologics, and environmental protection; brush border endopeptidase

BBF bronchial blood flow

BBI Biomedical Business International; Bowman-Birk soybean inhibitor

BBM banked breast milk; brush border membrane

BBMV broad bean mottle virus; brush border membrane vesicle

BBN broad band noise

BBNV broad bean necrosis virus

BBOT 2,5-bis(5-t-butylbenzoxalol-2-yl)thiophene

BBOV Bimbo virus

BBPP Beta-Blocker Pooling Project

BBR bibasilar rate; bundle branch reentry

BBRS Burks' Behavior Rating Scale

BBR-VT bundle branch reentry-ventricular tachycardia

BBs both bones

BBS Barolet-Biedl syndrome; bashful bladder syndrome; benign breast syndrome; bilateral breath sounds;

bombesin; borate-buffered saline; brown bowel syndrome; bulletin board software

BBScV blueberry scorch virus

BBSV broad bean stain virus

BBT basal body temperature

BBTD baby bottle tooth decay

BBTMV broad bean true mosaic virus

BBTV banana bunchy top virus

BBV Berkeley bee virus; black beetle virus; Bukalasa bat virus

BB/W BioBreeding/Worcester [rat]

BBWV broad bean wilt virus

BC Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccalaureus Chirurgiae]; back care; bactericidal concentration; basal cell;

basket cell; battle casualty; bicarbonate; biliary colic; bipolar cell; birth control; blastic crisis; blood count;

blood culture; Blue Cross [plan]; board certified; bone conduction; brachiocephalic; brain contour; breast

cancer; bronchial carcinoma; buccal cartilage; buccocervical; buffy coat

B&C biopsy and curettage

Bc Bacillus cereus

b/c benefit/cost [ratio]

BCA balloon catheter angioplasty; bell clapper anomaly; bicinchoninic acid; blood color analyzer; Blue Cross

Association; branchial cleft anomaly; Breast Cancer Action; breast cancer antigen; bromochloroacetic acid

BCAA branched chain amino acid

bCaCC bovine calcium-sensitive chloride channel

BCAEC bovine coronary artery endothelial cell

BCaMV bean calico mosaic virus

BCAPS Beta-Blocker Cholesterol-Lowering Asymptomatic Plaque Study

BCAT brachiocephalic arterial trunk

BCB blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier; brilliant cresyl blue

BCBR bilateral carotid body resection

BC/BS Blue Cross/Blue Shield [plan]

BCBSA Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

BCC basal-cell carcinoma; bedside communication controller; biliary cholesterol concentration; birth control

clinic; business card computer

bcc body-centered-cubic

BC-CFC blast cell colony-forming cell

BCCG British Cooperative Clinical Group

BCCP biotin carboxyl carrier protein

BCCV Black Creek Canal virus

BCD binary-coded decimal; bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin

BCDDP Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project

BCDF B-cell differentiation factor

BCDL Brachmann-Cornelia de Lange [syndrome]

BCDRS Brief Carroll Depression Rating Scale

BCDS Bulimia Cognitive Distortions Scale

BCDSP Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program

BCE basal cell epithelioma; benign childhood epilepsy; bubble chamber equipment

BCECT benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal [spikes]

BCEI breast cancer estrogen-inducible

BCEOP benign partial epilepsy with occipital paroxysms

BCF basic conditioning factor; basophil chemotactic factor; bioconcentration factor; breast cyst fluid

BCFP breast cyst fluid protein

BCG bacille Calmette-Guerin [vaccine]; ballistocardiography, ballistocardiogram; bicolor guaiac test;

bromcresol green

BCGF B-cell growth factor

BCGM bi-conjugate gradient method

BCH basal cell hyperplasia

BCh Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccalaureus Chirurgiae]

BChD Bachelor of Dental Surgery

BCHE butyrylcholinesterase

BChir Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccalaureus Chirurgiae]

Bchl, bChl bacterial chlorophyll

BCHS Bureau of Community Health Services

BCI behavioral cues index; brain-computer interface

BCIA Biomedical Clinical Instrumentation Association

BCIP 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-inodolyl phosphate

BCIRG Breast Cancer International Research Group

BCIS British Cardiovascular Intervention Society

BCKA branched-chain keto acid

BCKD branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase

BCL basic cycle length; B-cell leukemia/lymphoma

BCLD B-cell lymphoproliferative disease

BCLL B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

BCLM below critical length material

BCLP bilateral cleft of lip and palate

BCLS basic cardiac life support

BCM B-cell maturation; beclomethasone; birth control medication; blood-clotting mechanism; body cell mass;

body control and movement

BCME bis-chloromethyl ether

BCMF B-cell maturation factor

BCMNV bean common mosaic necrosis virus

BCMS Bioethic Citation Maintenance System

BCN basal cell nevus; bilateral cortical necrosis; breast care nursing

BCNS basal cell nevus syndrome

BCNU 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea

BCO biliary cholesterol output

BCOC bowel care of choice

BCoV bovine coronavirus

BCP basic calcium phosphate; birth control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross Plan; bromcresol purple

BCPD bromcresol purple deoxylate

BCPR bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

BCPT Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

BCPV bovine cutaneous papillomavirus

BCQ breast cancer questionnaire

BCR B-cell reactivity; birth control regimen; breakpoint cluster region; bromocriptine; bulbocavernosus reflex

bcr breakpoint cluster region

BCRS brief cognitive rating scale

BCRx birth control drug

BCS battered child syndrome; blood cell separator; bovine calf serum; breast cancer screening; British Cardiac

Society; Budd-Chiari syndrome

BCSFB blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

BCSI breast cancer screening indicator

BCSP Bavarian Cholesterol Screening Project

BCT brachiocephalic trunk; branched-chain amino acid transferase; breast conservation therapy

BCTF Breast Cancer Task Force

BCtg bovine chymotrypsinogen

BCtr bovine chymotrypsin

BCTV beet curly top virus

BCV Batu Cave virus; beet cryptic virus; between class variance; blue crab virus; Bunyip Creek virus

BCVA best corrected visual acuity

BCVd blister canker viroid

BCW biological and chemical warfare

BCYE buffered charcoal-yeast extract [agar]

BD barbital-dependent; barbiturate dependence; base deficit; base of prism down; basophilic degeneration;

Batten disease; behavioral disorder; Behcet disease; belladonna; below diaphragm; Bessel distribution;

bicarbonate dialysis; bile duct; binding domain; binocular deprivation; birth date; black death; bladder drainage;

block design [test]; blood donor; blue diaper [syndrome]; borderline dull; bound; brain damage; brain dead,

brain death; Briquet disorder; bronchodilation, bronchodilator; buccodistal; Byler disease

B-D Becton-Dickinson

Bd board; buoyant density

bd band; bundle

BDA balloon dilation angioplasty; British Dental Association

BDAC Bureau of Drug Abuse Control

BDAE Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination

BDAV Bandia virus

BDC Bazex-Dupre-Christol [syndrome]; burn-dressing change

BDE balanced differential expression [microarray analysis]; bile duct examination

BDentSci Bachelor of Dental Science

BDG buccal developmental groove; buffered desoxycholate glucose

BDGF brain-derived growth factor

BDHI Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory

BDI Beck Depression Inventory

BDIP biomedical digital image processing

BDIS Becton-Dickinson immunocytometry system; Birth Defects Information Service

BDL behaviors of daily living; below detectable limits; bile duct ligation

BDLS Brachmann-de Lange syndrome

BDM Becker's muscular dystrophy; border detection method; 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime

BDMS Bureau of Data Management Strategy [Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)]

BDMV bean dwarf mosaic virus

bDNA branched deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]

BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor

BDO battle dress overgarment

BDOH broad determinants of health

BDP beclomethasone dipropionate; benzodiazepine; bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis; Biological Department,

Porton [UK]; bronchopulmonary dysplasia

BDQ bowel disease questionnaire

BDR background diabetic retinopathy

BDRP Biological Defense Research Program

BDRS Blessed Dementia Rating Scale

BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery; biological detection system; Blessed Dementia Scale

BdS blood pressure-depressing substance

BDSc Bachelor of Dental Science

BDT binary distance transformation [imaging]

BDUR bromodeoxyuridine

BDV border disease virus; Borna disease virus; bushy dwarf virus

BDW biphasic defibrillation waveform; buffered distilled water

BE bacillary emulsion; bacterial endocarditis; barium enema; Barrett's esophagus; base excess; below-elbow;

bile-esculin [test]; bioequivalence; biological effect; biologically effective; biologically equivalent; bovine

enteritis; brain edema; bread equivalent; breast examination; bronchiectasis; bronchoesophagology

B/E below-elbow

B&E brisk and equal

Be beryllium

Be Baume scale

BEA below-elbow amputation; bioelectrical activity; bromoethylamine

BEAM brain electrical activity monitoring

BEAP bronchiectasis, eosinophilia, asthma, pneumonia

BEAR biological effects of atomic radiation

BEB Biomedical Engineering Branch [of US Army]

BEBV Bebaru virus

BEC bacterial endocarditis; behavioral emergency committee; biliary epithelial cells; blood ethyl alcohol

content; bromoergocryptine; buccal epithelial cells

BECAIT Bezafibrate Coronary Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial

BECF blood extracellular fluid

BED binge eating disorder; biologically effective dose; biologically equivalent dose [radiation]

BEE basal energy expenditure

BEFV bovine ephemeral fever virus

beg begin, beginning

BEH benign exertional headache

beh behavior, behavioral

BEHA behavior [UMLS]

BEI back-scattered electron imaging; biological exposure indexes; butanol-extractable iodine

BEIR biological effects of ionizing radiation

BEK bovine embryonic kidney [cells]

BEL blood ethanol level; bovine embryonic lung

BELIR beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity

BELTV Belterra virus

BELV Belmont virus; Bermuda grass etched line virus

BEM boundary element method

BEMS Bioelectromagnetics Society

BeMV belladonna mottle virus

BEN Balkan endemic neuropathy

bENaC bovine epithelial sodium channel

BENAR blood eosinophilic non-allergic rhinitis

BENEDICT Bergamo Nephrologic Diabetes Complications Trial

BENESTENT Belgian-Netherlands Stent [study]

BENV Benevides virus; Benfica virus

Benz, benz benzene; benzidine; benzoate

BEP basic element of performance; brain evoked potential

B-EP β-endorphin

BEPS Belgian Eminase Prehospital Study

BEPT biliary endoscopic papillotomy

BER base encoding rule; base excision repair; basic electrical rhythm

BERA brainstem evoked response audiometry

BERG balloon-assisted endoscopic retroperitoneal gasless [approach]

BERNWARD building essential concept representations in well-arranged restricted domains

BERT Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System [Medicare]; Beta Energy Restenosis Trial

BERV Bertioga virus

BES balanced electrolyte solution; Baltimore Eye Study

BESA brain electric source analysis

BESC bronchitis emphysema symptom checklist

BESM bovine embryonic skeletal muscle

BESMART Bestent in Small Arteries Study

BESP bovine embryonic spleen [cells]

BESS Berlin Pacemaker Study on Syncope; Part B Extract and Summary System [Medicare]

BESSAMI Berlin Stent Study in Acute Myocardial Infarction

BEST Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial; Beta-blocker Stroke Trial; Beta-Cath System Trial; Bolus

Dose Escalation Study of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator; Bucindolol Evaluation of Survival Trial;

Medtronic Bestent Coronary Stent vs Palmaz-Schatz Coronary Stent

BET benign epithelial tumor; Brunauer-Emmet-Teller [method]

BETA Biomedical Electronics Technicians Association

β [Greek letter beta] an anomer of a carbohydrate; buffer capacity; carbon separated from a carboxyl by one

other carbon in aliphatic compounds; a constituent of a plasma protein fraction; probability of Type II error; a

substituent group of a steroid that projects above the plane of the ring

1-β power of statistical test

β error Type II error

β2m beta2-microglobulin

BEV baboon endogenous virus; beam's eye view; Berne virus; bleeding esophageal varix; bovine enterovirus

BeV, Bev billion electron volts

bev beverage

BeYDV bean yellow dwarf virus

BF Barmah Forest [virus]; bentonite flocculation; bile flow; biofeedback; black female; blastogenic factor;

blister fluid; blood flow; body fat; bouillon filtrate [tuberculin Fr. bouillon filtre]; brain factor; breakfast fed;

breast feeding; buffered; burning feet [syndrome]; butter fat

B/F black female; bound/free [antigen ratio]

B3F band 3 cytoplasmic fragment

bf black female; bouillon filtrate [tuberculin]

BFA bifemoral angiography; brefeldin A

BFB biological feedback; bronchial foreign body

BFC benign febrile convulsion

BFDI bronchodilation following deep inspiration

BFDV beak and feather disease virus

BFE blood flow energy; bulk fluid endocytosis

BFEC benign focal epilepsy of childhood

bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor

BFGS Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shan-no [algorithm]

BFH benign familial hematuria

BFHD Beukes familial hip dysplasia

BFHI Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative [UNICEF]

BFHR basal fetal heart rate

BFIC benign familial infantile convulsions

BFIRM binary formal inference-based recessive modeling

BFL bird fancier's lung; B rjeson-Forssman-Lehman [syndrome]

BFLS B rjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome

BFM benign familial megalocephaly or macrocephaly

BFNC benign familial neonatal convulsions

BFO balanced forearm orthosis; ball-bearing forearm orthosis; blood-forming organ

BFOD binary frames of discernment

BFP biologic false-positive

BFPR biologic false-positive reaction

BFPSTS biologic false-positive serological test for syphilis

BFR biologic false reaction; blood flow rate; bone formation rate; buffered Ringer [solution]

BFS blood fasting sugar

BFT bentonite flocculation test; biofeedback training

BFU burst-forming unit

BFU-E burst-forming unit, erythrocytes

BFU-ME burst-forming unit, myeloid/erythroid

BFU-Meg burst-forming unit, megakaryocyte

BFV Barmah Forest virus; bovine feces virus; bovine foamy virus

BG Bacillus globigii; basal ganglion; basic gastrin; basophilic granulocyte; Bender Gestalt [test]; betagalactosidase;

beta-glucuronidase; bicolor guaiac [test]; Birbeck granule; blood glucose; bone graft; brilliant

green; buccogingival

B-G Bordet-Gengou [agar, bacillus, phenomenon]

BGA blue-green algae

BGAg blood group antigen

BGAV blue-green algae virus

BGC basal ganglion calcification; blood group class

BGCA bronchogenic carcinoma

BGD blood group degradation

BGE butyl glycidyl ether

BGG bovine gamma-globulin

bGH bovine growth hormone

BGIV Bangui virus

BgJ beige [mouse]

BGLB brilliant green lactose broth

BGlu blood glucose

BGM bedside glucose monitoring

BGMR basal ganglion disorder-mental retardation [syndrome]

BGMV bean golden mosaic virus

BGNV Bangoran virus

BGO bismuth germanium oxide

BGP beta-glycerophosphatase

BGPS Belgian General Practitioners' Study

BGS balance, gait, and station; Baller-Gerold syndrome; blood group substance; British Geriatrics Society

BGSA blood granulocyte-specific activity

BGTT borderline glucose tolerance test

BGV Bahia Grande virus

BH base hospital; benzalkonium and heparin; bill of health; birth history; Bishop-Harman [instruments];

boarding home; board of health; Bolton-Hunter [reagent]; borderline hypertensive; both hands; brain hormone;

Braxton-Hicks [contractions], breathholding; bronchial hyperreactivity; Bryan high titer; bundle of His

BH4 tetrahydrobiopterin

BHA bound hepatitis antibody; butylated hydroxyanisole

BHAT Beta Blocker Heart Attack Trial

BHAV Bhanja virus

BHB beta-hydroxybutyrate

bHb bovine hemoglobin

BHBA beta-hydroxybutyric acid

BHC benzene hexachloride

BHCDA Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance

β-hCG beta human chorionic gonadotropin

BHF Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; British Heart Foundation

BHFS Benzapril Heart Failure Study

BHI biosynthetic human insulin; brain-heart infusion [broth]; British Humanities Index; Bureau of Health

Insurance

BHIA brain-heart infusion agar

BHIBA brain-heart infusion blood agar

BHIRS brain-heart infusion and rabbit serum

BHIS beef heart infusion supplemented [broth]

BHK baby hamster kidney [cells]; type-B Hong Kong [influenza virus]

BHL bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy; biological half-life

bHLH basic helix-loop-helix

bHLH-ZIP basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper

BHM Bureau of Health Manpower

BHN bephenium hydroxynaphthoate; Brinell hardness number

BHP basic health profile

BHPr Bureau of Health Professions

BHR basal heart rate; benign hypertrophic prostatitis; borderline hypertensive rat; bronchial hyperreactivity

BHS Bachelor of Health Science; Ballarat Health Services [Australia]; Beck Hopelessness Scale; betahemolytic

streptococcus; Bogalusa Heart Study; breathholding spell; Brisighella Heart Study

BHT beta-hydroxytheophylline; breath hydrogen test; bronchial hygiene therapy; butylated hydroxytoluene

BHTE bioheat transfer equation

BHU basic health unit

Bhu Bordetella heme utilization

BhuR Bordetella heme utilization receptor

BHV bovine herpes virus

BH/VH body hematocrit-venous hematocrit [ratio]

BHyg Bachelor of Hygiene

BI background interval; bacterial or bactericidal index; base-in [prism]; basilar impression; bifunctional

inducer; Billroth I [operation]; biological indicator; biotechnology infomatics; bodily injury; bone injury; bowel

impaction; brain injury; burn index

Bi bismuth

BIA biolectric impedance analysis; bioimmunoassay; biomechanical impedance analyses

BIAC Bioinstrumentation Advisory Council

BIAD blind insertion airway device

BIB bibliography; biliointestinal bypass; brought in by

bib, biblio bibliography

BIBRA British Industrial Biological Research Association

B-IBS B-immunoblastic sarcoma

BIC Bayes information criterion; bicoherence; blood isotope clearance; brain imaging center

Bic biceps

BICAO bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion

bicarb bicarbonate

BiCAT bilateral carotid artery traction

BICC Biomedical Information Communications Center

BiCNU 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea [carmustine]

BICS Brigham Integrated Computing System

BICS-OE Brigham Integrated Computing System-order entry

BICST biceps skin tone

BID bibliographic information and documentation; brought in dead

BIDA butyl iminodiacetic acid

BIDLB block in posteroinferior division of left branch

BIDS biological integrated detection system; brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short

stature [syndrome]

BIE Bayes inference engine; bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma

BIG bone injection gun

BIG 6 analysis of 6 serum components

BIGGY bismuth glycine glucose yeast

BIGMAC Beaumont Interventional Group-Mevacor, ACE Inhibitor, Colchicine Restenosis [trial];

Bidirectional Gantry Multiarray Coil [study]

BIGPRO Biguanides and the Prevention of the Risk of Obesity [study]

BIH benign intracranial hypertension; Beth Israel Hospital

BII beat inclusion index; Billroth II [operation]; butanol-insoluble iodine

BIL basal insulin level; bilirubin

Bil bilirubin

bil bilateral

BILAG British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [Index]

BIL/ALB bilirubin/albumin [rate]

bilat bilateral

bili bilirubin

bili-c conjugated bilirubin

bilirub bilirubin

bili T&D bilirubin total and direct

BIM buffered isolation medium

BIMA bilateral internal mammary artery

BIMV Bimiti virus

BIN butylisonitrile

Bin binary

biochem biochemistry, biochemical

BIOD bony intraorbital distance

bioeng bioengineering

BIOETHICSLINE Bioethical Information Online

BIOF biologic function [UMLS]

biol biology, biological

bioLH biossay of luteinizing hormone

BIOMACS Biochemical Markers of Acute Coronary Syndromes

biophys biophysics, biophysical

BIOSIS BioScience Information Service

biotyping biochemical typing

BIP bacterial intravenous protein; Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention [study]; biparietal; bismuth iodoform

paraffin; Blue Cross interim payment; brief infertility period

Bip binding protein

BIPAP biphasic positive airway pressure

BIPLED bilateral, independent, periodic, lateralized epileptiform discharge

BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures [Fr. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures]

BIPP bismuth iodoform paraffin paste

BIR basic incidence rate; British Institute of Radiology

BIRADS Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System

BIRD Bolus vs Infusion Rescupase Development

BIRLS Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem [Veterans Benefit Administration]

BIRN Biomedical Informatics Research Network

BIRNH Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Health [study]

BIRV Birao virus

BIS bioimpedance spectroscopy; bispectral index; bone cement implantation syndrome; Brain Information

Service; British Infection Society; building illness syndrome

BIScV blueberry scorch virus

B-ISDN broadband-integrated services digital network

BIShV blueberry shock virus

BiSP between ischial spines

bisp bispinous [diameter]

BISTI Biomedical Information Service Technology Initiative

BIT binary digit; bitrochanteric

bit binary digit

BITE Bulimic Investigatory Test

BITNET Because It's Time Network [mail-only electronic network]

BIU barrier isolation unit; billion international units

BIV Bohle iridovirus; bovine immunodeficiency virus

BIVAS Body Image Visual Analogue Scale

BJ Bence Jones [protein, proteinuria]; biceps jerk; Bielschowsky-Jansky [syndrome]; bones and joints

B&J bones and joints

BJE bones, joints, and examination

BJM bones, joints, and muscles

BJP Bence Jones protein or proteinuria

BK below the knee; bovine kidney [cells]; bradykinin

B-K initials of two patients after whom a multiple cutaneous nevus [mole] was named

B/K below knee [amputation]

Bk berkelium

bk back

BKA below-knee amputation

BK-A basophil kallikrein of anaphylaxis

BK amp below-knee amputation

BKAT Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool for Critical Care

BKD bacterial kidney disease

bkf breakfast

BKG, Bkg background

BKPyV BK polyomavirus

BKS beekeeper serum

BKTT below knee to toe

BKWP below knee walking plaster

BL Barre-Lieou [syndrome]; basal lamina; baseline; Bessey-Lowry [unit]; biosafety level; black light; bladder;

bleeding; blind loop; blood loss; bone marrow lymphocyte; borderline lepromatous; bronchial lavage;

buccolingual; buffered lidocaine; Bullard laryngoscope; Burkitt lymphoma

Bl black

B-l bursa-equivalent lymphocyte

bl black; blood, bleeding; blue

BLA Biologics License Application

BLAD borderline left axis deviation

blad bladder

BLAS Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study

BLASP Barbados Low-Dose Aspirin Study in Pregnancy

BLAST basic linear alignment and search tool [algorithm]

BLAT Blind Learning Aptitude Test

BLAV Bobia virus

BLB Baker-Lima-Baker [mask]; Bessey-Lowry-Brock [method or unit]; black light bulb; Boothby-Lovelace-

Bulbulian [oxygen mask]; bronchoscopic lung biopsy; bulb [syringe]

BL=BS bilateral equal breath sounds

BlC blood culture

BLCL Burkitt lymphoma cell line

B-LCL B-lymphocyte cell line

bl cult blood culture

BLCV beet leaf curly top virus

BLD basal liquefactive degeneration; benign lymphoepithelial disease

bld blood

Bld Bnk blood bank

BLE both lower extremities; buffered lidocaine with epinephrine

BLEL benign lympho-epithelial lesion

BLEO bleomycin

bleph blepharitis

BLEVE boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion

BLFD buccolinguofacial dyskinesia

BLG behavioral leadership group; beta-lactoglobulin

bLH biologically active luteinizing hormone

BLI bombesin-like immunoreactivity

blk black

BLL below lower limit

BLLD British Library Lending Division

BLLV Bloodland Lake virus

BLM basolateral membrane; bilayer lipid membrane; bimolecular liquid membrane; black lipid membrane;

bleomycin; Bloom syndrome; buccolinguomasticatory

BLMoV blueberry leaf mottle virus

BLMV Belem virus

BLN bronchial lymph node

BLOB binary large object

BLOBS bladder obstruction

BLOC body location [UMLS]

BLOSUM block substitution matrix [searching algorithm]

BLOT Bimodality Lung Oncology Trial; British Library of Tape

BLP beta-lipoprotein

BlP blood pressure

B-LPH beta-lipoprotein hormone

B-LPN beta-lipotropin

bl pr blood pressure

BLQ both lower quadrants

BLRC Biomedical Library Review Committee

BLROA British Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Association

BLRV, blrv bean leafroll virus

BLS bare lymphocyte syndrome; basic life support; B-cell lymphoproliferative syndrome; blind loop

syndrome; blood and lymphatic system; blood sugar; Bloom syndrome; Bureau of Labor Statistics

BlS blood sugar

BLSA Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging; basic life support ambulance

BLSD bovine lumpy skin disease

BLS-D basic life support-defibrillation; Blessed Scale-Dementia

BLT bleeding time; blood-clot lysis time; blood test

BlT bleeding time; blood test; blood type, blood typing

BLU Bessey-Lowry unit

BluMVd-RNA Blueberry mosaic viroid-like ribonucleic acid

BLV biological limit value; blood volume; bovine leukemia virus

BlV blood viscosity; blood volume

BLVd bent leaf viroid

BLVR biliverdin reductase

Blx bleeding time

BM Bachelor of Medicine; barium meal; basal medium; basal metabolism; basement membrane; basilar

membrane; betamethasone; biomedical; black male; blood monitoring; body mass; Bohr magneton; bone

marrow; bowel movement; breast milk; buccal mass; buccomesial

B/M black male

B2M beta-2-microglobulin

bm black male

BMA biological movement artifacts; bone marrow arrest; bone mineral area; British Medical Association

BmA Brugia malayi adult antigen

BMAD Medicare Part B Annual Data [file]

BMAP bone marrow acid phosphatase

B-MAST Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

BMAV Batama virus

Bmax maximum amount bound; maximum binding capacity

BMB biomedical belt; bone marrow biopsy

BMBL benign monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis

BMBMA bulk motion biological movement artifacts

BMC blood mononuclear cell; bone marrow cell; bone mineral content

BMCC beta-methylcrotonyl coenzyme A carboxylase

BMCHRD Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development

BMD Becker muscular dystrophy; Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics; bone marrow depression; bone mineral

density; bovine mucosal disease

BMDC Biomedical Documentation Center; bone marrow dendritic cell

BMDP biomedical [computer] program

BMDSC bone marrow-derived stem cell

BMDW Bone Marrow Donor Worldwide

BME basal medium Eagle; biundulant meningoencephalitis; brief maximal effort

BMed Bachelor of Medicine

BMedBiol Bachelor of Medical Biology

BMedSci Bachelor of Medical Science

BMEI benign myoclonic epilepsy in childhood

BMES Biomedical Engineering Society

BMET biomedical equipment technician

BMF bone marrow failure

BMG benign monoclonal gammopathy

BMH biomechanical heart

BMI body mass index; brief motivational intervention

BMic Bachelor of Microbiology

BMIPP beta-methyliodophenylpentadecanoic acid

BMJ bones, muscles, joints

bmk birthmark

BML biomedical library; bone marrow lymphocytosis

BMLS billowing mitral leaflet syndrome

BMM bone marrow-derived macrophages

BMMP benign mucous membrane pemphigoid

BMMS [electronic] Better Medical Management System [Australia]; Better Medication Management System

[Australia]

BMMV bean mild mosaic virus

BMN bone marrow necrosis

BMNC blood mononuclear cell

BMOC Brinster's medium for ovum culture

Bmod behavior modification

B-mode brightness modulation

BMP bitmap; bone morphogenetic protein

bmp bone morphogenetic protein

BMPI bronchial mucous proteinase inhibitor

BMPP benign mucous membrane pemphigus; beta-methyliodophenylpentadecanoic acid

BMQA Board of Medical Quality Assurance

BMR basal metabolic rate

BMRC British Medical Research Council

BMS Bachelor of Medical Science; Belfast Metoprolol Study; betamethasone; biomedical monitoring system;

biomedical science; bleomycin sulfate; broadcast message server; Bureau of Medical Services; Bureau of

Medicine and Surgery; burning mouth syndrome

BMSA British Medical Students Association

BMSP biomedical sciences program

BMST Bruce maximum stress test

BMT Bachelor of Medical Technology; basement membrane thickening; benign mesenchymal tumor; bone

marrow transplant; bone marrow transplantation

BMT-GVHD bone marrow transplantation-graft versus host disease

BMTU bone marrow transplantation unit

BMU basic metabolic unit; basic multicellular unit

BMYV beet mild yellowing virus

BMZ basement membrane zone

BN Bayesian network; binucleated; bladder neck; branchial neuritis; bronchial node; brown Norway [rat];

bulimia nervosa

BNA Basle Nomina Anatomica; bronchoscopic needle aspiration

BNAML Brown Norway acute myelocytic leukemia

BNC brain sodium channel

BNCT boron neutron capture therapy

BND barely noticeable difference

BNDD Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

BNEd Bachelor of Nursing Education

BNF British National Formulary

BNG Bayesian Network Generation [system]

BNIST National Bureau of Scientific Information [Fr. Bureau National d'Information Scientifique]

Bnl branchless

BNML brown Norway rat myelocytic leukemia

BNO bladder neck obstruction; bowels not opened

bNOS brain nitric oxide synthase

BNP brain natriuretic peptide

BNPA binasal pharyngeal airway

BNR beam nonuniformity ratio [ultrasound]

BN/RN baccalaurate registered nurse

BNS Belfast Nifedipine Study; benign nephrosclerosis

BNSc Bachelor of Nursing Science

BNT Boston Naming Test; brain neurotransmitter

BNYV broccoli necrotic yellow virus

BNYVV beet necrotic yellow vein virus

BO Bachelor of Osteopathy; base of prism out; behavior objective; belladonna and opium; body odor; bowel

obstruction; bowels opened; bronchiolitis obliterans; bucco-occlusal

Bo Bolton point; constant magnetic field in a magnetic resonance scanner

bo bowels

B&O belladonna and opium

BOA behavioral observation audiometry; born on arrival; British Orthopaedic Association

BOAS Bank of America Study [of retiree population]

BOAT back pain outcome assessment team; Balloon vs Optimal Atherectomy Trial

BOB biorthogonal basis

BOBA beta-oxybutyric acid

BOC blood oxygen capacity; Bureau of Census; butyloxycarbonyl

BOCC biomedical occupation [UMLS]

BoCV bovine enteric calicivirus

BOD biochemical oxygen demand; brachymorphism-onychodysplasia-dysphalangism [syndrome]

Bod Bodansky [unit]

BOE benign occipital epilepsy

BOEA ethyl biscoumacetate

BOEC blood outgrowth epithelial cell

BOF branchio-oculofacial [syndrome]

BOFS branchio-oculofacial syndrome

BOH board of health

BoHV bovine herpesvirus

BoiHV Boid herpesvirus

BOILER Balloon Occlusive Intravascular Lysis Enhanced Recanalization Strategy

BOL beginning of life [pacemaker battery]

BOLD bleomycin, Oncovin, lomustine, dacarbazine; blood oxygenation level dependent

BolVX Boletus virus X

BOM bilateral otitis media

BOMA bilateral otitis media, acute

BoNT A, B, C, D, E botulinum neurotoxin A, B, C, D, and E

BOOP bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia

BOP buffalo orphan prototype [virus]

BOPP boronated protoporphyrin

BOR basal optic root; before time of operation; bowels open regularly; branchio-oto-renal [syndrome]

BORR blood oxygen release rate

BORSA borderline resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BoRV Buthus occitanus reovirus

BOS Bioethics Online Service

BOSC Board of Scientific Counselors

BoSM Bolivian squirrel monkey

BOSS Balloon Optimization vs Stent Study

BOT botulinum toxin

bot bottle

BOTV Botambi virus

BoTV bovine torovirus

BOU branchio-oto-ureteral [syndrome]

BOUV Bouboui virus

BoV Boolarra virus

BOW bag of waters

BOZOV Bozo virus

BP Bachelor of Pharmacy; backpassage [culture]; back pressure; back projection; back propagation

[algorithm]; barometric pressure; basic protein; bathroom privileges; bed pan; before present; behavior pattern;

Bell palsy; benzpyrene; beta-protein; binding protein; biotic potential; biparietal; biphenyl; bipolar; birth place;

bisphosphonate; blood pressure; body plethysmography; boiling point; Bolton point; borderline personality;

bowenoid papulosis; breech presentation; British Pharmacopoeia; bronchopleural; bronchopulmonary;

buccopulpal; bullous pemphigus/pemphigoid; bypass

B/P blood pressure

BP II bipolar type II disorder

BP180 bullous pemphigoid antigen II

BP230 bullous pemphigoid antigen I

bp base pair; bed pan; boiling point

BPA basic probability assignment; bisphenol A; blood pressure assembly; bovine plasma albumin; British

Paediatric Association; bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; burst-promoting activity

BPAEC bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell

BPAG bullous pemphigoid antigen

BPANN back propagation artificial neural network

BPAR body part [UMLS]

BPAS body profile analysis system

BPB bromphenol blue; biliopancreatic bypass

BPC Behavior Problem Checklist; bile phospholipid concentration; blood pressure cuff; British

Pharmaceutical Codex

BPCS back pain classification scale

BPD biparental disomy; biparietal diameter; blood pressure decrease; borderline personality disorder;

bronchopulmonary dysplasia

BPDE benzo(α)pyrene-diol-epoxide

BPE bacterial phosphatidylethanolamine

BPEAS benign partial epilepsy with affective symptoms

BPEC benign partial epilepsy of childhood; bipolar electrocardiogram

BPEG British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group [study]

BPEI blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus

BPES blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome

BPF bandpass filter; bradykinin-potentiating factor; Brazilian purpuric fever; bronchopulmonary fistula; burstpromoting

factor

BPFC Brazilian purpuric fever clone

BPG benzathine penicillin G; D-2,3-bisphosphoglycerate; blood pressure gauge; bypass graft

BPGM bisphosphoglyceromutase

BPH Bachelor of Public Health; benign prostatic hyperplasia; benign prostatic hypertrophy

BPh British Pharmacopoeia; buccopharyngeal

Bph bacteriopheophytin

BPharm Bachelor of Pharmacy

BPHEng Bachelor of Public Health Engineering

BPheo bacteriopheophytin

BPHN Bachelor of Public Health Nursing

BPI bactericidal/permeability increasing [protein]; Basic Personality Inventory; beef-pork insulin; bipolar type

I; blood pressure increase; blood pressure index; Brief Pain Inventory

BPIV bovine parainfluenza virus

BPL Beneficiary Program Liability [data file]; benign proliferative lesion; benzyl penicilloyl-polylysine; betapropiolactone

BPLA blood pressure, left arm

BPM beats per minute; best partial match [imaging]; biperidyl mustard; block perfusion monitor; body protein

monitor; breaths per minute; brompheniramine maleate

bpm beats per minute

BPMF British Postgraduate Medical Federation

BPMS blood plasma measuring system

BPMV bean pod mottle virus

BPN bacitracin, polymyxin B, neomycin sulfate; back propagation neural network [algorithm]; brachial plexus

neuropathy

BPO basal pepsin output; benzyl penicilloyl

BPP binding property pair; biophysical profile; bovine pancreatic polypeptide; bradykinin potentiating peptide

BP&P blood pressure and pulse

BPPD Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division

BPPN benign paroxysmal positioning nystagmus

BPPV benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; bovine paragenital papillomavirus

BPQ Berne Pain Questionnaire

BPR blood pressure recorder; blood production rate

BPRA blood pressure, right arm

BPROP backpropagation neural network

BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; Brief Psychiatric Reacting Scale

BPS Basel Prospective Study; beats per second; Behavioral Pharmacological Society; biophysical profile

score; bits per second; bovine papular stomatitis; brain protein solvent; breaths per second; bytes per second;

systolic blood pressure

Bps, bps bits per second; bytes per second

BPSA bronchopulmonary segmental artery

BPSD behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia

BPSMC Blood Pressure Study in Mexican Children

BPsTh Bachelor of Psychotherapy

BPSU British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

BPSV bovine papular stomatitis virus

BPT benign paroxysmal torticollis; binding property torsion; bronchial provocation test

BPTI basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor; basic polyvalent trypsin inhibitor; bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor

BPV bat paramyxovirus; bee paralysis virus; benign paroxysmal vertigo; benign positional vertigo;

bioprosthetic valve; bovine papillomavirus; bovine parvovirus

BP(Vet) British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary)

BPXY buffalopox virus

BPYV beet pseudoyellow virus

BPyV baboon polyomavirus; bovine polyomavirus

Bq becquerel

BQA Bureau of Quality Assurance

BQSV Barranqueras virus

BR baroreflex; barrier reared [experimental animals]; baseline recovery; bathroom; bed rest; bedside rounds;

bilirubin; biologic response; blink reflex; branchial; breathing rate; breathing training; bronchial, bronchitis,

bronchus; Brucella; brush cytology

Br brain; breech; bregma; bridge; bromine; bronchitis; brown; Brucella; brucellosis

bR bacteriorhodopsin

br boiling range; brachial; branch; branchial; breath; brother

BRA bilateral renal agenesis; bone-resorbing activity; brain; brain-reactive antibody; brainstem auditory

[response]

BRAC basic rest-activity cycle

Brach brachial

Brady, brady bradycardia

BRAFE brachial, radial and femoral [approach for elective coronary stent implantation]

BRAGS Bioelectric Repair and Growth Society

BRAINS Biochemical Research and Information Study; Brain Research, Analysis of Images, Networks, and

Systems

BRAMS Bech-Rafaelson Melancholia Scale

BRAO branch retinal artery occlusion

BRAP burst of rapid atrial pacing

BrAP brachial artery pressure

BRAT Baylor rapid autologous transfusion [system]

BRATT bananas, rice, applesauce, tea and toast

BRAV black currant reversion-associated virus

BRAVE biosense revascularization approach for viable endocardium

BRB bright red blood

BRBC bovine red blood cell

BRBN blue rubber bleb nevus

BRBNS blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

BRBPR bright red blood per rectum

BRbx breast biopsy

BRC brain reserve capacity

Brc bromocriptine

BRCA breast cancer

BRCA1, BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility genes

BRCD breast cancer, ductal

BRCM below right costal margin

BRCS British Red Cross Society

BRCT Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trial

BRD bladder retraining drill; bovine respiratory disease

BrdU bromodeoxyuridine

BrdUrd bromodeoxyuridine

BRDV Broadhaven virus

BRE benign rolandic epilepsy

BREASTS bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, radiotherapy, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, ankylosing spondylitis,

sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, silicosis [x-ray findings in fibrotic pulmonary changes]

BRESEK brain anomalies-retardation of mentality-ectodermal dysplasia-kidney dysplasia/hypoplasia

[syndrome]

BRESHECK brain anomalies-retardation of mentality and growth-ectodermal hypoplasia-Hirschsprung

disease-ear deformity and deafness-eye hypoplasia-cleft palate-cryptorchidism-kidney dysplasia/hypoplasia

[syndrome]

BRESUS British Hospital Resuscitation Study

BRF bone-resorbing factor

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

BRH benign recurrent hematuria; British Regional Heart [study]; Bureau of Radiological Health

BRHS British Regional Heart Study

BRIC benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

BRILLIANT Blood Pressure, Renal Effects, Insulin Control, Lipids, Lisinopril and Nifedipine Trial

BRIME brief repetitive isometric maximal exercise

BRIN Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks

Brkf breakfast

BRM biological response modifier; biuret reactive material

BRMS Bannayan-Riley-Myhre-Smith [syndrome]; Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale

BRMV bean rugose mosaic virus; Berrimah virus

BRN Board of Registered Nursing

brn brown

BRNV black raspberry necrosis virus

BRO bronchiolitis obliterans; bronchoscopy

bro brother

brom bromide

Bron, Bronch bronchi, bronchial; bronchoscopy

Broncho bronchoscopy

BRP bathroom privileges; bilirubin production; biological reference preparation; bronchophony

Brph bronchophony

BRR Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba [syndrome]; baroreceptor reflex response; breathing reserve ratio

BRRV blueberry red ringspot virus

BRS baroreflex sensitivity; behavior rating scale; battered root syndrome; Bibliographic Retrieval Services;

British Roentgen Society

BrSM Brazilian squirrel monkey

BRSV beet ringspot virus; bovine respiratory syncytial virus

BRT Brook reaction test

brth breath

5-BrU 5-bromouracil

BRU bone remodeling unit

BrU bromouracil

Bruc Brucella

BRUV Bruconha virus

BRV baboon orthoreovirus; bovine rhinovirus; Breda virus

BRVO branch retinal vein occlusion

BRW Brown-Robert-Wells [stereotactic system]

BS Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of Surgery; Bacillus subtilis; Bartter syndrome; base strap; bedside; before

sleep; Behcet syndrome; bilateral symmetrical; bile salt; Binet-Simon [test]; bismuth sulfite; blood sugar;

Bloom syndrome; Blue Shield [plan]; body system; borderline schizophrenia; bowel sound; breaking strength;

breath sound; British Standard; buffered saline; Bureau of Standards; byte structure

B-S Bjork-Shiley [valve]

B&S Brown and Sharp [sutures]

B/s, b/s bytes per second

bs bedside; bowel sound; breath sound

b × s brother × sister inbreeding

BSA benzenesulfonic acid; Biofeedback Society of America; bismuth-sulfite agar; bis-trimethylsilylacetamide;

Blind Service Association; Blue Shield Association; body surface area; bovine serum albumin;

bowel sounds active

bsa bovine serum albumin

BSAG Bristol Social Adjustment Guides

BSAM basic sequential access method

BSA-NO nitrosated bovine serum albumin

BSAP brief short-action potential; brief, small, abundant potentials

BSB body surface burned

BS=BL breath sounds equal bilaterally

BSBMV beet soil-borne mosaic virus

BSBV beet soil-borne virus; bushbush virus

BSC bedside care; bedside commode; bench scale calorimeter; best supportive care; bile salt concentration;

Biological Stain Commission; biologic safety cabinet; Biomedical Science Corps

BSc Bachelor of Science

BSC-1, BS-C-1 Cercopithecus monkey kidney cells

BSCC Bj rk-Shiley convexo-concave [heart valve]; British Society for Clinical Cytology

BSCP bovine spinal cord protein

BSD bedside drainage

BSDAC Biological Sciences Division [office] of Academic Computing

BSDLB block in the superior division of left branch

BSE behavior summarized evaluation; bilateral intranasal sphenoethmoidectomy; bilaterally symmetrical and

equal; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; brain surface extractor; breast self-examination; bystander effect

[ability of genetically modified cells to survive cytotoxic effects]

BSEP brain stem evoked potential

BSER brain stem evoked response [audiometry]

BSF back scatter factor; B-cell stimulatory factor; benign senescent forgetfulness; busulfan

BSG basigin; biotin-streptavidin-gold; branchio-skeleto-genital [syndrome]

BSG-DNA biotin-streptavidin-gold-deoxyribonucleic acid

BSH benign sexual headache

BSI behavior status inventory; blood stream infection; body substance isolation; borderline syndrome index;

bound serum iron; brainstem injury; brief symptom inventory; British Standards Institution

BSID Bayley Scale of Infant Development

BSIF bile salt independent fraction

BSL benign symmetric lipomatosis; biosafety level; blood sugar level

BSM Bachelor of Science in Medicine; Bj rk-Shiley monostrut [prosthetic heart valve]; body surface mapping

BSMC bronchial smooth muscle cell

BSMV barley stripe mosaic virus

BSN baccalaureate of science in nursing; Bachelor of Science in Nursing; bowel sounds normal

BSNA bowel sounds normal and active

BSO bilateral sagittal osteotomy; bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; butathione sulfoximine

BSOFP blood spotted on filter paper

BSOP blood spot on filter paper

BSP bone sialoprotein; bromosulphthalein

BSp bronchospasm

BSPA body space [UMLS]

BSPh bachelor of science in pharmacy

BSPM body surface potential mapping

BSQ behavior style questionnaire

BSQV Bussuquara virus

BSR basal skin resistance; blood sedimentation rate; bowel sounds regular; brain stimulation reinforcement;

burst suppression ratio; Buschke selective reminding [test]

BSS Bachelor of Sanitary Science; balanced salt solution; Bernard-Soulier syndrome; black silk suture;

buffered salt solution; buffered single substrate

B-SS Bernard-Soulier syndrome

BSSE bile salt-stimulated esterase

BSSG sitogluside

BSSL bile salt-stimulated lipase

BSSV blueberry shoestring virus

BST bacteriuria screening test; bed nucleus of the striae terminalis; blood serologic test; bovine somatotropin;

brief stimulus therapy

BSTFA bis-trimethylsilyltrifluoroacetamide

BSU Bartholin, Skene, urethral [glands]; basic structural unit; British standard unit

BSUB body substance [UMLS]

BSV banana streak virus; binocular single vision

BS-VLC byte structure variable length coding

BT base of tongue; bedtime; biomedical technology; bitemporal; bitrochanteric; bladder tumor; Blalock-

Taussig [shunt]; bleeding time; blood type, blood typing; blue tetrazolium; blue tongue; body temperature;

borderline tuberculoid; bovine turbinate [cells]; brain tumor; breast tumor

Bt Bacillus thuringiensis

BTA Blood Transfusion Association

BTB breakthrough bleeding; bromthymol blue

BTBL bromothymol blue lactose

BTC basal temperature chart; body temperature chart; butylcholinesterase

BTCG Brain Tumor Cooperative Group

BTD biliary tract disease

BTDG Biological Therapeutics Development Group

BTDS benzoylthiamine disulfide

BTE behind the ear [hearing aid]; biphasic truncated exponential; bovine thymus extract

BTFS breast tumor frozen section

BTG beta-thromboglobulin

BTg bovine trypsinogen

BThU British thermal unit

Bti Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis

Btk Bruton's tyrosine kinase

BTKV Boteke virus

BTL bilateral tubal ligation

Btl breathless

BTLS basic trauma life support

BTM benign tertian malaria; blood temperature monitor; body temperature monitor

BTMSA bis-trimethylsilacetylene

BTMV beet mosaic virus

BTP biliary tract pain; biological treatment planning; broad terminal phalanges

BTPABA N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid

BTPS at body temperature and ambient pressure, and saturated with water vapor [gas]

BTR Bezold-type reflex; biceps tendon reflex

BTr bovine trypsin

BTRID binomial transform reduced interference distribution

BTRS Belgian Ticlodipine Retinopathy Study

BTS Batten syndrome; blood transfusion service; blue toe syndrome; bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome;

British Thoracic Society

BTSG Brain Tumor Study Group

bTSH bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone

BTU British thermal unit

BTV blue tongue virus; bushy top virus

BTW biological and toxin weapon

BTWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

BTX botulinum toxin; brevetoxin; bungarotoxin

BTx blood transfusion

BTX-B brevetoxin-B

BTZ benzothiazepine

BU base of prism up; Bethesda unit; blood urea; Bodansky unit; bromouracil; burn unit

Bu butyl

bu bushel

BUA blood uric acid; broadband ultrasonic attenuation

BUB budding uninhibited by benzimidazole

Buc, Bucc buccal

BuChE butyrocholinesterase

BUD budesonide

BUDR bromodeoxyuridine

BUDS bilateral upper dorsal sympathectomy

BUE both upper extremities

BUEV Buenaventura virus

BUF buffalo [rat]

BUFUL bumetanide and furosemide on lipid [profile]

BUG buccal ganglion

BUGT bilirubin-uridine diphosphate glucuronysyltransferase

BuHV bubaline herpesvirus

BUI brain uptake index

BUJV Bujaru virus

BULIT bulimia test

BULL buccal or upper lingual of lower

BuMed Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

BUMP behavioral regression or upset in hospitalized medical patients [scale]

BUN blood urea nitrogen

bun br bundle branch

BUN/CR blood urea nitrogen/creatine ratio

BUNV Bunyamwera virus

BUO bleeding of undetermined origin, bruising of undetermined origin

BUQ both upper quadrants

BUR bilateral ureteral occlusion

Burd Burdick suction

BUS Bartholin, urethral, and Skene glands; busulfan

BuSVd Burdock stunt viroid

But, but butyrate, butyric

BV bacilliform virus; bacitracin V; bacterial vaginosis; balloon valvuloplasty; biologic value; blood vessel;

blood volume; bracovirus; bronchovesicular

Bv Bracovirus, bracovirus

BVA Blind Veterans Association; British Veterinary Association

BVAD biventricular assist device

BVC British Veterinary Codex

BVD bovine viral diarrhea

BVDT brief vestibular disorientation test

BVDU bromovinyldeoxyuridine

BVDV bovine viral diarrhea virus

BVE binocular visual efficiency; blood vessel endothelium; blood volume expander

BVEC bovine valve endothelial cell

BVF bone volume fraction

BVH biventricular hypertrophy

BVI blood vessel invasion

BVL bilateral vas ligation

BVM bag-valve-mask; bronchovascular markings; Bureau of Veterinary Medicine

BVMGT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test

BVMOT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test

BVMS Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Science

BVO black vinyl overboot; branch vein occlusion

BVP blood vessel prosthesis; blood volume pulse; burst of ventricular pacing

BVQ beet virus Q

BVR baboon virus replication; Balloon Valvuloplasty Registry

BVS biventricular support; blanked ventricular sense

BVSc Bachelor of Veterinary Science

BV/TV bone volume/trabecular volume [ratio]

BVU bromoisovalerylurea

BVV bovine vaginitis virus

BW bacteriological warfare; Beckwith-Wiedemann [syndrome]; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare;

biological weapon; birth weight; bladder washout; blood Wasserman [reaction]; body water; body weight

B&W black and white [milk of magnesia and cascara extract]

bw body weight

BWAV Bwamba virus

BWC bladder wash cytology

BWD bacillary white diarrhea

BWFCM bladder wash flow cytometry

BWFI bacteriostatic water for injection

BWG Bland-White-Garland syndrome

BWIS Baltimore-Washington Infant Study

BWS battered woman (or wife) syndrome; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

BWSpV Brazilian wheat spike virus

BWST black widow spider toxin

BWSV black widow spider venom

BWt birth weight

Bwt body weight

BWYV, bwyv beet western yellow virus

BX, bx bacitracin X; biopsy

Bx biopsy

BXO balanitis xerotica obliterans

BXV Bee virus X

ByCPR bystander cardiac pulmonary resuscitation

BYDV barley yellow dwarf virus

BYE Barila-Yaguchi-Eveland [medium]

BYMV bean yellow mosaic virus

BYP Baeza-Yates-Perleberg [algorithm]

BYSMV barley yellow striate mosaic virus

BYSV beet yellow stunt virus

BYV bee virus Y; beet yellow virus

BYVBV bean yellow vein-banding virus

BZ benzodiazepine

Bz, Bzl benzoyl

BZD benzodiazepine

BZQ benzquinamide

BZRP benzodiazepine receptor peripheral [type]

BZS Bannayan-Zonana syndrome

C

C about [Lat. circa]; ascorbic acid; bruised [Lat. contusus]; calcitonin-forming [cell]; calculus; calorie [large];

Campylobacter; Candida; canine tooth; capability [list]; capacitance; capsid protein; carbohydrate; carbon;

cardiac; cardiovascular disease; carrier; cast; cathode; Caucasian; cell; Celsius; centigrade; central; central

electrode placement in electroencephalography; centromeric or constitutive heterochromatic chromosome

[banding]; cer-ebrospinal; certified; cervical; cesarean [section]; chest (precordial) lead in electrocardiography;

chicken; Chlamydia; chloramphenicol; cholesterol; class; clearance; clonus; Clostridium; closure; clubbing;

coarse [bacterial colonies]; cocaine; coefficient; colorectal tumor with metastases to lymph nodes [Dukes

classification]; color sense; colored [guinea pig]; communicating [pacemaker]; complement; complex;

compliance; component; compound [Lat. compositus]; concentration; concept [UMLS]; conditioned,

conditioning; condyle; constant; consultation; contamination; contraction; control; conventionally reared

[experimental animal]; convergence; correct; cortex; coulomb; count; criteria; Cryptococcus; cubic; cubitus;

cyanosis; cylinder; cysteine; cytidine; cytochrome; cytosine; gallon [Lat. congius]; horn [Lat. cornu]; hundred

[Lat. centum]; large calorie; molar heat capacity; rib [Lat. costa]; total capacitance; velocity of light; with [Lat.

cum]

C0 concentration zero

C1 first cervical nerve; first cervical vertebra; first component of complement

C1 first rib

activated first component of complement

C1-9 complement proteins 1 to 9

CI first concept [UMLS]; first cranial nerve; prostatic tumor with extracapsular extension and negative

margins [Jewett staging system]; tumor with metastases to lymph nodes without involvement of perirectal

adipose tissue [Astler-Coller classification]

2C 2-component

C2 prostatic tumor with extracapsular extension and positive margins [Jewett staging system]; second cervical

nerve; second cervical vertebra; second component of complement; second concept [UMLS]; tumor with

metastases to lymph nodes and extension into perirectal adipose tissue

C2 community capacity [AIDS prevention]

C2 second rib

activated second component of complement

CII second cranial nerve

3C 3-component; cranio-cerebello-cardiac syndrome

C3 prostatic tumor with seminal vesical involvement [Jewett staging system]; third cervical nerve; third

cervical vertebra; third component of complement

C3 Collins' solution; third rib

activated third component of complement

CIII third cranial nerve

C4 controlled collapse chip connection; fourth cervical nerve; fourth cervical vertebra; fourth component of

complement

activated fourth component of complement

CIV fourth cranial nerve

C5 fifth cervical nerve; fifth cervical vertebra; fifth component of complement

activated fifth component of complement

CV fifth cranial nerve

C6 sixth cervical nerve; sixth cervical vertebra; sixth component of complement

activated sixth component of complement

CVI sixth cranial nerve

C7 seventh cervical nerve; seventh cervical vertebra; seventh component of complement

activated seventh component of complement

CVII seventh cranial nerve

C8 eighth component of complement

activated eighth component of complement

CVIII eighth cranial nerve

C9 ninth component of complement

activated ninth component of complement

CIX-CXII ninth to twelfth cranial nerves

°C degree Celsius

C′ complement

c about [Lat. circa]; calorie [small]; candle; canine tooth; capacity; capillary; carat; centi-; clinical;

complementary [strand]; concentration; contact; cup; curie; cyclic; meal [Lat. cibus]; specific heat capacity;

with [Lat. cum]

c′ coefficient of partage

c- centi- [10-1]

χ see chi

CA anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; cancer

antigen; Candida albicans; caproic acid; capsid; capsid protein; carbohydrate antagonist; carbonic anhydrase;

carcinoma; cardiac angiography; cardiac apnea; cardiac arrest; cardiac arrhythmia; carotid artery; cast;

catecholamine, catecholaminergic; cathode; Caucasian adult; celiac axis; cell automation; cellulose acetate;

cerebral aqueduct; cerebral atrophy; certification authority; cervicoaxial; Chemical Abstracts; chemotactic

activity; child abuse; chloroamphetamine; cholic acid; chorio-amniotic; chromosomal aberration; chronic

anovulation; chronological age; citric acid; clotting assay; coagglutination; coarctation of the aorta; Cocaine

Anonymous; coefficient of absorption; cold agglutinin; colloid antigen; common antigen; compressed air;

computer-assisted; conceptional age; condyloma acuminatum; coracoacromial; coronary angioplasty; coronary

artery; corpora allata; corpora amylacea; corpus albicans; corrected [echo] area; cortisone acetate;

cricoarytenoid; cricoid arch; croup-associated [virus]; cytosine arabinoside; cytotoxic antibody

C&A Clinitest and Acetest

CA1 carbonic anhydrase I

CA-2 second colloid antigen

CA 15.3 marker for breast carcinoma

CA 19.9 marker for colorectal and pancreatic carcinomas

CA 27.29 marker for breast carcinoma

CA 50 marker for pancreatic or colorectal carcinomas

CA 72.4 marker for gastrointestinal and ovarian carcinomas

CA 125 marker for ovarian and endometrial carcinomas

CA 242 marker for pancreatic and colorectal carcinomas

CA 549 marker for breast carcinoma

Ca calcium; cancer, carcinoma; Candida albicans; cathode

ca about [Lat. circa]; candle; carcinoma

CAA carotid audiofrequency analysis; cerebral amyloid angiopathy; circulating anodic antigen; Clean Air Act;

computer-assisted assessment; constitutional aplastic anemia; coronary artery aneurysm; crystalline amino

acids

CAADAC California Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors

CAAH chronic active autoimmune hepatitis

CAAS cardiovascular angiographic analysis system; Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services

CAASET Canadian Amlodipine and Atenolol Stress Echo [trial]

CAAT computer-assisted axial tomography

CAAV canine adeno-associated virus

CAAX [box] protein segment in which C is cysteine, A is usually but not always an aliphatic amino acid, and

X is methionine or serine

CAB captive air bubble; cellulose acetate butyrate; coronary artery bypass

CABADAS [prevention of] Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Occlusion by Aspirin, Dipyridamole and

Acenocoumarol Study

CABBS computer-assisted blood background subtraction

CABF coronary artery blood flow

CABG coronary artery bypass grafting

CABG-PATCH Coronary Artery Bypass Graft [trial with/without epicardial] Patch [for automatic implantable

cardioverter-defibrillator]

CABGS coronary artery bypass graft surgery

CaBI calcium bone index

Ca2+-blocker calcium channel blocker

CABM Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine

CABMET Colorado Association of Biomedical Engineering Technicians

CaBP calcium-binding protein

CABRI Coronary Angioplasty versus Bypass Revascularization Investigation; Coronary Artery Bypass

Revascularization Investigation

CABS citric acid-buffered saline [solution]; continuous ambulatory blood sampler; coronary artery bypass

surgery

CABV Cabassou virus

cabyv cucurbit aphid-borne yellow virus

CAC Carcinogeneity Assessment Committee [FDA]; cardiac-accelerator center; cardiac arrest code; children's

asthma center; circulating anticoagulant; clinical application coordinator

CaCC calcium-sensitive chloride channel; cathodal closure contraction

CAC/CIC chronic active/inactive cirrhosis

CACCN Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses

CACHET Comparison of Abciximab Complications with Hirulog for Ischemic Events Trial

CACP cisplatin

CaCTe cathodal closure tetanus

CACTIS Comparison of Aspirin with Clopidogrel or Ticlopidine in Stents [trial]

CACV cacao virus

CaCV canine calicivirus

CaCX cancer of cervix

CACY calcyclin

CAD cadaver, cadaveric; central appointment desk [computer-based coordination]; chronic actinic dermatitis;

coenzyme A dehydrogenase; cold agglutinin disease; collisionally activated dissociation; compressed air

disease; computer-aided design; computer-aided dispatch; computer-assisted design; computer-assisted

diagnosis; congenital abduction deficiency; coronary artery disease; coronoradiographic documentation

Cad cadaver, cadaveric

CADA Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

CADASIL cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy

CAD/CAM computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing

CADCCC Central Australia Disease Control Coordinating Committee

CADD computer-aided drug design

CADHYP Coronary Artery Disease in Hypertension [study]

CADI coronary artery disease index

CADILLAC Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications

[study]

CADL Communicative Abilities in Daily Living

CADMIO computer-assisted design for medical information objectives

cADPR cyclic adenosinephosphate-ribose

CADR coronary artery descriptors and restenosis

CADRES Coronary Artery Descriptors and Restenosis [project]

CADS Captopril and Digoxin Study

CaDTe cathodal-duration tetanus

CADV Cano Delgadito virus

CAdV canine adenovirus; caprine adenovirus

CADx computer-aided diagnosis

CAE caprine arthritis-encephalitis; cellulose acetate electrophoresis; childhood absence epilepsy; contingent

after-effects; coronary artery embolism

CaE calcium excretion

CaEDTA calcium disodium ethylene-diaminetetraacetate

CAE-IEF cellulose acetate-isoelectric focusing [electrophoresis]

CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians; cortical auditory evoked potential

CAER community awareness and emergency response

CAESA computer-assisted estimation of synthetic accessibility

CAESAR Canada, Australia, Europe and South Africa Republic [trial]; computer-assisted ear nose and throat

surgery using augmented reality; Computer-Assisted Evaluation of Stenosis and Restenosis [system]

CAEV caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus; Chironomus attenuatus entomopoxvirus

CAF cell adhesion factor; citric acid fermentation; combined acetabular and femoral [navigation in computerassisted

surgery]; common assembly format [genome sequencing]; cortical activation function

Caf caffeine

CAFA Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Anticoagulation [study]

CAFE Coronary Artery Flow Evaluation

CAFS Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Study

CAG cholangiogram, cholangiography; chronic atrophic gastritis; coronary angiography

CAGA calgranulin A

CAGB calgranulin B

CAGC Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors

CAGE capillary affinity gel electrophoresis; cut down, annoyed by criticism, guilty about drinking, eyeopener

drinks (a test for alcoholism)

CAH CAS [Chemical Abstracts] Surveyor Hazardous Materials; chronic active hepatitis; chronic aggressive

hepatitis; combined atrial hypertrophy; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; cyanacetic acid hydrazide

CAHD coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease

CAHEA Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation

CAHMR cataract-hypertrichosis-mental retardation [syndrome]

CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey

CAHS central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome

CAHV central alveolar hypoventilation

CaHV canid herpesvirus

CAI celiac artery infusion; cellular adaptive immunotherapy; chemical accident or incident; complete

androgen insensitivity; computer-assisted instruction; computer-assisted interview; confluence of informatics

CAID computer-aided implant dentistry

CAIRA chemical accident or incident response and assistance

CAIS complete androgen insensitivity syndrome

CAIUS Carotid Atherosclerosis Italian Ultrasound Study

CAIV Caimito virus

CaIV Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus

C(a-jb)O2 arterial-jugular bulb venous oxygen ratio

CAK cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase

cAK cyclic adenosine monophosphate [cAMP] dependent protein kinase

CAL cafe au lait; calcium test; calculated average life; calories; chronic airflow limitation; computer-assisted

learning; coracoacromial ligament

Cal caliber; large calorie

cal small calorie

Calb albumin clearance

Calc calcium

CALC calcitonin

calc calculation

calcif calcification

CALCR calcitonin receptor

CALD chronic active liver disease

CALGB cancer and leukemia group B

CALH chronic active lupoid hepatitis

CalHV callitrichine herpesvirus

cALL common null cell acute lymphocytic leukemia

CALLA, cALLA common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen

CALM cafe-au-lait macules

CALP congenital absence of left pericardium

CALS cafe-au-lait spots

CaLV cardamine latent virus

CALYPSO Cylexin as an Adjunct to Lytic Therapy to Prevent Superoxide Reflow Injury

CAM calf aortic microsome; cell adhesion molecule; cell-associating molecule; chemical agent monitor;

chorioallantoic membrane; complementary and alternative medicine(s); compressed adjacency matrix;

computer assisted myelography; confusion assessment method [rating for delirium]; content-addressable

memory; contralateral axillary metastasis; cystic adenomatoid malformation

CaM calmodulin

Cam amylase clearance

CaM-A calmodulin-agarose

CAMAC computer automated measurement and control

CAMAK cataract-microcephaly-arthrogryposis-kyphosis [syndrome]

CAMAT Canadian Amiodarone Myocardial Infarction Arrhythmia Trial

CAMC camera augmented mobile C-arm; computer application in medical care; computer analysis of

mammography phantom images

CAMCAM Center for Assessment and Management of Changes in Academic Medicine

CAMCAT Canadian Multicenter Clentiazem Angina Trial

CAMCOG Cambridge cognitive capacity scale

CAMD computer-aided molecular design

CAMDEX Cambridge mental disorders of the elderly examination

CAMF cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, methotrexate, fluorouracil

CAMFAK cataract-microcephaly-failure to thrive-kyphoscoliosis [syndrome]

CAMH Center for Addiction and Mental Health

CAMI Canadian Assessment of Myocardial Infarction [study]; computer-assisted medical intervention

CAMIAT Canadian Amiodarone Myocardial Infarction Arrhythmia Trial; Canadian Myocardial Infarction

Amiodarone Trial

CAMIS Center for Applied Medical Information Systems Research

CAMK calmodulin-dependent protein kinase

CaMK calcium-mediated kinase

CAML cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung

CAMP Christie-Atkins-Munch-Petersen [test]; computer-assisted management protocol; computer-assisted

menu planning; concentration of adenosine monophosphate; cyclic adenosine monophosphate;

cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, methotrexate, and procarbazine

cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate

CAMPASS Cambridge Database on Protein Alignments Organized as Structural Superfamilies

CAMRT Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists

CAMS computer-assisted monitoring system

CAMT Center for Advanced Medical Technology

CAMTS Commission for Accreditation of Medical Transport Services

CAMV congenital anomaly of mitral valve

CaMV cauliflower mosaic virus

CAMVA chorioallantoic membrane vascular assay

CAN cardiac autonomic neuropathy

Can cancer; Candida; Cannabis

CA/N child abuse and neglect

CANA circulating antineuronal antibody

CaNaEDTA calcium-disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

CANAHOP Canadian Ambulatory, Home and Office Pressure Study

CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry, and Education

canc cancelled

c-ANCA antineutrophil antibodies against protease 3 in cytoplasmic granules

C-ANCA cytoplasmic anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody

CANCERLIT Cancer Literature [NLM database]

CANCERPROJ Cancer Research Projects

CANDA computer-assisted new drug application

CANDELA computer-assisted notification of drug effects on laboratory animals [test]

CANDY Communication Aids Negating Disabilities of Youth [laboratory]

CA*Net Canada's High Performance Network

CANOST autoCANOnization system for organic STructures

CANP calcium-activated neutral protease

CANS central auditory nervous system

CAN'T LEAP cyclosporine, alcohol, nicotinic acid, thiazides, lasix, ethambutanol, aspirin, pyrazinamide

[substances causing hyperuricemia]

CANV Caninde virus

CANX calnexin

CAO chronic airway obstruction; coronary artery obstruction

CAO2 arterial oxygen content

CaO2 arterial oxygen content

CaOC cathodal opening contraction

CaOCL cathodal opening clonus

CAOD coronary artery occlusive disease

CAOHC Council for Accreditation of Occupational Hearing Conservation

CAOM chronic adhesive otitis media

CAOS computer-assisted orthopedic surgery

CAOT Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy

CaOTe cathodal opening tetanus

CAP camptodactyly-arthropathy-pericarditis [syndrome]; Canada Assistance Plan; capsule; captopril;

Caribbean Association of Pharmacists; catabolite gene activator protein; cell attachment protein; cellular

acetate propionate; cellulose acetate phthalate; central apical part; chloramphenicol; chronic alcoholic

pancreatitis; clinical access program; College of American Pathologists; community-acquired pneumonia;

complement-activated plasma; compound action potential; coupled atrial pacing; cyclophosphamide,

Adriamycin, and Platinol [cisplatin]; cystine aminopeptidase

CAP cationic antimicrobial protein; circumference of apex

CaP carcinoma of the prostate

cap capacity; capsule

CAPA cancer-associated polypeptide antigen

CAPARES Coronary Angioplasty Amlodipine in Restenosis Trial

CAPAS Cutting Balloon Angioplasty vs Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty Randomized Study

CAPBL computer-assisted problem-based learning

CAPCC Canadian Association of Poison Control Centers

CAPD continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

CAPE Circadian Anti-Ischemia Program in Europe; Clifton assessment procedures for the elderly; computerassisted

patient emulator

CAPERS Computer Assisted Psychiatric Evaluation and Review System

CAPHIS Consumer and Patient Health Information Section [American Library Association]

CAPI computer-assisted personal interview; cryptographic applications programming interface

CAP-IT Client Adherence Profiling-Intervention Tailoring [model]

CAPITOL Captopril Postinfarction Tolerance [trial]

CapLV caper latent virus

CAPM continuous airway pressure monitoring

CAPP Captopril Prevention Project [study]; computer-assisted preoperative planning; Concerted Action Polyp

Prevention

CAPPHY Captopril Primary Prevention in Hypertension [study]

CAPPP Captopril Prevention Project

CAPPS Current and Past Psychopathology Scale

CAPRCA chronic, acquired, pure red cell aplasia

CAPRI Cardiopulmonary Research Institute

CAPRICORN Carvedilol Postinfarct Survival Controlled Evaluation

CAPRIE Clopidogrel vs Aspirin in Patients at Risk of Ischemic Events

CAPS Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study; care profile system; community adjustment profile system; computeraided

prototyping system

caps capsule

CAPTIN Captopril Before Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Captopril Plus Tissue Plasminogen

Activator Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

CAPTISM Captopril Insulin Sensitivity Multicenter [study]

CAPTURE Chimeric 7E3 Antiplatelet Therapy in Unstable Refractory Angina [trial]

CAPV Capim virus

CAR Canadian Association of Radiologists; cancer-associated retinopathy; Cardiac Ablation Registry; cardiac

ambulation routine; carvedilol; cell adhesion regulator; chronic articular rheumatism; computer-assisted

radiology; computer-assisted research; conditioned avoidance response; congenital articular rigidity

car carotid

CARA chronic aspecific respiratory ailment

CARAF Canadian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation

CARAFE Cocktail Attenuation of Rotational Ablation Flow Effects [study]

CAR AMP carotid pulse amplitude

CARAT Coronary Angioplasty and Rotablator Atherectomy Trial; coronary artery risk assessment and

treatment

CARB carbohydrate; coronary artery bypass graft

carb carbohydrate; carbonate

carbo carbohydrate

CARC chemical agent resistant coating

CARD cardiac automatic resuscitative device; caspase activating and recruiting domain

card cardiac

CARDIA Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults [study]

CARDIAC Cardiovascular Disease and Alimentary Comparison [study]

card insuff cardiac insufficiency

cardiol cardiology

CARDIS Cardiology Information System

CARD PORT Cardiac Arrhythmia and Risk of Death Patient Outcome Research Team

CARE calcium antagonist in reperfusion; cardiac arrhythmias research and education; Carvedilol Atherectomy

Restenosis [trial]; Cholesterol and Recurrent Events [study]; comprehensive assessment and referral evaluation;

computerized adult and records evaluation [system]; computerized clinical assessment, research and education;

cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element

CAREC Caribbean Epidemiology Centre

CARES cancer rehabilitation evaluation system

CARET Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial

CARF Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation Facilities

CARG coronary artery bypass grafting

CARhd high-dose carvedilol

CarIV Casinaria arjuna ichnovirus

CARMEN Carvedilol Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Remodelling Mild Heart Failure Evaluation

CARP carbonic anhydrase-related polypeptide

CARPORT Coronary Artery Restenosis Prevention on Repeated Thromboxane A2-Receptor Antagonism

Study

CARS Childhood Autism Rating Scale; Children's Affective Rating Scale; Coronary Artery Regression Study;

Coumadin Aspirin Reinfarction Study; cysteinyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase

CART classification and regression tree; cocaine-related transcript; Colchicine Angioplasty Restenosis Trial;

computer-assisted radiotherapy; constrained access robotic therapy

cart cartilage

CARV Caraparu virus

CAS calcarine sulcus; calcific aortic stenosis; Cancer Attitude Survey; carbohydrate-active steroid; Cardiac

Adjustment Scale; cardiac surgery; carotid artery stenting; Celite-activated normal serum; Center for Alcohol

Studies; central anticholinergic syndrome; cerebral atherosclerosis; Chemical Abstract Service; clinical

application suite; clinical assessment score; clinical asthma score; Cognitive Assessment Scale; cold agglutinin

syndrome; computer-assisted surgery; congenital alcoholic syndrome; contralateral acoustic stimulation;

control adjustment strap; coronary artery spasm; Council of Academic Societies

Cas casualty

cas castration, castrated

CASA cancer-associated serum antigen; Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse; clinical assessment

software application; computer-assisted self-assessment; computer-assisted semen analysis

CASANOVA Coronary Artery Stenosis with Asymptomatic Narrowing: Operation vs Aspirin [study]

CASCADE Cardiac Arrest in Seattle: Conventional vs Amiodarone Drug Evaluation; Conventional

Arrhythmic vs Amiodarone in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest Drug Evaluation

CASCO Calcium Sensitization in Congestive Heart Failure

CASD computer-assisted synthesis design

CASE Community, Attachment, Structures and Epidemic [study]; computer-aided simulation of clinical

encounter; computer-aided systems engineering; Coordinated Activities, Services, and Encounters [data]

CASET Carotid Artery Stenting vs Endarterectomy Trial; computer-aided systems engineering

CASH Cancer and Steroid Hormone [study]; Cardiac Arrest Study, Hamburg; Caring About Seniors' Health

[study]; Commission for Administrative Services in Hospitals; Consensus Action on Salt and Hypertension;

corticoadrenal stimulating hormone; cruciform anterior spinal hyperextension

CASHD coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease

CASI cognitive abilities screening instrument; computer-assisted self-interviewing

CASIS Canadian Amlodipine/Atenolol in Silent Ischemia Study; Coronary Artery Stent Implantation Study

CASMD congenital atonic sclerotic muscular dystrophy

CASP Critical Appraisal Skills Programme [UK]

CASPER computer-assisted pericardial puncture; computer-assisted pericardial surgery

CaspIV Casinaria sp. ichnovirus

CASPR contactin-associated protein

CASQ calsequestrin

CASR calcium-sensing receptor

CAS-REGN Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number

CASRN Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number

CASRT corrected adjusted sinus node recovery time

CASS cataract-alopecia-sclerodactyly syndrome; coding accuracy support system [software]; Coronary Artery

Surgery Study

CASSIS Classification and Search Support Information System [Patent Office]; Czech and Slovak Spirapril

Intervention Study

CAST calpastatin; CAnonical representation of STereochemistry [coding]; Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression

Trial; Carotid Artery Stenting Trial; Children of Alcoholism Screening Test; Chinese Acute Stroke Trial;

computer-adaptive sequential testing; cyclic amplification and selection of targets

CASTEL Cardiovascular Study in the Elderly

CASTOR Coronary Angioscopic Study of Restenosis

CAT California Achievement Test; cancer after transplantation; capillary agglutination test; Cardiomyopathy

Trial; care support terminal; catalase; cataract; catecholamine; Children's Apperception Test; Chinese

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial; chloramphenicol

acetyltransferase; chlormerodrin accumulation test; choline acetyltransferase; chronic abdominal tympany;

Cognitive Abilities Test; Columbia Center for Advanced Technology; computed abdominal tomography;

computed axial tomography; computer-assisted tomography; computer of average transients; coronary

angioplasty trial; critically appraised topic

cat catalysis, catalyst; cataract

CAT'ase catalase

CATB catalase B

CAT-CAM contoured adduction trochanteric-controlled alignment method

CATCEC Computer-Supported Assessment and Treatment Consultation for Emotional Crises

CATCH Canadian Association of Teachers of Community Health; Child and Adolescent Trial for

Cardiovascular Health; Community Action to Control High Blood Pressure; comprehensive assessment for

tracking community health

CATCH 22 cardiac defects-abnormal facies-thymic hypoplasia-cleft palate-hypocalcemia [syndrome]

Cath cathartic; catheter, catheterize

cath catheterization

CATI computer-assisted telephone interview

CATIPO Computer-Aided Therapy Planning in Pediatric Oncology

CATLINE Catalog Online [NLM database]

CATS Canadian American Ticlopidine Study; Captopril and Thrombolysis Study

CAT-S Children's Apperception Test, Supplemental

CAT scan computed axial tomography scan

CATSIM computer case simulation

CATT calcium tolerance test

CATUV Catu virus

Cauc Caucasian

caud caudal

caut cauterization

CAV cardiac allograft vasculopathy; Chara australis virus; chicken anemia virus; congenital absence of

vagina; congenital adrenal virilism; constant angular velocity; croup-associated virus

cav cavity

CAVA Coronary Atherectomy vs Angioplasty [study]

CAVATAS Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study

CAVB complete atrioventricular block

CAVD complete atrioventricular dissociation; completion, arithmetic problems, vocabulary, following

directions [test]; congenital aplasia of vas deferens

CAVE cerebroacrovisceral-early lethality [phenotype]

CAVEAT Coronary Angioplasty vs Excisional Atherectomy Trial

CAVEAT-I Comparison of Directional Atherectomy vs Coronary Angioplasty Trial

CAVEAT-II Coronary Angioplasty vs Directional Atherectomy for Patients with Saphenous Vein Bypass

Graft Lesions [trial]

CAVG coronary artery vein graft

CAVH continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration

CAVHD continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis

CAVHDF continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration

CavHV caviid herpesvirus

CAVLT Children's Auditory Verbal Learning Test

CAVO common atrioventricular orifice

C(a-v)O2 arteriovenous oxygen tension difference

C[a& ]O2 arteriovenous gradient of oxygen content

CAVR continuous arteriovenous rewarming

CAVS Conformance Assessment to Voluntary Standards

CAVSD complete atrioventricular septal defect

CAVU continuous arteriovenous ultrafiltration

CAW central airways

CAW airway conductance

CawLV caraway latent virus

CAX central axis [radiotherapy]

CaYMV canine yellow mottle virus

CB Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Baccalaureus]; calcium blocker; carbenicillin; carotid body;

chocolate blood [agar]; chromatin body; chronic bronchitis; circumflex branch; code blue; color blind;

compensated base; consensus band [genome computing]; conus branch; Coomassie blue; coprocessor board;

coracobrachial

8CB octylcyanobiphenyl

Cb cerebellum; niobium [columbium]

C3b complement component 3b

CBA chronic bronchitis and asthma; Columbia blood agar [test]; cost-benefit analysis

CBAB complement-binding antibody

CBADAA Certifying Board of the American Dental Assistants Association

CBAS carotid bifurcation angioplasty and stenting

CBAVD congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens

CBBEST cutting balloon before stent

CBBM color blindness, blue mono-cone-monochromatic type

CBC carbenicillin; child behavior characteristics; compensatory base change; complete blood cell count

cbc complete blood cell count

CBCL Child Behavior Checklist; cutaneous B-cell lymphoma

CBCL/2-3 Child Behavior Checklist for ages 2-3

CBCN carbenicillin

CBCT cone-beam computed tomography

CbCtx cerebellar cortex

CBD carotid body denervation; closed bladder drainage; color blindness, deutan type; common bile duct;

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBDC chronic bullous disease of children

CBDE Chemical and Biological Defense Establishment [Canada]; common bile duct exploration

CBDMP California Birth Defects Monitoring Program

CBDPR computer-based dental patient record

CBDV Colocasia bobone disease virus

CBE clinical breast examination

CBER Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research

CBET certified biomedical equipment technician

CBEV Choristoneura biennis entomopoxvirus

CBF capillary blood flow; cerebral blood flow; ciliary beat frequency; collagen-binding factor; core-binding

factor; coronary blood flow; cortical blood flow

CBFB core-binding factor, beta

CBFb beta subunit of core-binding factor

CBFV coronary blood flow velocity

CBG capillary blood gases; coronary bypass graft; corticosteroid-binding globulin; cortisol-binding globulin

CBGv corticosteroid-binding globulin variant

CBH chronic benign hepatitis; cutaneous basophilic hypersensitivity

CbHV cebine herpesvirus

CBI chemical binding index; children's behavior inventory; continuous bladder irrigation; convergent beam

irradiation

CBIC Certification Board in Infection Control

CBL circulating blood lymphocytes; chronic blood loss; cord blood leukocytes

Cbl cobalamin

CBLVd Citrus bent leaf viroid

CBM capillary basement membrane

CBMMP chronic benign mucous membrane pemphigus

CBN cannabinol; central benign neoplasm; Commission on Biological Nomenclature

CBNB Chemical Business News Database

CBNV Colony B North virus

CBO community-based organization; Congressional Budget Office

CBOC completion bed occupancy care

CBOD chemical and biological oxygen demand

CBOD5 5-day chemical and biological oxygen

CBP calcium-binding protein; cAMP-binding protein; carbohydrate-binding protein; cardiopulmonary bypass;

chlorobiphenyl; cobalamin-binding protein; color blindness, protan type; convolution back projection;

cruciform binding protein; cyclic adenosine monophosphate [cAMP] binding protein

C4BP complement 4 binding protein

CBPR computer-based patient record

CBPS chemical and biological protected shelter; congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome

CBPV chronic bee paralysis virus

CBR carbonyl reductase; case-based reasoning; chemical, biological, and radiological [warfare]; chemicallybound

residue; chronic bed rest; complete bed rest; crude birth rate

CBRL contextual Bayesian relaxation labeling technique

CBS cervicobrachial syndrome; chronic brain syndrome; clinical behavioral science; conjugated bile salts;

culture-bound syndrome; cystathionine beta-synthase

CB3S Coxsackie B3 virus susceptibility

CBSD component-based software development

CBT carotid body tumor; code blue team; cognitive behavioral treatment/therapy; computed body

tomography; computer-based testing; computer-based training instruction; cord blood transplant; corticobulbar

tract

CBV capillary blood cell velocity; carnation bacilliform virus; catheter balloon valvuloplasty; central blood

volume; cerebral blood volume; circulating blood volume; corrected blood volume; cortical blood volume;

Coxsackie B virus

CBVD cerebrovascular disease

CbVd Coleus blumei viroid

CBVI computer-based video instruction

CBW chemical and biological warfare

CBX computer-based examination

CBZ carbamazepine

CC calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac center; cardiac contusion; cardiac

cycle; cardiovascular clinic; cascade correlation; cell culture; central compartment; cerebral commissure;

cerebral cortex; cervical cancer; chest circumference; chief complaint; cholecalciferol;

choledochocholedochostomy; chondrocalcinosis; choriocarcinoma; chronic complainer; circula-tory collapse;

classical conditioning; clean catch [of urine]; Clinical Center [NIH]; clinical course; clomiphene citrate; closed

cup; closing capacity; coefficient of consistency; collagenous colitis; colony count; colorectal cancer; columnar

cells; commission certified; common cold; communication-client; complicating condition; complications and

co-morbidity; compound cathartic; computation constant; computer calculated; computer center; concordance;

congenital cardiopathy; congenital cataract; consumptive coagulopathy; contrast cystogram; conversion

complete; coracoclavicular; cord compression; coronary care; corpus callosum; correlation coefficient;

costochondral; Coulter counter; craniocaudal; craniocervical; creatinine clearance; critical care; critical

condition; Crohn colitis; Cronkhite-Canada [syndrome]; cross correlation; crus cerebri; cubic centimeter

[JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]; current complaint; Current Contents

C-C convexo-concavc

C&C cold and clammy

Cc concave

cc clean catch [urine]; concave; corrected; cubic centimeter [JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]

CCA canonical correlation; cephalin cholesterol antigen; chick cell agglutination; chimpanzee coryza agent;

choriocarcinoma; chromated copper arsenate; circulating cathodic antigen; circumflex coronary artery; common

carotid artery; congenital contractural arachnodactyly; constitutional chromosome abnormality

CCAB complex cognitive assessment battery

CCABOT Cornell Coronary Artery Bypass Outcomes Trial

CCAg corpus callosum agenesis

CCAIT Canadian Coronary Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial

CCAM congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation; General Classification of Medical Procedures

[Classification Commune des Actes Medicaux]

CCAP Cancer Chromosomal Aberration Project [database]; client-centered accreditation program

CCAT Canadian Coronary Atherectomy Trial; chick cell agglutination test; conglutinating complement

absorption test

CCB calcium channel blocker

CCBD central cell-binding domain

CCBV central circulating blood volume

CCC calcium cyanamide; Canadian Cardiovascular Coalition [study]; care-cure coordination; cathodal closure

contraction; center for clinical computing; child care center; Children's Communication Checklist; chlorcholine

chloride; chronic calculus cholecystitis; chronic catarrhal colitis; comprehensive cancer center; comprehensive

care clinic; concentration, clustering and continuity; concurrent care concern; consecutive case conference;

continuous curvilinear capsulotomy; Council on Clinical Classification; cranio-cerebello-cardiac [dysplasia or

syndrome]; critical care complex; cylindrical confronting cisternae

CC&C colony count and culture

CCCC centrifugal countercurrent chromatography

CCCCP Comprehensive Cardiovascular Community Control Program

CCCD cooled charge-coupled device

cccDNA covalently closed circular deoxyribonucleic acid

CCCE cross-cultural cognitive examination

CCCl cathodal closure clonus

CC/CM Current Contents/Clinical Medicine

CCCN community care coordination network

CCCP carbonyl cyanide m-chloro-phenyl-hydrazone

CCCR closed chest cardiac resuscitation

CCCS condom catheter collecting system; critical care computer system

CCCT closed craniocerebral trauma

CCCU comprehensive cardiac care unit

CCCV Callistephus chinensis chlorosis virus

CCCVd Coconut cadang-cadang viroid

CCD calibration curve data; central collodiaphyseal; central core disease; charge-coupled device; childhood

celiac disease; cleidocranial dysplasia; clinical cardiovascular disease; cortical collecting duct; countercurrent

distribution; cumulative cardiotoxic dose

CCDC Canadian Communicable Disease Center; consultant in communicable disease control

CCD-CAMPI charge coupled device-computer analysis of mammography phantom images

CCDN Central Council for District Nursing

ccDNA closed circle deoxyribonucleic acid

CCDS case cart delivery system; color-coded duplex sonography

CCE capacitative calcium entry; carboline carboxylic acid ester; chamois contagious ecthyma; cholesterol

crystal emboli; clear-cell endothelioma; clubbing, cyanosis, and edema; cornified cell envelope; countercurrent

electrophoresis; cruciform cutting endonuclease

CCEHRP Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs

CCEI Crown-Crisp Experimental Index

CCEV cardamine chlorotic fleck virus; Choristoneura conflicta entomopoxvirus

CCF cancer coagulation factor; cardiolipin complement fixation; carotid-cavernous fistula; centrifuged culture

fluid; cephalin-cholesterol flocculation; chronic cardiac failure; compound comminuted fracture; congestive

heart failure; cross-correlation function; crystal-induced chemotactic factor

CCFA cefotoxin-cycloserine fructose agar

CCFAS compact colony-forming active substance

CCFE cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, fluorouracil, and extramustine

CCFMG Cooperating Committee on Foreign Medical Graduates

CCFV cardamine chlorotic fleck virus

CCG Children's Cancer Study Group; cholecystogram, cholecystography; clinically coherent group

CCGC capillary column gas chromatography

CCGS cell cycle G and S

CCH C-cell hyperplasia; central clinical hospital; chronic chloride hemagglutination; chronic cholestatic

hepatitis; cross-correlation histogram

CCHA Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation

CCHAT Canadian Cozaar, Hyzaar and Amlodipine Trial

CC-HC coordinated collective homecare [France]

CCHD Caephilly Collaborative Heart Disease [study]; cyanotic congenital heart disease

CCHE Central Council for Health Education

CCHF, C-CHF Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

CCHFA Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation

CCHMS Central Committee for Hospital Medical Services

CChMVd Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid

CCHP Consumer Choice Health Plan; Corpus Christi Heart Project

CCHPR Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research; clinical classification of health policy research

CCHS congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; Copenhagen City Heart Study

CCHSA Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation

CCI Canadian Classification of Health Interventions; Cancer Care International; Cardiovascular Credentialing

International; cholesterol crystallization inhibitor; chronic coronary insufficiency; common client interface;

component communication interface; correct coding initiative; corrected count increment; Cronqvist cranial

index; crowded cell index

CCI/F cortico-cortical inhibition and facilitation

CC-IMED California Consortium of Information in Medical Education and Development

CCK cholecystokinin

CCK-8 cholecystokinin octapeptide

CCKLI cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity

CCK-OP cholecystokinin octapeptide

CCK-PZ cholecystokinin-pancreozymin

CCKRB cholecystokinin receptor B

CCL carcinoma cell line; certified cell line; Charcot-Leyden crystal; continuing care level; continuous cell

line; costoclavicular ligament; critical carbohydrate level

CCLE chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus

CCLI composite clinical and laboratory index

CC/LS Current Contents/Life Sciences

CCM cerebrocostomandibular [syndrome]; chemical cleavage of mismatch; complicated case management;

congestive cardiomyopathy; craniocervical malformation; critical care medicine

c cm cubic centimeter

CCMC Committee on the Costs of Medical Care

CCMDS Core Community Minimum Data Set [Scotland]

CCME Coordinating Council on Medical Education

CCMG Canadian College of Medical Geneticists

CCML Comprehensive Core Medical Library

CCMoV cereal chlorotic mottle virus

CCMS cerebrocostomandibular syndrome; clean catch midstream [urine]; clinical care management system

CCMSU clean catch midstream urine

CCMT catechol methyltransferase

CCMV cowpea chlorotic mottle virus

CCMU critical care medical unit

CCN cancer center network; caudal central nucleus; community care network; coronary care nursing; critical

care nursing

CCNHP community college nursing home project

CCNU N-(2-chloroethyl)-N′-cyclo-hexyl-N-nitrosourea [lomustine]

CCO cytochrome C oxidase

CcO2 capillary oxygen content

CCORP Cornell-China-Oxford Research Project

CCOT cervical compression overloading test

CCoV canine coronavirus

CCP Canadian Classification of Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Surgical Interventions; cephalin-cholesterol

flocculation; charge class pair; chronic calcifying pancreatitis; ciliocytophthoria; columnar cell papilloma;

community care plan; comprehensive care plan; cooperative cardiovascular project; coordinated care program;

critical control point [food safety]; cytidine cyclic phosphate

CCPD continuous cycling (cyclical) peritoneal dialysis

CCPDS Centralized Cancer Patient Data System

C-CPE C terminal half of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin

CCPMS Cancer Centre Patient Management System [Australia]; computer-assisted clinical pathway

management system

CCPR closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation; crypt cell production rate

CCPT Chinese Cancer Prevention Trial

CCR Canadian Cancer Registry; complete continuous remission; complex chromosome rearrangement;

consistency and concurrency reporting; Coriell Cell Repositories; correct classification rate; creatinine

clearance

C-CR Computing-Communications Research Division [National Science Foundation (NSF)]

Ccr, Ccr creatinine clearance

CCRC comprehensive care retirement community; continuing care retirement community

CCRG Cooperative Cataract Research Group

CCRIS Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System [NLM database]

CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse

CCRS Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System; computer-controlled radiotherapy system

CCRS/SP computer-controlled radiotherapy system sequence processor

CCRT Cardiac Catheter Reuse Trial; computer-controlled conformal radiotherapy; computer-controlled

radiation therapy

CcRV-W2 Carcinus mediterraneus W2 virus

CCS Canadian Cardiovascular Society; cardiac care system; case-control study; casualty clearing station; cell

cycle specific; certified coding specialist; Chinese Cardiac Study; cholecystosonography; chronic cerebellar

stimulation; chronic compartment syndrome; clear cell sarcoma; cloudy cornea syndrome; composite cultured

skin; concentration camp syndrome; costoclavicular syndrome; crippled children's service

CCSCS central cervical spinal cord syndrome

CCSE Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination

CCSG Canadian Cooperative Study Group; Children's Cancer Study Group

CCSK clear cell sarcoma of the kidney

CCSM cervical cancer-specific mortality

CCSP Clara cell-specific protein

CCSRG Cochrane Collaboration Stroke Review Group

CCST chemical casualty site team

CCT carotid compression tomography; central conduction time; cerebrocranial trauma; charge class torsion;

Chinese Captopril Trial; chocolate-coated tablet; coated compressed tablet; combined cortical thickness;

composite cyclic therapy; computerized cranial tomography; continuum charge transfer; contrast-enhanced

computed tomography; controlled cord traction; conventional computed tomography; coronary care team;

cortical collecting tubule; cranial computed tomography; critical care technician; cyclocarbothiamine

CCTA coronal computed tomographic arthrography

CCTe cathodal closure tetanus

CCTG California Cooperative Treatment Group

CC-TGA congenitally corrected transposition of great vessels

CC-TOE continuum of care trauma outcome evaluation

CCTP coronary care training program

CCTR Cochrane Controlled Trials Register [UK]; common clinical term reference

CCTV closed circuit television

CCU cardiac care unit; Cherry-Crandall unit; Consulting Committee on Units [Comite Consultatif des Unites];

coronary care unit; critical care unit

ccua clean catch urinalysis

CCUP colpocystourethropexy

CCV carnation cryptic virus; channel catfish virus; closed circuit voltage; conductivity cell volume

CCVD chronic cerebrovascular disease

CCVM congenital cardiovascular malformation

CCW critical care workstation; counterclockwise

CCWISB Canadian Chemical Warfare Inter-Service Board

CCX cyclo-oxygenase

CD cadaver donor; caldesmon; canine distemper; canine dose; carbohydrate dehydratase; carbon dioxide;

cardiac disease; cardiac dullness; cardiac dysrhythmia; cardiovascular disease; Carrel-Dakin [fluid]; Castleman

disease; cation-dependent; caudad, caudal; celiac disease; cell dissociation; cervicodorsal; cesarean delivery;

chemical dependency; chlordecone; circular dichroism; cis-dioxolane; cluster of differentiation [antigens];

color Doppler; combination drug; common [bile] duct; communicable disease; compact disk; completely

denaturated; conduct disorder; conduction disorder; conjugata diagonalis; consanguineous donor; conserved

domain; contact dermatitis; contagious disease; contrast-detail [imaging]; control diet; controlled drug;

conventional dialysis; convulsive disorder; convulsive dose; corneal dystrophy; cortical dysplasia; Cotrel-

Dubousset [rod]; Crohn disease; crossed diagonal; curative dose; cutdown; cystic duct; cytochalasin D;

cytoplasmic domain

2CD two-cycle duration

CD4 HIV helper cell count

CD8 HIV suppressor cell count

CD50 median curative dose

C/D cigarettes per day; cup to disc ratio

C&D cystoscopy and dilatation

Cd cadmium; caudal; coccygeal; condylion

cd candela; caudal

c/d cigarettes per day

CDA Canadian Dental Association; Certified Dental Assistant; chenodeoxycholic acid; ciliary dyskinesia

activity; clinical document architecture; complement-dependent antibody; completely denatured alcohol;

compound document architecture; computer diagnostic assistant; congenital dyserythropoietic anemia

CdA chlorodeoxyadenosine

CDAC Clinical Data Abstraction Center

CDAD Clostridium difficile-associated disease

CDAE chemical defense aircrew ensemble

CDAI Crohn disease activity index

CDAL clinical data analysis laboratory

CDAP continuous distending airway pressure

CDB communication-database

C&DB cough and deep breath

CDC calculated date of confinement; cancer diagnosis center; capillary diffusion capacity; casualty

decontamination center; cell division control; cell division cycle; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

chenodeoxycholate; children's diagnostic classification; Communicable Disease Center; complement-dependent

cytotoxicity; Crohn disease of colon

CD-C controlled drinker-control

CDCA chenodeoxycholic acid

CDC-BRFS Centers for Disease Control Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

CDCC complement-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

CDCE constant denaturant capillary electrophoresis

cDCIS comedo-type ductal carcinoma in situ

CDC NAC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of National AIDS Clearinghouse

CDCV Caddo Canyon virus

CDD certificate of disability for discharge; choledochoduodenostomy; chronic degenerative disease; chronic

disabling dermatosis; congenital diaphragmatic defect; conserved domain database; contrast-detail-dose

[imaging]; craniodiaphyseal dysplasia; current disease descriptions; [poly]chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin

CDDP cis-diaminedichloroplatinum

CDE canine distemper encephalitis; chlordiazepoxide; color Doppler energy [imaging]; common data element;

common duct exploration

CDEC Comprehensive Developmental Evaluation Chart

CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

CDEV Choristoneura diversuma entomopoxvirus

CDF chondrodystrophia foetalis; class conditional density function; clinical data field; clinical data

framework; common data format; cumulative distribution function; [poly]chlorinated dibenzofuran

CDG carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome; central developmental groove

CDGE constant denaturant gel electrophoresis

CDGG corneal dystrophy Groenouw type, granular

CDGS carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome

cDGS complete form of DiGeorge syndrome

CDH ceramide dihexoside; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; congenital dislocation of hip; congenital

dysplasia of hip

CDHAp calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite

CDI cell-directed inhibitor; central or chronic diabetes insipidus; Children's Depression Inventory; clinical data

interchange; color Doppler imaging; communicable disease intelligence; cranial dia-betes insipidus; cyclindependent

kinase interactor

CDILD chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease

CDK caldesmon kinase; cell division kinase; climatic droplet keratopathy; cyclin-dependent kinase

CDL chlordeoxylincomycin; Cornelia de Lange [syndrome]

CDLE chronic discoid lupus erythematosus

CDLS Cornelia de Lange syndrome

CDM chemically defined medium; clinical decision making; common data model

CDMMS chorioretinal dysplasia-microcephaly-mental retardation syndrome

CDMNS clinical decision making in nursing scale

CD-MPR cation-dependent mannose-6-phosphate receptor

CdMV cardamom mosaic virus

cDNA circular deoxyribonucleic acid; complementary deoxyribonucleic acid

CDNANZ Communicable Disease Network of Australia and New Zealand

CDNB 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene

CDP chondrodysplasia punctata; chronic destructive periodontitis; collagenase-digestible protein; continuous

distending pressure; coronary drug project; Council on Dental Practice; cytidine diphosphate; cytosine

diphosphate

CDPAS Coronary Disease Prevention with Aspirin Study; Coronary Drug Project Aspirin Study

CDPC cytidine diphosphate choline

CDPR chondrodysplasia punctata, rhizomelic

CDPS calcium-dependent protease small subunit

CDPX X-linked chondrodysplasia punctata

CDR calcium-dependent regulator; clinical data repository; clinical dementia rating; close delay ratio;

common data repository; complementarity-determining region; complementary determining region;

computerized digital radiography; cup/disk ratio

CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health

CD-ROM compact disk-read only memory

CDRP clinical database research program

CDRS Children's Depression Rating Scale

CDS cardiovascular surgery; Care Dependency Scale; catechol-3, 5-disulfonate; caudal dysplasia syndrome;

Chemical Data System; Children's Diagnostic Scale; Christian Dental Society; clean data set; clinical decisionsupport;

cumulative duration of survival

CdS cadmium sulfide; [gene] coding sequence

CDSA common data security architecture

CDSC Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre [UK]

CDSM Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials

CDSR Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

cd-sr candela-steradian

CDSRF chronic disease and sociodemographic risk factors

CDSS [computer-assisted] clinical decision support system

CD(S)U Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit

CDT carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; carbon dioxide therapy; Certified Dental Technician; children's day

treatment; Clostridium difficile toxin; color discrimination test; combined diphtheria-tetanus [vaccine]

CDTA cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid

CDTe cathode duration tetanus

CDTF chemical decontamination training facility

CdTV chino del tomate virus

CDU cardiac diagnostic unit; clinical decision unit; color Doppler ultrasound; complete dependence unit

CDUV Candiru virus

CDV canine distemper virus; chlorotic dwarf virus; clinical diagnostic validity; Colombian datura virus

cDVH cumulative dose-volume histogram

Cdyn, Cdyn dynamic compliance

Cdyn, rs dynamic compliance of the respiratory system

CDYS cell dysfunction [UMLS]

CDZ chlordiazepoxide; conduction delay zone

CE California encephalitis; capillary electrophoresis; carboxylesterase; cardiac enlargement; cardioesophageal;

carotid endarterectomy; catamenial epilepsy; cataract extraction; cell extract; center-edge [angle]; central

episiotomy; chemical energy; chick embryo; chloroform ether; cholesterol esters; cholesteryl ester;

chorioepithelioma; chromatoelectrophoresis; ciliated epithelium; cloning efficiency; coded element; coefficient

of error; columnar epithelium; conical elevation; conjugated estrogens; constant error; continuing education;

contractile element; contrast-enhancement [imaging]; converting enzyme; cornified epithelium; crude extract;

cytoplasmic extract; cytopathic effect

C-E chloroform-ether

Ce cerium

Ce effect [compartment] concentration

CEA carcinoembryonic antigen; carotid endarterectomy; cholesterol-esterifying activity; cost-effectiveness

analysis; cranial epidural abscess; crystalline egg albumin; cultured epithelial autograft

CEAC clinical education and assessment center; cost-effectiveness acceptability curve

CEAF cost-effectiveness acceptability frontier

CEAL carcinoembryonic antigen-like [protein]

CEAP class, etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology [classification of venous diseases]; Clinical Efficacy

Assessment Project

CEARP Continuing Education Approval and Recognition Program

CEASE Collaborative European Anti-Smoking Evaluation

CEAT chronic ectopic atrial tachycardia

CEB calcium entry blocker

cEBV chronic Epstein-Barr virus [infection]

CEC central echo complex; ciliated epithelial cell; Commission of the European Community

CECCC confidential enquiry into cardiac catheterization complications

CECR cat eye syndrome chromosome region

CECT contrast-enhanced computed tomography

CED chondroectodermal dysplasia; clinical engineering department

CEDARS Comprehensive Evaluation of Defibrillators and Resuscitative Shock Study

CeDNV Casphalia externa densovirus

CEE Central European encephalitis; chick embryo extract; component execution environment

CEEA curved end-to-end anastomosis [stapler]

CEEF clinical evaluation encounter form

CEEG computer-analyzed electroencephalography

CEES chloroethyl ethyl sulfide

CEET chicken enucleated eye test

CEEV Central European encephalitis virus

CEF centrifugation extractable fluid; chick embryo fibroblast; constant electric field

CEFA continuous epidural fentanyl anesthesia

CE-FAST contrast enhanced-fast acquisition in a steady state

CEFMG Council on Education for Foreign Medical Graduates

CEG chronic erosive gastritis

CEH cholesterol ester hydrolase

CEHC calf embryonic heart cell; cost-effective healthcare

CEHN Children's Environmental Health Network

CEHO Chief Environmental Health Officer [UK]

CeHV cercopithecine herpesvirus

CEI character education inquiry; converting enzyme inhibitor

CEI-AMI converting enzyme inhibitor in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction

CEID crossed electroimmunodiffusion

CEJ cement-enamel junction

CEJA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs [American Medical Association]

CEK chick embryo kidney

CEL carboxyl-ester lipase

CelCer1V Caenorhabditis elegans Cer1 virus

CELDIC Commission on Emotional and Learning Disorders in Children

CELL Cost Effectiveness of Lipid Lowering [study]

Cell celluloid

CELO chick embryonal lethal orphan [virus]

CELP code excited linear prediction [ECG]

Cels Celsius

CEM care environment management; central extensor mechanism; clinical event monitor; computerized

electroencephalographic map; conventional transmission electron microscope

CEMIA Center for Engineering and Medical Image Analysis

CEMIS community-based environmental management information system

CE-MRA contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography

CE-MRI contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

CeMV celery mosaic virus; cetacean morbillivirus

CEN Certificate for Emergency Nursing; Clinical Experience Network [study]; Comite European de

Normalisation (standards); continuous enteral nutrition

cen centromere; central

CENMR capillary electrophoresis nuclear magnetic resonance

CENOG computerized electro-neuro-ophthalmography

CENP centromere protein

CENPA centromeric protein A

CENPB centromeric protein B

CENPC centromeric protein C

CENPD centromeric protein D

CENPE centromeric protein E

CENT Committee for European Normalisation

cent centigrade; central

CEO chick embryo origin; Chief Executive Officer

CEOEECP Clinical Evaluation of Enhanced External Counterpulsation

CEOT calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor

CEP care evaluation program; centromere evaluation probe; chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; chronic

erythropoietic porphyria; clinical evaluation protocol; congenital erythropoietic porphyria; continuing education

program; cortical evoked potential; counter-electrophoresis

CEPA chloroethane phosphoric acid

CEPH cephalic; cephalosporin; Council on Education for Public Health

ceph cephalin

CEPH FLOC cephalin flocculation

CEPU cerebellar Purkinje [cell]

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CER capital expenditure review; ceramide; ceruloplasmin; conditioned emotional response; control electrical

rhythm; cortical evoked response

CERAD Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer disease

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Communication, and Liability Information System

CERD chronic end-stage renal disease

CERP complex event-related potential; Continuing Education Recognition Program

CERT Cardiovascular Event Reduction Trial; Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics; computer

emergency response team

Cert, cert certified

Cer1V Cer1 virus

cerv cervix, cervical

CES carboxylesterase; cauda equina syndrome; cat's eye syndrome; Center for Epidemiological Study; central

excitatory state; chronic electrophysiological study; clinical engineering services; conditioned escape response;

Corpus Encoding Standard

CESAR Centralised European Studies in Angina Research

CESARZ Clinical European Studies in Angina and Revascularization

CESD cholesterol ester storage disease

CES-D Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression [scale]

CESG Cerebral Embolism Study Group [trial]

CESNA Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Nisoldipine and Amlodipine [in hypertension]

CESNA II Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Nisoldipine and Amlodipine [in hypertension with ischemic

heart disease]

CESS Cooperative Ewing's Sarcoma Study

CET capital expenditure threshold; cholesterol-ester transfer; Collaborative Eclampsia Trial; congenital eyelid

tetrad

CETE Central European tick-borne encephalitis

CETP cholesteryl ester transfer protein

CEU congenital ectropion uveae; continuing education unit

CEV California encephalitis virus; Citrus exocortis viroid

CEVd Citrus exocortis viroid

CEVd-III Citrus exocortis III viroid

CEVd-IV Citrus exocortis IV viroid

CEX clinical evaluation exercise

CeYMB celery yellow mosaic virus

CeYMV celery yellow mosaic virus

CEZ cefazolin

CF calcaneal fibular [ligament]; calcium leucovorin; calf blood flow; calibration factor; cancer-free; carbolfuchsin;

carbon filtered; carboxyfluorescein; cardiac failure; cardiac fibroblast; carotid foramen; carrier-free;

cascade filtration; case file; Caucasian female; centrifugal force; characteristic frequency; chemotactic factor;

chest and left leg [lead in electrocardiography]; Chiari-Frommel [syndrome]; chick fibroblast; Christmas factor;

chronicity factor; circumflex; citrovorum factor; clotting factor; colicin factor; collected fluid; colonization

factor; colony forming; complementary feeding; complement fixation; computed fluoroscopy; constant

frequency; contractile force; cord factor; coronary flow; correction factor; cough frequency; count fingers;

counting finger; coupling factor; cycling fibroblast; cystic fibrosis; folinic acid [citrovorum factor]

Cf californium

cf centrifugal force; bring together, compare [Lat. confer]; confidence factor

CFA cerebello-facio-articular [syndrome]; 2-chloro-4-fluoroaniline; colonization factor antigen; colonyforming

assay; common femoral artery; complement-fixing antibody; complete Freund's adjuvant;

configuration frequency analysis; cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

CFAG cystic fibrosis antigen

CFAV cell fusing agent virus

CFB central fibrous body

CFC capillary filtration coefficient; cardiofaciocutaneous [syndrome]; chlorofluorocarbon; colony-forming

capacity; colony-forming cell; continuous flow centrifugation

CfCPV Choristoneura fumiferana cypovirus

CFD cephalofacial deformity; color flow Doppler; computational fluid dynamics; craniofacial dysostosis

CF-DA carboxyfluorescein diacetate

CFDS craniofacial dyssynostosis

CFDU color-flow Doppler ultrasonography; color flow Doppler ultrasound

CFEV Choristoneura fumiferana entomopoxvirus

CFF critical flicker fusion [test]; critical fusion frequency; cystic fibrosis factor; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

cff critical flicker fusion; critical fusion frequency

CFFA cystic fibrosis factor activity

CFH complement factor H; Council on Family Health

CFHL complement factor H-like [protein]

CFHP Council on Federal Health Programs

CFI chemotactic-factor inactivator; closed-clenched fist injury; color flow imaging; community fluorosis

index; complement fixation inhibition

CfIV Campoletis flavicincta ichnovirus

CFM cerebral function monitor; chlorofluoromethane; close-fitting mask; composite filling material;

craniofacial microsomia

CFMA Council for Medical Affairs

CFMDB Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database

CFMG Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates

CfMNPV Choristoneura fumiferana multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus

CfMS careflow management system

CFMV constant flow mechanical ventilation

CFND craniofrontonasal dysostosis; craniofrontonasal dysplasia

CFNS chills, fever, night sweats; craniofrontonasal syndrome

CFO chief financial officer

CfoIV Casinaria forcipata ichnovirus

CFOS constrained fast orthogonal search

CFP chronic false positive; ciguatera fish poisoning; Clinical Fellowship Program; culture filtrate protein;

cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil, prednisone; cystic fibrosis of pancreas; cystic fibrosis protein

CFPC College of Family Physicians of Canada

CFPP craniofacial pattern profile

CFPR Canadian Familial Polyposis Registry

CFR case-fatality ratio; citrovorum-factor rescue; Code of Federal Regulations; complement-fixation reaction;

coronary flow reserve; correct fast reaction; cyclic flow reduction

CFS cancer family syndrome; Chiari-Frommel syndrome; chronic fatigue syndrome; craniofacial stenosis;

crush fracture syndrome; culture fluid supernatant; Cystic Fibrosis Society

CFSAN Center for Safety and Applied Nutrition

CFSE crystal field stabilization energy

CFSTI Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information

CFT cardiolipin flocculation test; clinical full time; complement-fixation test; crystal field theory

CFTC complication-free tumor control

CFTR cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

CFU colony-forming unit; coupling factor unit

cfu colony-forming unit

CFU-C, CFUC colony-forming unit, culture

CFU-E, CFUE colony-forming unit, erythrocyte

CFU-EOS, CFUEOS colony-forming unit, eosinophil

CFU-F, CFUF colony-forming unit-fibroblastoid

CFU-G, CFUG colony-forming unit, granulocyte

CFU-GEMM, CFUGEMM colony forming unit, granulocyte, erythrocyte, macrophage, megakaryocyte

CFU-GM, CFUGM colony-forming unit, granulocyte macrophage

CFU-L, CFUL colony-forming unit, lymphocyte

CFUM colony-forming unit-megakaryocyte

CFU-MEG, CFUMEG colony-forming unit, megakaryocyte

CFUN cell function [UMLS]

CFU-NM, CFUNM colony-forming unit, neutrophil-monocyte

CFU-S, CFUS colony-forming unit, spleen; colony-forming unit, stem cells

CFUSA Cystic Fibrosis Foundation USA

CfuT1V Cladosporium fulvum T-1 virus

CFUV Corfu virus

CFV chimpanzee foamy virus; chlorotic fleck virus; Chrysanthemum frutescens virus; continuous flow

ventilation

CFV/HU chimpanzee foamy virus/human

CFVS cerebrospinal fluid flow void sign

CFW Carworth farm [mouse] Webster strain

CFWM cancer-free white mouse

CFX cefoxitin; circumflex coronary artery

CFX-MARG marginal branch of the circumflex [coronary] artery

CFZ capillary free zone

CFz clofazimine

CFZC continuous-flow zonal centrifugation

CG calcium gluconate; cardiography; Cardio-Green; caregiver; central gray matter; choking gas;

cholecystogram; cholecystography; choriogenic gynecomastia; chorionic gonadotropin; chromogranin; chronic

glomerulonephritis; cingulate gyrus; colloidal gold; continuous flow ventilation; control group; cryoglobulin;

cystine guanine; cytosine-guanine-guanine; phosgene [choking gas]

cg center of gravity; centigram; chemoglobulin

Cγ gamma chain constant region [immunoglobulins]

CGA catabolite gene activator; color graphics adapter; comprehensive geriatric assessment

CGAB congenital abnormality [UMLS]

CGAS Children's Global Assessment Scale

CGAP Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

CGAT Canadian Genome and Technology [program]; chromatin granule amine transformer

CGB chronic gonadotropin, beta-unit

CGC cumulus-granulosa cell

CGD Cattle Genome Database; chronic granulomatous disease

CGDE contact glow discharge electrolysis

CGE capillary gel electrophoresis

CGF cell generating factor

CGFH congenital fibrous histiocytoma

CGFNS Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools

CGGE constant gradient gel electrophoresis

CGH chorionic gonadotropic hormone; comparative genome hybridization; congenital generalized

hypertrichosis

CGI chronic granulomatous inflammation; Clinical Global Impression [scale]; combustible gas indicator;

common gateway interface [of the NCSA]; computer-generated imagery

cGK cyclic guanosine monophosphate [cGMP] dependent protein kinase

CGKD complex glycerol kinase deficiency

CGL chronic granulocytic leukemia; clinical guidelines

c gl correction with glasses

CGLV Changuinola virus

CGM Center for Genetics in Medicine; central gray matter

cgm centigram

CGMC Center for Graphic Medical Communication

CGMMV cucumber green mottle mosaic virus

CGMP current good manufacturing practices

cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate; cyclic guanosyl monophosphate

CGN chronic glomerulonephritis

CGNB composite ganglioneuroblastoma

CG/OQ cerebral glucose-oxygen quotient

CGP N-carbobenzoxy-glycyl-L-phenylalanine; choline glycerophosphatide; chorionic growth hormoneprolactin;

circulating granulocyte pool; circulatory gene pool

CGPM Conference Generale de Poids et Mesures [General Conference of Weights and Measures]

CGRMV cherry green ring mottle virus

CGRP, cGRP calcitonin gene-related peptide

CGRPR calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor

CGS cardiogenic shock; catgut suture; causal genesis syndrome

CGS, cgs centimeter-gram-second [system]

CGT chorionic gonadotropin; cyclodextrin glucanotransferase

CGTT cortisone glucose tolerance test

CGV Chobar Gorge virus

CGVHD chronic graft-versus-host disease

CGW caregiver workstation

cGy centigray (1 rad)

CH case history; Chediak-Higashi [syndrome]; chiasma; Chinese hamster; chloral hydrate; cholesterol;

Christchurch chromosome; chronic hepatitis; chronic hypertension; common hepatic [duct]; communicating

hydrocele; community health; community hospital; completely healed; congenital hypothyroidism; Conradi-H

nermann [syndrome]; continuous heparin [infusion]; cortical hamartoma; crown-heel [length]; cycloheximide;

cystic hygroma; wheelchair

CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4 1st to 4th constant regions in heavy chains of immunoglobulin molecules

CH50 50% hemolyzing dose of complement

CH constant region in heavy chain of immunoglobulin molecule

C&H cocaine and heroin; coarse and harsh [breathing]

Ch chest; Chido [antibody]; chief; child; choline; Christchurch [syndrome]; chromosome

Ch+ hydrogen ion concentration

ch chest; child; chronic

CHA Canadian Hospital Association; Catholic Health Association; Chinese hamster; chronic hemolytic

anemia; common hepatic artery; congenital hypoplasia of adrenal glands; congenital hypoplastic anemia;

continuously heated aerosol; cyclohexyladenosine; cyclohexylamine

ChA choline acetylase

ChAC choline acetyltransferase

CHAD Cholesterol, Hypertension and Diabetes [study]; cold hemagglutinin disease; cyclophosphamide,

hexamethylmelamine, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), and cisplatin

ChAdV chimpanzee adenovirus

CHAF central hyperalimentation nutrition

CHAID chi-squared automatic interaction detection; chi-squared automatic interaction detector

CHAIN Contact Health Advice Information Network for Effective Health Care [UK]

CHAMP Cardiac Hospitalization Atherosclerosis Management Program; chemically hardened airmanagement

plant; Children with HIV and Acquired AIDS Model Program; Children's Hospital Automated

Medical Program; Combination Hemotherapy and Mortality Prevention [study]

CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of Uniformed Services

CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of Veterans Administration

CHANDS curly hair-ankyloblepharon- nail dysplasia syndrome

Chang C Chang conjunctiva cells

CHANGE Chronic Heart Failure and Graded Exercise [study]

Chang L Chang liver cells

CHAOS Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study; Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia,

Adult-onset Diabetes, Obesity, and Stroke [study]

CHAP Certified Hospital Admission Program; child health assessment program; Community Health

Accreditation Program

CHAPS Carvedilol Heart Attack Pilot Study; 3[3-cholaminopropyl diethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate

CHAR continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy

CHARGE coloboma, heart disease, atresia choanae, retarded growth and retarded development and/or CNS

anomalies, genital hypoplasia, and ear anomalies and/or deafness [syndrome]

CHARM Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment in Reduction of Mortality

CHARMM Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics

CHART Continuous Hormones as Replacement Therapy [study]; Continuous Hyperfractionated Accelerated

Radiotherapy Trial

CHAS Center for Health Administration Studies; Community Health Assessment Study

CHASE cut holes and sink 'em [operation]

CHAT conversational hypertext access technology

ChAT choline acetyltransferase

CHATH chemically hardened air transportable hospital

CHB chronic hepatitis B; complete heart block; congenital heart block

ChB Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Baccalaureus]

CHBA congenital Heinz body hemolytic anemia

CHBHA congenital Heinz body hemolytic anemia

CHC chromosome condensation; community health center; community health computing; community health

council

CH3 CCNU semustine

CHCIS community health care information system

CHCL congenital healed cleft lip

CHCP correctional health care program

CHCS composite health care system

CHCT caffeine/halothane contracture test

CHD Chediak-Higashi disease; childhood disease; child in semantic hierarchy [UMLS]; chronic hemodialysis;

common hepatic duct; congenital or congestive heart disease; congenital hip dislocation; constitutional hepatic

dysfunction; coronary heart disease; cyanotic heart disease

ChD Doctor of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Doctor]

CHDM comprehensive hospital drug monitoring

CHDP Child Health and Disability Prevention [program]

ChE cholinesterase

che a gene involved in chemotaxis

CHEAPER Confirmation that Heparin Is an Alternative to Promote Early Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial

Infarction [study]

CHEC clearinghouse for emergency aid to the community; community hypertension evaluation clinic

CHED congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy

CHEER Chest Pain Evaluation in Emergency Room [trial]

CHEF Chinese hamster embryo fibroblast; contour-clamped homologous electric field

CHEM chemical [UMLS]

chem chemistry, chemical; chemotherapy

ChemID Chemical Identification; Chemical Identification File [NLM database]

CHEMLINE Chemical Dictionary On-Line

Chemo chemotherapy

CHEMTREC Chemical Transportation Emergency Center

CHEP cricohyoidoepiglottopexy

CHEPER Chest Pain Evaluation Registry [study]

CHERSS continuous high-amplitude EEG rhythmical synchronous slowing

CHESS chemical shift selective; Comprehensive Health-Enhancement Support System

CHEST chick embryotoxicity screening test; Combined Higher Education Software Team

CHF chick embryo fibroblast; chronic heart failure; congenital hepatic fibrosis; congestive heart failure;

Crimean hemorrhagic fever

CHFD controlled high flux dialysis

CHFDT congestive heart failure data tool

CHF-IES Congestive Heart Failure-Italian Epidemiological Study

CHF-STAT Congestive Heart Failure-Survival Trial of Antiarrhythmic Therapy

CHFV combined high-frequency ventilation

chg change, changed

CHGA chromogranin A

CHGB chromogranin B

CHH cartilage-hair hypoplasia

CHHS congenital hypothalamic hamartoma syndrome

ChHV chelonid herpesvirus

CHI clinical health informatics; closed head injury; consumer health information; creatinine height index

chi chimera

χ Greek letter chi

χ2 chi-squared [test, measure goodness of fit]; chi-squared statistic

χm magnetic susceptibility

χs electric susceptibility

Chi-A chimpanzee leukocyte antigen

CHIC Cardiovascular Health In Children [study]

CHID Combined Health Information [NIH] Database

CHIKV Chikungunya virus

CHILD congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects [syndrome]

CHILI Consumer Health Information Literature [database, UK]

CHIM Center for Healthcare Information Management

CHIME Center for Health Information Management and Evaluation; College of Healthcare Information

Management Executives; coloboma, heart anomaly, ichthyosis, mental retardation, ear abnormality

CHIMR Centre for Health Information Management Research [UK]

CHIMS community-based health information system

CHIMV Chim virus

CHIN community health information network

CHINA chronic infectious neurotropic agent

CHIP child health improvement program; Children's Health Insurance Program; comprehensive health

insurance plan; Coronary Health Improvement Project

CHIPA community health planning agency

CHIPASAT Children's Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task

CHIPS catastrophic health insurance plans

CHiQ Centre for Health Information Quality [UK]

Chir Doct Doctor of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Doctor]

chirug surgical [Lat. chirurgicalis]

CHIS community health information system; Consumer Health Information Systems

CHIV Chilibre virus

CHL Chinese hamster lung; chlorambucil; chloramphenicol

Chl chloroform; chlorophyll

CHLA cyclohexyl linoleic acid

Chlb chlorobutanol

CHLD chronic hypoxic lung disease

chlor chloride

CHLS combined heart and lung surgery

ChlVPP chlorambucil, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone

ChM Master of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Magister]

CHMD clinical hyaline membrane disease

CHMIS community health management information system

CHMR Centre for Health Information Management Research [UK]

ChmVd chlorotic mottle viroid

CHN carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; child health nurse; child neurology; Chinese [hamster]; community

health nurse

CHNS China Health and Nutrition Survey

CHO carbohydrate; Chinese hamster ovary; chorea; comprehensive health organization

Cho choline

CH2O water clearance

choc chocolate

CHOICE Caring for Hypertension on Initiation: Cost and Effectiveness [study]; Congestive Heart Failure

Mortality: Investigation on Carvedilol's Efficacy

CHOICES Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis Interventions, and Community Evaluation Studies

CHOIR Center for Health Outcomes Improvement Research

CHOL, chol cholesterol

c hold withhold

CHOP cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunomycin, Oncovin, and prednisone

ChoP cell-surface phosphocholine

CHORUS Collaborative Hypertext in Radiology

CHOV Chaco virus

CHP calcineurin homologue protein; capillary hydrostatic pressure; charcoal hemoperfusion; Chemical

Hygiene Plan; child psychiatry; Children's Health Project; community health plan; comprehensive health

planning; coordinating hospital physician; cricohyoidopexy; cutaneous hepatic porphyria

ChP chest physician

CHPA community health planning agency; community health purchasing alliance

CHPV Chandipura virus; chicken parvovirus

ChPV chipmunk parvovirus

chpx chickenpox

CHQ chloroquinol

CHQCP Cleveland Health Quality Choice Project

CHR cerebrohepatorenal [syndrome]; chemical hazards regulations

Chr Chromobacterium

chr chromosome; chronic

c hr candle hour

c-hr curie-hour

ChRBC chicken red blood cell

CHREF Connecticut Healthcare Research and Education Foundation

CHRIS Cancer Hazards Ranking and Information System; Chemical Hazard Response Information System

CHRISTMAS Carvedilol Hibernation Reversible Ischemia Trial: Marker of Success

CHROMINFO chromosome information [database]

chron chronic

CHRONIC chronic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, neoplasms, infections, cryoglobulinemia [conditions in

which rheumatoid factor is produced]

CHRPE congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium

CHRS cerebrohepatorenal syndrome; Christian syndrome

CHRV Chub reovirus

CHS Canada Health Survey; cardiovascular health study; Center for Health Statistics; central hypoventilation

syndrome; Charleston Heart Study; Chediak-Higashi syndrome; Chinese Health Study; cholinesterase;

chondroitin sulfate; citizen health system [Greece]; community health study; compression hip screw;

Congenital Heart Surgeons Society [study]; congenital hypoventilation syndrome; contact hypersensitivity;

Copenhagen City Heart Study; coronary heart study

CHSD Children's Health Services Division

CHSO total hemolytic serum C activity

CHSP Child Health Surveillance Programme [Scotland]; Clinton Health Security Plan

CHSS cooperative health statistics system

CHT chemotherapy; combined hormone therapy; contralateral head turning

ChTg chymotrypsinogen

ChTK chicken thymidine kinase

ChTX charybdotoxin

CHU centigrade heat unit; closed head unit

CHUSPAN [treatment of] Churg-Strauss Syndrome and Polyarteritis Nodosa [study]

CHV canine herpes virus; Cryphonectria hypovirus

CHVF chemically viewed functionally [UMLS]

CHVS chemically viewed structurally [UMLS]

CHVV Charleville virus

ChYNMV Chinese yam necrotic mosaic virus

CI calcium ionophore; cardiac index; cardiac insufficiency; cation-independent; cell immunity; cell inhibition;

cephalic index; cerebral infarction; cervical incompetence; chemical ionization; chemically induced; chemoimmunotherapy;

chemotactic index; chemotherapeutic index; chromatid interchange; chronic infection; chronic

inflammation; clinical investigator; clomipramine; clonus index; cochlear implant; coefficient of intelligence;

colloidal iron; color index; Colour Index; competitive index [microbial]; complete iridectomy; confidence

index; confidence interval [statistics]; conformity index [imaging]; contamination index; contextual inquiry;

continued insomnia; continuous imaging; continuous improvement; continuous infusion; contraindication or

contraindicated; convergence insufficiency; coronary insufficiency; corrected count increment; covering index;

crystalline insulin; cumulative incidence; cytotoxic index

Ci curie

CI intercept on concentration

CIA chemiluminescent immunoassay; chymotrypsin inhibitor activity; colony-inhibiting activity; congenital

intestinal aganglionosis

CIAC central independent adjudication committee

CIAIT Chinese Infarction Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Trial

CIBD chronic inflammatory bowel disease

CiBER Centre for Information Behaviour and Analysis Research [UK]

CIBHA congenital inclusion-body hemolytic anemia

CIBIS Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study

CIBP chronic intractable benign pain

CIBPS chronic intractable benign pain syndrome

CIC cardioinhibitor center; care improvement council; certification in infection control; circulating immune

complex; clean intermittent catheterization; completely in the canal [hearing aid]; computers in cardiology;

computing, information, and communication; constant initial concentration; crisis intervention center

Cic cicletanine

CICA cervical internal carotid artery

CICR calcium-induced-calcium release process [calcium channel]

CICU cardiac intensive care unit; cardiovascular inpatient care unit; coronary intensive care unit

CID cellular immunodeficiency; Center for Infectious Diseases; charge injection device; chick infective dose;

combined immunodeficiency disease; Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary; cytomegalic inclusion disease

CID50 median chimpanzee infective dose

CId inter-compartmental diffusion

CIDEMS Center for Information and Documentation

CIDEP chemically induced dynamic electron polarization

CIDI composite international diagnostic interview

CIDI-SAM Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Substance Abuse Module

CIDM computerized infectious disease monitor

CIDNP chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization

CIDP chronic idiopathic polyradiculopathy; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy;

Clinical Initiatives Development Program

CIDS Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study; Canadian Internal Defibrillator Study; cellular immunity

deficiency syndrome; circular intensity differential scattering; continuous insulin delivery system

CIE Canberra Interview for the Elderly; cellulose ion exchange; congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma;

counter-current immunoelectrophoresis; counterimmunoelectrophoresis; crossed immunoelectrophoresis

CIEBOV Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus

CIEP counterimmunoelectrophoresis; crossed immunoelectrophoresis

CIF cartilage induction factor; cloning inhibitory factor; congenital infantile fibrosarcoma

CIFC Council for the Investigation of Fertility Control

CIG cardiointegram; cold-insoluble globulin; computer-interpretable guidelines

CIg intracytoplasmic immunoglobulin

cIgM cytoplasmic immunoglobulin M

CIGTS Comparison of Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study

CIH carbohydrate-induced hyperglyceridemia; Certificate in Industrial Health; children in hospital

CIHI Canadian Institute for Health Information

CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research

ci-hr curie-hour

CIHS central infantile hypotonic syndrome

CiHV ciconiid herpesvirus

CII cancer informatics infrastructure; Carnegie Interest Inventory; continuous intravenous infusion

CIIA common internal iliac artery

CIIP chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction

CIIPX [X-linked] chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

CIIR Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval

CiIV Casinaria infesta ichnovirus

CILIP Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals [UK]

CIM cimetidine; cortically induced movement; Cumulated Index Medicus; cytoimmunological monitoring

Ci/ml curies per milliliter

CI-MPR cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor

CIMS chemical ionization mass spectrometry

CIN central inhibition; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; chronic interstitial nephritis; community information

network

CIN 1, CIN I cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1 (mild dysplasia)

CIN 2, CIN II cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 2 (moderate-severe)

CIN 3, CIN III cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 3 (severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ)

Cin increased concentration [of blood]; insulin clearance

CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

Cinahl Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health [UK]

CINCA chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and auricular [syndrome]

CINDI Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Intervention [study]

CINE chemotherapy-induced nausea and emesis

C1 INH complement 1 inhibitor

C1-INH C1-esterase inhibitor

CINI Computers in Nursing Interactive

CIO chief information officer; corticoid-induced osteoporosis

CIOMS Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

CIP care information provision; chronic idiopathic polyradiculoneuropathy; chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction;

Collection de l'Institut Pasteur

CIPA client interface for professional access; Computer-Aided Identification of Phlebotomine Sandflies of the

Americas [leishmaniasis]

CIPC Center for Injury Prevention and Control

CIPD continuous intermittent peritoneal dialysis

CIPF classic interstitial pneumonitis-fibrosis; clinical illness promoting factor

CIPHER Common Information for Public Health Reporting

CIPM International Committee on Weights and Measures [Comite International de Poids et Mesures]

CIPN chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy

CIPRA Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS

CIPSO chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

CIR constant interval reciprocal

CIRC Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release

circ circuit; circular; circumcision; circumference

circ & sens circulation and sensation

CIREN Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network

CIRF clinically insignificant renal fragments; contrast-induced renal failure

CIRSE Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe

CIRSET Committee on Immunization Registry Standards and Electronic Transactions

CIS capacity information system; carcinoma in situ; catheter-induced spasm; central inhibitory state; Chemical

Information Service; clinical information system; computer-integrated surgery; computerized information

system; continuous interleaved sampler; Coronary Intervention Study; cumulative impairment score

CI-S calculus index, simplified

CiS cingulate sulcus

CISC complex-instructional-set computing

CISCAIIBIV Cytoxan, Adriamycin, platinum, vinblastine, bleomycin

cis-DPP cisplatin

CISE Computer and Information Science and Engineering [National Science Foundation Directorate]

CISET Committee on International Science, Engineering, and Technology

CISH competitive in situ hybridization

CISMeF Catalog and Index of French-Speaking Resources

CISP chronic intractable shoulder pain

CIS PT cisplatin

13-cis-RA 13-cis-retinoic acid

CISS chromosome in situ suppression; Common Internet Scheme Syntax; constructive interference in steady

state

CISST computer integrated surgical system and technology

CIT citrate; combined intermittent therapy; conjugated-immunoglobulin technique; critical incident technique;

crossed intrinsic transfer

cit citrate

CITS Carey Infant Temperament Scale

CITT Chemical Industry Institute for Toxicology

CITTS Central Illinois Thrombolytic Therapy Study

CIV Carey Island virus; ceratitis I virus; continuous intravenous infusion

CIVI continuous intravenous infusion

CIVII continuous intravenous insulin infusion

CIXA constant infusion excretory urogram

CJ conjunctivitis

CJA Creutzfeldt-Jakob agent

CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

CJS Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome

CJSV Carajas virus

CjvO2 jugular venous oxygen content

CK calf kidney; casein kinase; chemokine; chicken kidney; cholecystokinin; choline kinase; contralateral

knee; creatine kinase; cyanogen chloride; cytokinin

CKII casein kinase II

ck check, checked

Cκ kappa light chain constant region [immunoglobulins]

CKB creatine kinase, brain type

CKC cold-knife conization

CKD cone-kernal distribution

CKG cardiokymography

C/kg coulomb per kilogram

CKI cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor

CKM creatine kinase, muscle type

CKMB creatine kinase, myocardial bound

CKMM creatine kinase, muscle type

CK-PZ cholecystokinin-pancreozymin

CKR chemokine receptor

CKRM clinical knowledge repository manager

CKS classic form of Kaposi sarcoma

CL capillary lumen; cardiolipin; case library; cell line; central [venous] line; centralis lateralis; cervical line;

chemiluminescence; chest and left arm [lead in electrocardiography]; childhood leukemia; cholelithiasis;

cholesterol-lecithin; chronic leukemia; cirrhosis of liver; clavicle; clear liquid; clearance; cleft lip; clinical

laboratory; clomipramine; complete linkage; complex loading; composite lymphoma; computational linguistics;

confidence limit or level; contact lens; corpus luteum; corrected [echo long axis] length; cricoid lamina;

criterion level; critical list; cutaneous leishmaniasis; cutis laxa; cycle length; cytotoxic lymphocyte; lung

capacity; lung compliance

C-L consultation-liaison [setting]

CL constant region of light chain of immunoglobulin molecule; lung compliance

Cl chloride; chlorine; clavicle; clear; clearance; Cl esterase; clinic; Clostridium; closure; colistin

cl centiliter; clarified; clean; clear; cleft; clinic; clinical; clonus; clotting; cloudy

Cλ lambda light chain constant region [immunoglobulins]

CLA cerebellar ataxia; Certified Laboratory Assistant; cervicolinguoaxial; closed loop algorithm [for infusion

of catecholamine in heart stress test]; contralateral local anesthesia; cutaneous lichen amyloidosis; cutaneous

lymphocyte antigen; cyclic lysine anhydride

Cl-a alternative chloride channel

ClAc chloroacetyl

CLAH congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia

CLam cervical laminectomy

CLAS Cholesterol-Lowering Atherosclerosis Study; circulating lupus anticoagulant syndrome; classification

[UMLS]; computerized laboratory alerting system; congenital localized absence of skin

CLASP Collaborative Low-Dose Aspirin Study in Pregnancy

CLASS Clomethiazole Acute Stroke Study

class, classif classification

CLASSICS Clopidrogrel Aspirin Stent Interventional Cooperative Study

clav clavicle

CLB chlorambucil; clobazam; configurable logic block; curvilinear body

CLBBB complete left bundle branch block

CLBP chronic low back pain

CLC Charcot-Leyden crystal; Clerc-Levy-Critesco [syndrome]

CLCA compact low-chromatin area

CLCD cleidocranial dysostosis

CLCN chloride channel

CL/CP cleft lip/cleft palate

Clcr creatinine clearance

CLCS colchicine sensitivity

CLD central low density; central lung distance; chloride diarrhea; chronic liver disease; chronic lung disease;

command line interface [user-computer interface]; congenital limb deficiency; crystal ligand field

cld closed

CLDH choline dehydrogenase

cldy cloudy

CLE centrilobular emphysema; congenital lobar emphysema; continuous lumbar epidural [anesthesia]

CLED cystine-lactose-electrolyte-deficient [agar]

CLEMANTIS clinical engineering management tool and information system

CLEOPAD Clopidogrel in Peripheral Arterial Disease [study]

CLEV Chironomus luridus entomopoxvirus

CLF cardiolipin fluorescent [antibody]; ceroid lipofuscinosis; cholesterol-lecithin flocculation

Clf clumping factor

ClfA clumping factor A

CLH chronic lobular hepatitis; cleft limb-heart [syndrome]; corpus luteum hormone; cutaneous lymphoid

hyperplasia

CLI complement lysis inhibitor; corpus luteum insufficiency

CLIA Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act

CLIBS cation and ligand induced binding site

CLIF cloning inhibitory factor; Crithidia luciliae immunofluorescence

CLIMS clinical laboratory information management system

clin clinic, clinical

Cl-INH Cl esterase inhibitor

CLINPROT Clinical Cancer Protocols

ClinQuery clinical query

CLINT clinical informatics network

Clint intrinsic clearance

CLIP capitolunate instability pattern; Cholesterol-Lowering Intervention Program; corticotropin-like

intermediate lobe peptide

CLIPS C language integrated production system

CLL cholesterol-lowering lipid; chronic lymphatic leukemia; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; cow lung lavage

CLM capillary-lymphatic malformation

ClM metabolic clearance

CLMA Clinical Laboratory Management Association

Cl2MD dichloromethylene diphosphate

CLMF cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor

CLML Current List of Medical Literature

CLMS classification or coding system for clinical management system

CLMV cauliflower mosaic virus

CLN ceroid lipofuscinosis

CLO cod liver oil; Campylobacter-like organism

clo "clothing" [a unit of thermal insulation]

ClO oral clearance

CLOF clofibrate

CLON clonidine

Clon Clonorchis

CLOS common list processing language object system

Clostr Clostridium

CLOT Clinical Perspectives on Lysis of Thrombi [study]

CLOUT Clinical Outcomes with Ultrasound Trial; Core Laboratory Ultrasound Analysis Study

CLP cardiac laboratory panel; cecal ligation and puncture; chymotrypsin-like protein; cleft lip with cleft

palate; common lymphocyte progenitor; constraining logic programming; paced cycle length

CL/P cleft lip with or without cleft palate

CL(P) cleft lip without cleft palate

ClP clinical pathology

ClR renal clearance

CLRT continuous lateral rotational therapy

CLRV cherry leaf roll virus; Cimex lectularius reovirus

CLS cafe-au-lait spot; classical least square; Clinical Laboratory Scientist; Coffin-Lowry syndrome; Cornelia

de Lange syndrome

CLSC Centres Locaux de Services Communitaires [Quebec]

CLSE calf lung surfactant extract

CLSH corpus luteum stimulating hormone

CLSL chronic lymphosarcoma (cell) leukemia

CLSM confocal laser scanning microscope

CLSV cucumber leaf spot virus

CLT Certified Laboratory Technician; chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; Clinical Laboratory Technician; clot

lysis time; clotting time; lung-thorax compliance

CLTB total body clearance

CLT(NCA) Laboratory Technician Certified by the National Certification Agency for Medical Laboratory

Personnel

CLU clusterin

CLV carnation latent virus; cassava latent virus; Colletotrichum lindemuthianum virus; common latent virus;

constant linear velocity

CLVd Columnea latent viroid

CL VOID clean voided specimen [urine]

CLZ clozapine

CM California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac monitoring; cardiac murmur;

cardiac muscle; cardiomyopathy; carpometacarpal; Caroll/Mackie [radiotherapy]; castrated male; Caucasian

male; cause of death [Lat. causa mortis]; cavernous malformation; cell membrane; center of mass; cerebral

malaria; cerebral mantle; cervical mucosa or mucus; Chick-Martin [coefficient]; chloroquine-mepacrine;

chondromalacia; chopped meat [medium]; chronic meningitis; chylomicron; circular muscle; circulating

monocyte; circumferential measurement; classification-maximization; clindamycin; clinical medicine; clinical

modification; coccidioidal meningitis; cochlear microphonic; combined modality; common migraine; complete

medium; complications; condition median; conditioned medium; congenital malformation; congestive

myocardiopathy; continuous murmur; contrast material; contrast medium; copulatory mechanism; costal

margin; cow's milk; cytometry; cytoplasmic membrane; Master of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Magister]; narrowdiameter

endosseous screw implant [Fr. crete manche]

C-M cardiomyopathy

C/M counts per minute

C&M cocaine and morphine

CM metabolite clearance

Cm curium; minimal concentration

Cm maximum clearance; membrane capacitance

cM centimorgan

cm centimeter

cm2 square centimeter

cm3 cubic centimeter

Cμ mu light chain constant region [immunoglobulins]

CMA Canadian Medical Association; Certified Medical Assistant; chronic metabolic acidosis; cingulate motor

area; cow's milk allergy; cultured macrophages

CMAC cerebellar model articulation controller

CMAP compound muscle (or motor) action potential

CMAR cell matrix adhesion regulator

Cmax, Cmax maximum concentration

CMB carbolic methylene blue; Central Midwives' Board; chloromercuribenzoate

CMBC concentration of moving blood cells

CMBES Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society

CMBs center for maximally inscribed balls

CMBV citrus mosaic virus

CMC carboxymethylcellulose; care management continuity; carpometacarpal; cell-mediated cytolysis or

cytotoxicity; chemical mismatch cleavage; chloramphenicol; chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis;

Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry [database]; critical micellar concentration

cmc critical micelle concentration

CMCC chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

CMCJ carpometacarpal joint

CMCS computer-mediated communication system

CMCT central motor conduction time

CMCt care management continuity across settings

CMD camptomelic dwarfism; camptomelic dysplasia; cartilage matrix deficiency; cerebromacular

degeneration; Certified Medical Densitometrist; chief medical director; childhood muscular dystrophy;

common mental disorder; comparative mean dose; congenital muscular dystrophy; corticomedullary

differentiation; count median diameter; craniomandibular disorder

CMDD choline and methionine deficient diet

cmDNA cytoplasmic membrane-associated deoxyribonucleic acid

CMDS computer misuse detection system

CME cervical mediastinal exploration; continuing medical education; Council on Medical Education; crude

marijuana extract; cystoid macular edema

CMED central medical emergency dispatch center

CMF calcium-magnesium free; catabolite modular factor; chloromethylfluorescein; chondromyxoid fibroma;

Christian Medical Fellowship; cold mitten fraction; cortical magnification factor; craniomandibulofacial;

cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil

CMFDA chloromethylfluorescein diacetate

CMFT cardiolipin microflocculation test

CMFV cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil, and vincristine

CMFVP cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil, vincristine, prednisone

CMG canine or congenital myasthenia gravis; case mix group; chopped meat glucose [medium];

cystometrography, cystometrogram

CMGN chronic membranous glomerulonephritis

CMGS chopped meat-glucose-starch [medium]; Clinical Molecular Genetics Society

CMGT chromosome-mediated gene transfer

CMH cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; community mental health [services or program]; congenital

malformation of the heart

CMHC community mental health center

C/MHC community/migrant health center

CMHIS Community Mental Health Information System [Canada]

cmH2O centimeters of water

CMHS center for mental health services; Continuous Medicare History Sample

CMHT community mental health team

CMI carbohydrate metabolism index; care management integration; case mix index; cell-mediated immunity;

cell multiplication inhibition; chronic mesenteric ischemia; circulating microemboli index; colonic motility

index; combat medical informatics; combined myocardial infarction; Commonwealth Mycological Institute;

computed maxillofacial imaging; computer managed instruction; Cornell Medical Index

CMID cytomegalic inclusion disease

c/min cycles per minute

CMINET Chinese Medical Information Network

CMIO chief medical information officer

CMIR cell-mediated immune response

CMIS common management information services

CMISP common management information standards/protocol

CMIT Current Medical Information and Terminology

CMJ carpometacarpal joint

CMK chloromethyl ketone; congenital multicystic kidney

CML carboxymethyl lysine; cell-mediated lymphocytotoxicity; cell-mediated lympholysis; central motor

latency; chronic myelocytic leukemia; chronic myelogenous leukemia; clinical medical librarian; clinical

medical library

c/mL copies per milliliter

CMLNP comprehensive multi-level nursing practice [model]

CMLV camelpox virus

CMM cell-mediated mutagenesis; color Doppler M-mode; Columbia Mental Maturity [scale]; coordinate

measuring machine [orthopedic surgery]; cross modality matching; cutaneous malignant melanoma

cmm cubic millimeter

CMMC cervical myelomeningocele

CMME chloromethyl methyl ether

CMML chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

CMMoL chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

CMMS Columbia Mental Maturity Scale

CMN canine minute virus; caudal mediastinal node; certification of medical necessity; cystic medial necrosis

CMNA complement-mediated neutrophil activation

CMN-AA cystic medial necrosis of ascending aorta

CMO cardiac minute output; Chief Medical Officer; comfort measures only; competitive medical

organization; corticosterone methyloxidase

CMO2 cerebral metabolic oxygen rate

cMO centimorgan

cMOAT canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter

CMOL chronic monocytic leukemia

CMoMV carrot mottle mosaic virus

CMOS compatible monolithic conductivity sensor; complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CMoV carrot mottle virus; chlorotic mottle virus

CMP cardiomyopathy; cartilage matrix protein; chondromalacia patellae; competitive medical plan;

comprehensive medical plan; cytidine monophosphate

CMPD chronic myeloproliferative disorder

cmpd compound, compounded

CMPGN chronic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

cmps centimeters per second

CMR cardiomodulorespirography; cerebral metabolic rate; chief medical resident; child mortality rate [under

age 5]; chloroform-methanol residue [vaccine]; chylomicron remnant; common medical record; common mode

rejection; computerized medical record; congenital mitral regurgitation; cross-reacting material; crude mortality

ratio

CMRG cerebral metabolic rate of glucose

CMRGlc combined metabolic rate of glucose

CMRGlu, CMRglu cerebral metabolic rate of glucose

CMRI cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

CMRL cerebral metabolic rate of lactate

CMRNG chromosomal control of mechanisms of resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

CMRO, CMRO2 cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption

CMRP cervical magnetic resonance phlebography

CMRR common mode rejection ratio

CMS Centers for Medicare and Medical Services; children's medical services; Christian Medical Society;

chromosome modification site; chronic myelodysplastic syndrome; circulation, motion, sensation; clinical

management system; clofibrate-induced muscular syndrome; Clyde Mood Scale; complement-mediated

solubility; Copenhagen Male Study; cortical magnetic stimulation

cm/s centimeters per second

CMSC computer science

CMSD congenital myocardial sympathetic dysinnervation

cm/sec centimeters per second

CMSS circulation, motor ability, sensation, and swelling; Council of Medical Specialty Societies

CMT California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical

transcriptionist; cervical motion tenderness; Charcot-Marie-Tooth [syndrome]; chemotherapy; circus movement

tachycardia; complex motor tic; continuous memory test; controlled medical terminology; convergent medical

terminology; Council on Medical Television; Current Medical Terminology

CMT1 Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type 1

CMTC cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita

CMTD Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; chronic multiple tic disorder

CMTIA Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type IA

CMTIB Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type IB

CMTL computer-mediated tutorial laboratory

CMTS Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome

CMTX Charcot-Marie-Tooth [syndrome], X-linked

CMU chlorophenyldimethylurea

CMUA continuous motor unit activity

CMV canine minute virus; cassava mosaic virus; chlorotic mottle virus; Clo Mor virus; common mosaic virus;

continuous mandatory ventilation; controlled mechanical ventilation; controlled medical vocabulary;

conventional mechanical ventilation; cool mist vaporizer; cowpea mosaic virus; cucumber mosaic virus; curly

mottle virus; cytomegalovirus

CMV-E cytomegalovirus encephalitis

CMV-MN cytomegalovirus mononucleosis

CMV-VE cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis

CMX cefmenoxime

CN caudate nucleus; cellulose nitrate; charge nurse; child nutrition; chloroacetophenone; clinical nursing;

cochlear nucleus; condensation nucleus; congenital nystagmus; cranial nerve; Crigler-Najjar [syndrome];

cyanogen; cyanosis neonatorum

C:N calorie:nitrogen [ratio]

C/N carbon/nitrogen [ratio]; carrier/noise [ratio]; contrast to noise [ratio]

CN- cyanide anion

CN I first cranial nerve [olfactory]

CN II second cranial nerve [optic]

CN III third cranial nerve [oculomotor]

CN IV fourth cranial nerve [trochlear]

CNV fifth cranial nerve [trigeminal]

CN VI sixth cranial nerve [abducent]

CN VII seventh cranial nerve [facial]

CNVIII eighth cranial nerve [vestibulocochlear]

CN IX ninth cranial nerve [glossopharyngeal]

CN X tenth cranial nerve [vagus]

CNXI eleventh cranial nerve [accessory]

CN XII twelfth cranial nerve [hypoglossal]

CNA calcium nutrient agar; Canadian Nurses Association; certified nursing assistant

CNAF chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

CNAG chronic narrow angle glaucoma

CNAP career nurse assistants' programs; compound nerve action potential

CNAV Cananeia virus

CNB cutting needle biopsy

CNBP cellular nucleic acid binding protein

CNC community nursing center

CNCbl cyanocobalamin

CNCC certified nurse in critical care

CND care need determination

CNDC chronic nonspecific diarrhea of childhood; chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis

CNDI congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

CNE chief nurse executive; chronic nervous exhaustion; concentric needle electrode

C3NeF C3 nephritic factor

CNEMG concentric needle electrode electromyography

CNES chronic nervous exhaustion syndrome

CNET net compliance

CNF chronic nodular fibrositis; congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish [type]; conjunctive normal form

system [Boolean logic]; cytotoxic necrotizing factor

CNFS craniofrontonasal syndrome

CNFV carnation necrotic fleck virus

CNGC cyclic nucleotide gated channel

CNH central neurogenic hyperpnea; community nursing home

CNHD congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic disease

CNI center of nuclear image; chronic nerve irritation; community nutrition institute

CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval

CNIS computerized or clinical nursing information system

CNK cortical necrosis of kidneys

CNL cardiolipin natural lecithin; chronic neutrophilic leukemia

CNLS complex nonlinear least square

CNM centronuclear myopathy; Certified Nurse-Midwife; combinatorial neural model; computerized nuclear

morphometry

CNMDSA community nursing minimum data set, Australia

CNMetHb cyanmethemoglobin

CnMoV Cynosurus mottle virus

CNMT Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist

CNN Canadian National Network; computational neural network

CNO community nursing organization

cNOS constitutive nitric oxide synthase

CNP community nurse practitioner; continuous negative pressure; cranial nerve palsy; C-type natriuretic

peptide; 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase

CNPase 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphohydrolase

CNPB continuous negative pressure breathing

CNPV canarypox virus; continuous negative pressure ventilation

CNQX 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione

CNR cadherin-related neuronal receptor; cannabinoid receptor; Center for Nursing Research; contrast-to-noise

ratio; Council of Nurse Researchers

C(N,r) combination of N things taken r at a time

CNRC Children's Nutrition Research Center

CNRT corrected sinus node recovery time

CNS central nervous system; clinical nurse specialist; coagulase-negative staphylococci; congenital nephrotic

syndrome; cutaneous nerve stimulator; sulfocyanate

CNSHA congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia

CNS-L central nervous system leukemia

CNSLD chronic nonspecific lung disease

CNST coagulase-negative staphylococci

CNS[t] non-specific tracer concentration

CNT Clostridium neurotoxin

CNTF ciliary neutrophilic factor

CNTFR ciliary neutrophilic factor receptor

CNTHM conotruncal heart malformation

CNTV Connecticut virus

CNUV Ch nuda virus

CNV choroidal neovascularization; contingent negative variation; cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis

CO carbon monoxide; cardiac output; castor oil; casualty officer; centric occlusion; cervical orthosis;

cervicoaxial; choline oxidase; coccygeal; coenzyme; compound; control; corneal opacity; cross over;

cyclophosphamide and vincristine

C/O check out; complains of; in care of

CO2 carbon dioxide

Co cobalt

c/o complains of

Co I coenzyme I

Co II coenzyme II

COA Canadian Ophthalmological Association; Canadian Orthopaedic Association; certificate of authority;

cervico-oculo-acusticus [syndrome]; condition on admission

CoA coenzyme A

COACH Canadian Organization for the Advancement of Computers in Health; cerebellar vermis

hypoplasia/aplasia-oligophrenia-congenital ataxia-ocular colobomata-hepatic fibrosis [syndrome]

COAD chronic obstructive airway disease; clinician-oriented access to data

COAG chronic open angle glaucoma

coag coagulation, coagulated

COAL chronic obstructive airflow limitation

COAP cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinose, vincristine, prednisone

coarct coarctation

COAS clinical observations access service

CoASH uncombined coenzyme A

CoA-SPC coenzyme A-synthesizing protein complex

COAT Children's Orientation and Amnesia Test; Cooperative Osaka Adenosine Trial

COB chronic obstructive bronchitis; coordination of benefits

COBALT Continuous Infusion vs Bolus Alteplase Trial; Continuous Infusion vs Double-Bolus

Administration of Alteplase

coban cohesive bandage

COBOL common business oriented language

COBRA Comparison of Balloon vs Rotational Angioplasty; computer-operated birth defect recognition aid;

Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act

COBS cesarean-obtained barrier-sustained; chronic organic brain syndrome

COBT chronic obstruction of the biliary tract

COC cathodal opening contraction; coccygeal; combination oral contraceptive; commission on cancer;

cumulus-oocyte complex

COCI Consortium on Chemical Information

COCl cathodal opening clonus

COCM congestive cardiomyopathy

COCP combined oral contraceptive pill

Co-Cr-Mo cobalt-chromium-molybdenum [alloy]

COCS Cornell-Oxford China Study

COCV cocal virus

COD cause of death; cerebro-ocular dysplasia; chemical oxygen demand; codeine; collaborative organization

design; computer-assisted optical densitometry; condition on discharge

cod codeine

CODAS cerebro-oculo-dento-auriculo-skeletal [syndrome]

CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology

CODEC coder/decoder [device]; compression and decompression

COD-MD cerebro-ocular dysplasia-muscular dystrophy [syndrome]

CODS Charnes Organizational Diagnosis Survey

coeff coefficient

COEPS cortical originating extra-pyramidal system

COER controlled onset, extended release

COF cutoff frequency

CoF cobra factor; cofactor

C of A coarctation of the aorta

COFS cerebro-oculo-facial-skeletal [syndrome]; certificate of free sale

COG center of gravity; cluster of orthologous groups; cognitive function tests

CoGME Council on Graduate Medical Education

COGTT cortisone oral glucose tolerance test

COH carbohydrate; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation

COHb, CoHb carboxyhemoglobin

CoHgb carboxyhemoglobin

COHN Certified Occupational Health Nurse

COHR computer-based oral health record

COHSE Confederation of Health Service Employees

CoHV Columbid herpesvirus

COI Central Obesity Index; certificate of insurance; conflict of interest; cost of illness

COIF congenital onychodysplasia of the index finger

COIN conformal index

COL central object library; colposcopy

col colicin; collagen; collection; colony; colored; column; strain [Lat. cola]

COLD chronic obstructive lung disease; computer output on laser disk

COLD A cold agglutinin titer

COLING computational linguistics

coll collateral; collection, collective; college; colloidal

collat collateral

COLTS Coronary Observational Long-Term Study

CoLV Cole latent virus

COM chronic otitis media; College of Osteopathic Medicine; component object model; computer-output

microfilm

CoM center of noise

com comminuted; commitment

COMA Committee on Medical Aspects [food and nutrition]

COMAC/HRS/QA Community Concerted Action Programme on Quality Assurance in Health Care

[European]

comb combination, combine

COMBIMAN Computerized Biomechanical Man

COMC carboxymethylcellulose

COME chronic otitis media with effusion

COMET Carvedilol or Metoprolol European Trial; Carvedilol or Metoprolol Evaluation Trial

CoMET concept modeling environment for teachers

comf comfortable

CoMFA comparative molecular field analysis

COMLEX Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination

comm, commun communicable

CoMMA comparative molecular moment analysis

COMMIT Community Intervention Trial [for Smoking Cessation]; Comprehensive Multidisciplinary

Interventional Trial [for Regression of Coronary Heart Disease]

COMP cartilage oligomeric matrix protein; cells outside the main population; complication;

cyclophosphamide, vincristine, methotrexate, prednisone

comp comparative; compensation, compensated; complaint; complete; composition; compound, compounded;

comprehension; compress; computer

COMPACCS Committee on Manpower for the Critical Care Societies

COMPACT computer optimized parametric analysis for chemical toxicity

COMPASS Comparative Trial of Saruplase vs Streptokinase; Computerized Online Medicaid Pharmaceutical

Analysis and Surveillance System

compd compound, compounded

compl complaint; complete, completed, completion; complication, complicated

complic complication, complicated

compn composition

compr compression

comp stud comparative study

COMS cerebrooculomuscular syndrome

CoMSIA comparative molecular similarity index analysis

COMT catecholamine O-methyl transferase; certified ophthalmic medical technologist

COMTRAC computer-based case tracing

COMUL complement fixation murine leukosis [test]

COMY catechol-O-methyltransferase

CON certificate of need; cortisone

Con concanavalin

con against [Lat. contra]; continuation, continue

CONA cortisone acetate

CON A, Con A concanavalin A

Con A-HRP concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase

CONC conceptual entity [UMLS]

conc, concentr concentrate, concentrated, concentration

c-onc cellular oncogene

COND cerebro-osteo-nephrodysplasia

cond condensation, condensed; condition, conditioned; conductivity; conductor

conf conference; confined; confinement; confusion

cong congested, congestion; gallon [Lat. congius]

congen congenital

CongHD congenital heart disease

coniz conization

conj conjunctiva, conjunctival

conjug conjugated, conjugation

CONPA-DRI I vincristine, doxorubicin, and melphalan

CONPA-DRI III CONPA-DRI I plus intensified doxorubicin

CONQUEST Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System

CONS coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; consultant, consultation

cons conservation; conservative; consultation

CONSENSUS Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study

CONSORT Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

const constant

constit constituent

consult consultant, consultation

CONSUME Compliance of National Supplements Using Multiform Energy Sources [study]

cont against [Lat. contra]; bruised [Lat. contusus]; contains, contents; continue, continuation

contag contagion, contagious

contr contracted, contraction

contra contraindicated

contralat contralateral

contrib contributory

CoNV cocoa necrosis virus

conv convalescence, convalescent, convalescing; convergence, convergent; convulsions, convulsive

converg convergence, convergent

CONVINCE Controlled Onset Verapamil Investigation for Cardiovascular Endpoints [study]; Controlled

Onset Verapamil Investigation of Clinical Endpoints [study]

COO chief operating officer; cost of ownership [analysis]

COOD chronic obstructive outflow disease

COOH carboxy group; carboxy terminus

COOHTA Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment

COOP charts for primary care practices; cooperative

coord coordination, coordinated

COP capillary osmotic pressure; change of plaster; coefficient of performance; colloid oncotic pressure;

colloid osmotic pressure; competitive oligonucleotide priming; cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis;

cyclophosphamide, Oncovin, and prednisone

COPA Council on Postsecondary Accreditation

COPAD cyclophosphamide, vincristine, Adriamycin, prednisone, cytarabine, asparagine, intrathecal

methotrexate

COPC community oriented primary care

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPE chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema

COPEM Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine

COPERNICUS Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival [trial]

COPi colloid osmotic pressure in interstitial fluid

CO/PLL/CG crystal oscillator/phase lock loop/clock generator [telemedicine]

COPMED Council for Postgraduate Medical Deans [UK]

COPP cyclophosphamide, vincristine [Oncovin], procarbazine, prednisone

COPp colloid osmotic pressure in plasma

COPRO coproporphyrin; coproporphyrinogen

COPS constrained optimal parameter search

COPT circumoval precipitin reaction test; computerized oxygen therapy protocol

COPV canine oral papillomavirus

CoQ coenzyme Q

COR cardiac output recorder; center of rotation; comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation; conditional origin of

replication; conditioned orientation reflex; consensual ophthalmotonic reaction; corrosion, corrosive; cortisone;

cortex; crude odds ratio; custodian of records

CoR Congo red

cor body [Lat. corpus]; coronary; correction, corrected

CORA conditioned orientation reflex audiometry

CORALI coronarography and alimentation

CORAMI Cohort of Rescue Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CORD Commissioned Officer Residency Deferment; Council of [Emergency Medicine] Residency Directors

CORDIS Cardiovascular Occupational Risk Factor Determination in Israel [study]

CORE Center for Organ Recovery and Education; Collaborative Organization for RheothRx Evaluation;

comprehensive assessment and referral evaluation; concept reference

CORGENE Coronary Disease and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme I/D Genotype [study]

CORIS Coronary Risk Factor Study

CorPP coronary perfusion pressure

corr correspondence, corresponding

CORRECT Complete vs Restrictive Revascularization by Coronary Angioplasty Trial

CORSICA Chronic Occlusion Revascularization with Stent Implantation vs Coronary Angioplasty [study]

CoRSV coffee ringspot virus

CORT corticosterone

cort bark [Lat. cortex]; cortex

CORTES Clivarin Assessment of Regression of Thrombus: Efficacy and Safety [study]; coordinate reduction

time encoding system [ECG]

CORV Corriparta virus

COS carbon oxysulfide; cheiro-oral syndrome; chief of staff; clinically observed seizures; Clinical

Orthopaedic Society

CoS class of service

CoSA comparative spectra analysis

COSATI Committee on Scientific and Technical Information

COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations [UK]

COSMIS Computer System for Medical Information Systems

COSSMHO [National] Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations

COST Cardiac Output Study Technology

COSTAR Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record

COSTART Common Standard Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms

COSTED Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries

COSTEP Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program

COSY correlated spectroscopy

COT colony overlay test; committee on trauma; content of thought; contralateral optic tectum; critical off-time

COTA Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant; colon-ovary tumor antigen

COTAIM Continuation of Trial Antihypertensive Interventions and Management

COTD cardiac output by thermodilution

COTe cathodal opening tetanus

COTH Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems

COTRANS Coordinated Transfer Application System

COTS commercial off-the-shelf [software or hardware]

COU cardiac observation unit

coul coulomb

COURAGE Clinical Outcomes Using Revascularization vs Aggressive Strategies; Clinical Outcomes

Utilization Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation

COURT Contrast Media Utilization in High-Risk Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [trial]

Cout outgoing concentration [of blood]

COV covariance; cross-over value

CoV coronavirus

COVER Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly [UK]

COVESDEM costovertebral segmentation defect with mesomelia [syndrome]

CoVF cobra venom factor

COVISE Collaborative Visualization and Simulation Environment [software]

COVRA Computer Vision in Radiology

COWS cold to opposite and warm to same side

COX cytochrome oxidase; cyclooxygenase

COYV colony virus

CP candle power; capillary pressure; capsid protein; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary;

caudate putamen; cell passage; center of pressure; central pit; cephalic presentation; cerebellopontine; cerebral

palsy; ceruloplasmin; chemically pure; chemical protection; chest pain; child psychiatry; child psychology;

Chlamydia pneumoniae; chloropurine; chloroquine-primaquine; chondrodysplasia punctata; choroid plexus;

chronic pain; chronic pancreatitis; chronic polyarthritis; chronic pyelonephritis; cicatricial pemphigoid; cleft

palate; clinical pathology; clock pulse; closing pressure; cochlear potential; code of practice; cold pressor; color

perception; combining power; compound; compressed; congenital porphyria; constant predictor; constant

pressure; constrictive pericarditis; coproporphyrin; cor pulmonale; coracoid process; cosine packet; counter

propagation [algorithm]; coverage probability [radiotherapy]; C peptide; creatine phosphate; creatine

phosphokinase; critical pressure; cross-linked protein; crude protein; current practice; cyclophosphamide;

cyclophosphamide and prednisone; cytosol protein; [viral] coat protein

C&P compensation and pension; complete and pain free [joint movement]; cystoscopy and pyelography

C/P cholesterol-phospholipid [ratio]

C+P cryotherapy with pressure

4-CP chlorophenoxyacetic acid

Cp ceruloplasmin; chickenpox; Corynebacterium parvum; peak concentration

Cp concentration in plasma; constant pressure; phosphate clearance

cP centipoise

cp candle power; centipoise; chemically pure; circular plasmid; compare

cp constant pressure

CPA Canadian Physiotherapy Association; Canadian Psychiatric Association; carboxypeptidase A;

cardiophrenic angle; cardiopulmonary arrest; carotid phonoangiography; cerebellopontine angle;

chlorophenoxyacetic acid; chlorophenylalanine; chronic pyrophosphate arthropathy; circulating platelet

aggregate; complement proactivator; control, preoccupation, and addiction; costophrenic angle;

cyclophosphamide; cyclopiazonic acid; cyproterone acetate

C3PA complement-3 proactivator

Cpa cardiac peak amplitude

CPAD chronic peripheral arterial disease

CPAF chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing

Cpah para-aminohippurate clearance

CP-ANN counterpropagation artificial neural network

CPAP continuous positive airway pressure

CPAS Canadian Prinivil Atenolol Study

CPB carboxypeptidase B; cardiopulmonary bypass; cetylpyridinium bromide; competitive protein binding

CPBA competitive protein-binding analysis

CpBDV chickpea bushy dwarf virus

CPBV cardiopulmonary blood volume

CPC central posterior curve; cerebellar Purkinje cell; cerebral palsy clinic; cerebral performance category;

cetylpyridinium chloride; chemical protective clothing; chest pain center; child protection center; chronic

passive congestion; circumferential pneumatic compression; clinicopathological conference

CpCDV chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus

CPCL congenital pulmonary cystic lymphangiectasia

CPCP chronic progressive coccidioidal pneumonitis

CPCR cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation; Center for Primary Care Research

CPCS circumferential pneumatic compression suit; computer-based patient case simulation system

CPCV Cacipacore virus

CPD calcium pyrophosphate deposition; cephalopelvic disproportion; cerebelloparenchymal disorder;

childhood or congenital polycystic disease; chorioretinopathy and pituitary dysfunction; chronic peritoneal

dialysis; chronic protein deprivation; citrate-phosphate-dextrose; contact potential difference; contagious

pustular dermatitis; critical point drying; cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer; cyclopentadiene

cpd cigarettes per day; compound; cycles per degree

CPDA citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine

CPDD calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease; cis-platinum-diamine dichloride

cpd E compound E

CP DEPMEDS chemically protected deployable medical system

cpd F compound F

CPDL cumulative population doubling level

CPDX cefpodoxime

CPDX-PR cefpodoxime proxetil

CPE capillary parenchymal element; carbon paste electrode; cardiac pulmonary edema; chronic pulmonary

emphysema; clinical progress exercise; Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin; collective protection equipment;

compensation, pension, and education; complete physical examination; complicated pleural effusion; coronapenetrating

enzyme; cryptogenic partial epilepsy; cytopathogenic effect

CPEO chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia

CPEP Chicago Coronary Prevention Evaluation Program; clinical practice enhancement project

CPE-R Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin receptor

CPEV Chironomus plumosus entomopoxvirus

CPF center point of force; clot-promoting factor; complication probability factor; contraction peak force;

current patient file

Cpf cardiac peak frequency

CPFC chemically protective footgear cover

CpFV chickpea filiform virus

CPG capillary blood gases; cardiopneumographic recording; carotid phonoangiogram; central pattern

generator; clinical practice guidelines; computerized pattern generator

CPGMV cowpea golden mosaic virus

CPGN chronic proliferative glomerulonephritis

CPGs clinical practice guidelines

CPH Certificate in Public Health; chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic

primary headache

CPHA Canadian Public Health Association; Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities

CPHA-PAS Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities-Professional Activity Study

CPHL Central Public Health Laboratory [UK]

CPHQ certified professional in healthcare quality

CPHRP Coronary Prevention and Hypertension Research Project

CPHS Centre for Public Health Sciences

CpHV caprine herpesvirus

CPI California Personality Inventory; Cancer Potential Index; common patient index; congenital

palatopharyngeal incompetence; constitutional psychopathic inferiority; conventional planar imaging; coronary

prognosis index; cysteine proteinase inhibitor

CPIB chlorophenoxyisobutyrate

CPIJH compass proximal interphalangeal joint hinge

CPIP chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity

CPIR cephalic-phase insulin release

CPK cell population kinetic [model]; creatine phosphokinase

cPK cytosolic protamine kinase

CPK-BB creatine phosphokinase, brain-type

cPKC classical protein kinase C

CPKD childhood polycystic kidney disease

CPL caprine placental lactogen; conditioned pitch level; congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia

C/PL cholesterol/phospholipid [ratio]

cpl complete, completed

CPLM cysteine-peptone-liver infusion medium

CPLS cleft palate-lateral synechia syndrome

CPM calorie-protein malnutrition; central pontine myelinosis; chlorpheniramine maleate; confidence profile

method; confined placental mosaicism; continuous passive motion; critical path method; cyclophosphamide

CP/M control program for microcomputers

CPM circumference of papillary muscle

cpm counts per minute; cycles per minute

CP-MCT chirp pulse microwave computed tomography

CPMG Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill [sequence]

CPMMV cowpea mild mottle virus

CPMoV cowpea mottle virus

CPMP Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products [EEC]; complete patient management problems

CPMS chronic progressive multiple sclerosis

CPMV cowpea mosaic virus

CPN causal probabilistic network; celiac plexus neurolysis; central parenteral nutrition; chronic

polyneuropathy; chronic pyelonephritis; community pediatric nurse; community psychiatric nurse

CPNE clinical performance nursing examination

CPNM corrected perinatal mortality

CPO cleft palate only; contract provider organization; coproporphyrinogen oxidase

CPOE computerized physician order entry

CPOG chemically protective overgarment

CPOPR computerized problem-oriented patient record

C-PORT Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Team [trial]

CPOS chest pain order sheet

CPOTHA chest pain onset to hospital arrival

CPOU chest pain observation unit

CPP cancer proneness phenotype; canine pancreatic polypeptide; cerebral perfusion pressure; chest pain

policy; dl-2[3-(2′-chlorophenoxy)phenyl] propionic [acid]; chronic pigmented purpura; coronary perfusion

pressure; cyclopentenophenanthrene

CPPB continuous positive pressure breathing

CPPD calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition [syndrome]; cisplatin; cost per patient day

CPPT Coronary Primary Prevention Trial

CPPV continuous positive pressure ventilation

CPQA certified professional in quality assurance

CPR cardiopulmonary reserve; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; centripetal rub; cerebral cortex perfusion rate;

chlorophenyl red; computerized patient record; cortisol production rate; cumulative patency rate; customary,

prevailing and reasonable [rate]

c-PR cyclopropyl

cpr computerized patient record

CPRAM controlled partial rebreathing anesthesia method

CPRCA constitutional pure red cell aplasia

CPRD Committee on Prosthetics Research and Development

CPRG Coronary Prevention Research Group

CPRI Computerized Patient Record Institute

CPRMV cowpea rugose mosaic virus

CPRO coproporphyrinogen oxidase

CPRP chemical personnel reliability program

CPRS Children's Psychiatric Rating Scale; Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale; computerized

patient record system

CPS Caerphilly Prospective Study; Cancer Prevention Study; carbamoylphosphate synthetase; cardioplegic

perfusion solution; cardiopulmonary support; center for preventive services; centipoise; cervical pain

syndrome; characters per second; chest pain syndrome; Child Personality Scale; Child Protective Services;

chloroquine, pyrimethamine, and sulfisoxazole; chronic prostatitis syndrome; clinical performance score;

Clinical Pharmacy Services; coagulase-positive Staphylococcus; complex partial seizures; concurrent planning

system; constitutional psychopathic state; contagious pustular stomatitis; coronary perfusate solution; Cpolysaccharide;

cumulative probability of success; current population survey

cps counts per second; cycles per second

CPSA charged particle surface area

CPSC congenital paucity of secondary synaptic clefts [syndrome]; Consumer Products Safety Commission

CPSD carbamyl phosphate synthetase deficiency

CpSDaV chickpea stunt disease associated virus

CPSE complex partial status epilepticus

CPSF cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor

CPSM Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine

CPSMP chronic pain self-management program

CPSMV cowpox severe mosaic virus

CPSO College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

CPSP central poststroke pain

CPSTS Chinese Poststroke Treatment Study

CPsV citrus psorosis virus

CPT camptothecin; carnitine palmityl transferase; carotid pulse tracing; chest physiotherapy; child protection

team; ciliary particle transport; cold pressor test; combining power test; complex physical therapy; computer

psychometric test; conditional probability table; conjunctival provocation test; continuous performance task;

continuous performance test; Current Procedural Terminology

CPT-11 irinotecan

CPTA Center for Practice and Technology Assessment [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]

CPTH chronic post-traumatic headache

CPTN culture-positive toxin-negative

CPTP culture-positive toxin-positive

CPTX chronic parathyroidectomy

CPU caudate putamen; central processing unit

CPUE chest pain of unknown etiology

CPV canine parvovirus; cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus; Coastal Plains virus; Cotia virus; cypovirus

CpV Calliteara pudibunda virus; cypovirus

CPVC common pulmonary venous channel

CPVD congenital polyvalvular disease

CPX cleft palate, X-linked; clinical practice examination; complete physical examination

CPXD chondrodysplasia punctata, X-linked dominant

CPXR chondrodysplasia punctata, X-linked recessive

CPXV cowpox virus

CPZ cefoperazone; chlorpromazine; Compazine

CQ chloroquine; chloroquine-quinine; circadian quotient; conceptual quotient

CQI continuous quality improvement

CQIN clinical quality improvement network

CQI/TQM continuous quality improvement/total quality management

CQIV Calchaqui virus

CQM chloroquine mustard

CQMS cost quality management system

CQOLC caregiver quality-of-life index - cancer

CQS central query system

CqV Callimorpha quadripunctata virus

CR cadherin-specific repeat; calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation;

cardiac resuscitation; cardiac rhythm; cardiorespiratory; cardiorrhexis; caries-resistant; cathode ray; cellular

receptor; central ray; centric relation; chemoradiation; chest and right arm [lead in electrocardiography]; chest

roentgenogram, chest roentgenography; chief resident; child-resistant [bottle top]; choice reaction; chromium;

chronic rejection; chrysene; clinical record; clinical remission; clinical research; clot retraction; coefficient of

fat retention; colon resection; colonization rate; colonization resistance; colony reared [animal]; colorectal;

complement receptor; complete remission; complete response; compression ratio; computed radiography;

computerized record; conditioned reflex, conditioned response; confidence region [radiotherapy]; congenital

rubella; Congo red; controlled release; controlled respiration; conversion rate; cooling rate; correlation;

correlation ratio; cortico-resistant; creatinine; cremaster reflex; cresyl red; critical ratio; crown-rump

[measurement]

CR1, 2, 3, 4, 5 complement receptor types 1 to 5

C&R convalescence and rehabilitation

Cr chromium; cranium, cranial; creatinine; crown

CRA central retinal artery; Chinese restaurant asthma; chronic rheumatoid arthritis; clinical research associate;

constant relative alkalinity

CRABP cellular retinoic acid-binding protein

CRAC calcium release-activated channel; compliance-related acute complication

CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement [Army and NIH]

CRAFT Catheterization Rescue Angioplasty Following Thrombolysis [trial]; Controlled Randomized Atrial

Fibrillation Trial

CRAG Cryptococcus antigen

CRAHCA Center for Research in Ambulatory Health Care Administration

CRAM common random access memory

CRAMS circulation, respiration, abdomen, motor, speech

cran cranium, cranial

CRAO central retinal artery occlusion

CRASH corpus callosum hypoplasia-retardation-adducted thumbs-spastic paraplegia-hydrocephalus

[syndrome]

CraV Cynara virus

CRAW computed tomography acquisition workstation

CRB chemical, radiological, and biological; congenital retinal blindness; Cramer-Rao bound

CRBBB complete right bundle branch block

CRBC chicken red blood cell

CRBP cellular retinol-binding protein

CRC calcium release channel; cancer research campaign; cardiovascular reflex clinical research center;

cardiovascular reflex conditioning; class responsibilities collaboration; colorectal cancer; colorectal carcinoma;

concentrated red blood cells; contrast recovery coefficient; corrected reticulocyte count; creatinine clearance;

cross-reacting cannabinoids; cyclic redundancy check

CrCl creatinine clearance

CRCS cardiovascular reflex conditioning system

CRD carbohydrate-recognition domain; child restraint device; childhood rheumatic disease; chorioretinal

degeneration; chronic renal disease; chronic respiratory disease; complete reaction of degeneration; complex

repetitive discharge; cone-rod retinal dystrophy; congenital rubella deafness; crown-rump distance

CRDC Central Research and Development Committee

CRDEC Chemical Research Development & Engineering Center

CR-DIP chronic relapsing demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy

CRDS Charles River Data System; client response documentation system

CRE cumulative radiation effect; creatinine; cyclic adenosine monophosphate-response element

creat creatinine

CREATE Cholesterol Research Education and Treatment Evaluation

CREB cyclic adenosine monophosphate responsive element-binding [protein]

CREDO Clopidogrel Reduction of Events During Extended Observation [study]

CREG cross-reactive antigen group

CREM center for rural emergency medicine; cyclic adenosine monophosphate-response element modulator

crem cremaster

CREOG Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology

crep crepitation; crepitus

CREST calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal involvement, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia

[syndrome]; Carotid Revascularization and Endarterectomy vs Stent Trial

CREW Coronary Regression with Estrogen in Women [study]

CRF cardiorespiratory function; case report form; chronic renal failure; chronic respiratory failure; coagulasereacting

factor; complex reduction forceps; continuous reinforcement; coronary reserve flow; corticotropinreleasing

factor; cytokine receptor family

CRFK Crandell feline kidney cells

CRFR corticotropin-releasing factor receptor

CRG cardiorespirogram; central respiratory generator; collaborative review group

CRH corticotropin-releasing hormone

CRHBP corticosterone-releasing hormone binding protein

CRHL Collaborative Radiological Health Laboratory

CRHV cottontail rabbit herpesvirus

CrHV cricetid herpesvirus

CRI Cardiac Risk Index; catheter-related infection; chronic renal insufficiency; chronic respiratory

insufficiency; Composite Risk Index; congenital rubella infection; contact ratio index; corneal relaxing

incision; cross-reaction idiotype

C-RI corecessive inheritance

CRIB clinical risk index for babies

CRIE crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis

CRIP cysteine-rich intestinal protein

CRIS Calcium Antagonist Reinfarction Italian Study; clinically related information system

CRISP Cholesterol Reduction in Seniors Program [pilot study]; Computer Retrieval of Information on

Scientific Projects [NIH database]; Consortium Research in Systems Performance; Consortium Research on

Indicators of System Performance

Crit, crit critical; hematocrit

CRIYFS Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

CRL cell repository line; central right lung; Certified Record Librarian; clinical reasoning learning;

complement receptor location; complement receptor lymphocyte; crown-rump length

CRLV cherry rasp leaf virus

CRM Certified Reference Materials; coding recognition module [of gene]; counting rate meter; cross-reacting

material; crown-rump measurement

CRM+ cross-reacting material-positive

CRMO chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis

CR-MVB Cramer-Rao minimum variance bound

CRN complement requiring neutralization

CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

CRNF chronic rheumatoid nodular fibrositis

Cr Nn, cr nn cranial nerves

CRO cathode ray oscilloscope; centric relation occlusion; contract research organization

CROM cervical range of motion

CROME congenital cataracts-epileptic fits-mental retardation [syndrome]

C-ROMS comprehensive radiation oncology management system

CROP compliance, rate, oxygenation, and pressure

CROS contralateral routing of signals [hearing aid]

CRP chronic relapsing pancreatitis; corneal-retinal potential; coronary rehabilitation program; C-reactive

protein; cross-reacting protein; cyclic adenosine monophosphate receptor protein; cysteine-rich protein

CrP creatine phosphate

CRPA C-reactive protein antiserum

CRPD chronic restrictive pulmonary disease

CRPF chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum; closed reduction and percutaneous fixation; contralateral

renal plasma flow

CRPG central respiratory pattern generator

CRPS complex regional pain syndrome [types I and II]

CRPV cottontail rabbit papillomavirus; crowpox virus

CRQ-M Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Mastery Subscale

CRRMP Committee of Radiation from Radioactive Medicinal Products

CRRN certified rehabilitation registered nurse

CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy

CrRT cranial radiotherapy

CRS Carroll rating scale for depression; catheter-related sepsis; caudal regression syndrome; cervical spine

radiography; Chinese restaurant syndrome; cis-acting repressive sequence; colon and rectum surgery;

compliance of the respiratory system; congenital rubella syndrome; craniosynostosis; cryptidin-related

sequence

CRS+ respiratory system compliance

CRSM cherry red spot myoclonus

CRSP comprehensive renal scintillation procedure

CRST calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia [syndrome]; corrected sinus recovery

time

CRSV carnation ringspot virus; chlorotic ringspot virus

CRT cadaver renal transplantation; calreticulin; cardiac resuscitation team; cathode-ray tube; central reaction

time; certified; Certified Record Techniques; chemo-radiation therapy; choice reaction time; chromium release

test; complex reaction time; computed renal tomography; conformal radiation therapy; conformal radiotherapy;

copper reduction test; corrected; corrected retention time; cortisone resistant thymocyte; cranial radiation

therapy

CrT crista terminalis

crt hematocrit

CRTM cartilage matrix protein

CRTP Consciousness Research and Training Project

CRTT Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician

CRU cardiac rehabilitation unit; clinical research unit

CRUISE Can Routine Ultrasound Influence Stent Expansion? [study]

CRUSADE Coronary Reserve Utilization for Stent and Angiography: Doppler Endpoint [study]; Coronary

Revascularization Ultrasound Angioplasty Device [trial]

CRV Channel catfish reovirus; central retinal vein; cherry rosette virus; Cowbone Ridge virus; Nile crocodile

poxvirus

CRVF congestive right ventricular failure

CRVO central retinal vein occlusion

Cry crystal [protein]

CRYG gamma crystallin gene

CRYM mu-crystallin

cryo cryogenic; cryoglobulin; cryoprecipitate; cryosurgery; cryotherapy

Cryoppt cryoprecipitate

CRYP cryptospiridiosis

crys, cryst crystal, crystalline

CS calf serum; campomelic syndrome; canalicular system; Capgras syndrome; carcinoid syndrome;

cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid sheath; carotid sinus; cat scratch; celiac sprue; central service;

central supply; cerebral scintigraphy; cerebrospinal; cervical spine; cervical stimulation; cesarean section; chest

strap; chief of staff; cholesterol stone; cholesterol sulfate; chondroitin sulfate; chorionic somatomammotropin;

chronic schizophrenia; cigarette smoke; cigarette smoker; circumsporozoite; citrate synthase; climacteric

syndrome; clinical laboratory scientist; clinical stage; clinical status; clinic scheduling; Cockayne syndrome;

complete stroke; compression syndrome; concentrated strength; conditioned stimulus; congenital syphilis;

conjunctival secretion; connection service; conscious, consciousness; conscious sedation; conservative surgery;

constant spring; contact sensitivity; continue same; contrast sensitivity; control serum; control subjects;

convalescence, convalescent; coordinate system; coronary sclerosis; coronary sinus; corpus striatum; corticoidsensitive;

corticosteroid; cortico-subcortical; countershock; crush syndrome; current smoker; current strength;

Cushing syndrome; cyclic somatostatin; cycloserine; cyclosporine

C/S cesarean section; cycles per second

C&S calvarium and scalp; conjunctiva and sclera; culture and sensitivity

CS IV clinical stage 4

C4S chondroitin-4-sulfate

Cs case; cell surface; cyclosporine; static compliance

Cs standard clearance; static compliance; static respiratory compliance

cS centistoke

cs catalytic subunit; chromosome; consciousness

CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Canadian Standards Association; canavaninosuccinic acid; carbonyl

salicylamide; cell surface antigen; chemical shift anisotropy; chondroitin sulfate A; chorionic

somatomammotropin A; classical simulated annealing; client server architecture; clinical skills assessment;

colony-stimulating activity; colony survival array; compressed spectral array; computerized spectral analysis;

Controlled Substances Act; cross section area; cyclosporin A

CsA cyclosporin A

CSAA Child Study Association of America

CSAD corporate services administration department

CSAT cell substratum attachment; center for substance abuse treatment

CSAVP cerebral subarachnoid venous pressure

CSB contaminated small bowel; craniosynostosis, Boston type

csb chromosome break

CSBF coronary sinus blood flow

CSBS contaminated small bowel syndrome

CSC blow on blow [Fr. coup sur coup]; chondroitin sulfate C; cigarette smoke condensate; collagen sponge

contraceptive; corticostriatocerebellar; cryogenic storage container; cytokine-secreting cell

CSCC circuits, systems, communications, and computers; cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

CSCD Center for Sickle Cell Disease

CSCE Committee on Scientific Conduct and Ethics [NIH]

CSCHDS Caerphilly and Speedwell Collaborative Heart Disease Studies

CSCI corticosterone side-chain isomerase

CSCL computer-supported collaborative learning

CsCMV cassava common mosaic virus

CSCR Central Society for Clinical Research

CSCV critical serum chemistry value

CSCW computer-supported collaborative work

CSD carotid sinus denervation; cat scratch disease; collimator-skin distance; combined system disease;

computerized severity index; conditionally streptomycin dependent; conduction system disease; cortical

spreading depression; craniospinal defect; critical stimulus duration

CSDB cat scratch disease bacillus

CSDH chronic subdural hematoma

CSDMS Canadian Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

CSE clinical-symptom/self-evaluation [questionnaire]; common standards for quantitative

electrocardiography; cone-shaped epiphysis; conventional spin-echo; cross-sectional echocardiography

C sect, C-section cesarean section

CSEP clinical sepsis; conducted somatosensory evoked potential; cortical somatosensory evoked potential

CSEPP Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

CSER cortical somatosensory evoked response

CSERIAC Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center [Canada]

CSES Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD] Self-Efficacy Scale

CSF cancer family syndrome; cerebrospinal fluid; cold stability factor; colony-stimulating factor; coronary

sinus flow; critical success factor

CS-F colony-stimulating factor

CSFH cerebrospinal fluid hypotension

CSFII Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals

CSF-IR colony-stimulating factor I receptor

CSFP cerebrospinal fluid pressure

CSFQ Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire

CSFR colony-stimulating factor receptor

CSFV cerebrospinal fluid volume; classical swine fever virus

CSF-WR cerebrospinal fluid-Wassermann reaction

CSG cell surface glycoprotein; central sympathetic generator; cholecystography, cholecystogram; clinical

study group; collaborative study group

csg chromosome gap

CSGBI Cardiac Society of Great Britain and Ireland

CSGBM collagenase soluble glomerular basement membrane

CSGE conformational sensitive gel electrophoresis

CsGMV cassava green mottle virus

CSGTEI Collaborative Study Group Trial on the Effect of Irbesartan

CSH carotid sinus hypersensitivity; chronic subdural hematoma; combat support hospital; cortical stromal

hyperplasia

CSHA Canadian Study of Health and Aging

CSHCN children with special health care needs

CSHE California Society for Hospital Engineering

CSHH congenital self-healing histiocytosis

CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

CSHN children with special health needs

CSHS Canadian Smoking Health Survey

CSI calculus surface index; cancer serum index; cavernous sinus infiltration; cervical spine injury; chemical

safety inspection; chemical shift imaging; chemical surety inspection; cholesterol saturation index;

computerized severity of illness [index]; coronary sinus intervention; cranio-spinal irradiation

CSICU cardiac surgical intensive care unit

CSIF cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor

CSII continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion

CSIIP continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pump

CSIN Chemical Substances Information Network

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia]

CSIS clinical supplies and inventory system

CsIV Campoletis sonorensis ichnovirus

CSL cardiolipin synthetic lecithin; corticosteroid liposome

CSLM confocal scanning laser microscopy

CSLP cervical spine locking plate

CSLT Canadian Society of Laboratory Technology

CSLU chronic stasis leg ulcer

CSM cardiosynchronous myostimulator; care systems management; carotid sinus massage; cerebrospinal

meningitis; circulation, sensation, motion; Committee on Safety of Medicines [UK]; confined space medicine;

Consolidated Standards Manual; corn-soy milk

CSMA chronic spinal muscular atrophy

CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access and collision detection

CSMAP celiac-superior mesenteric artery portography

C-SMART Cardiomyoplasty-Skeletal Muscle Assist Randomized Trial

CSMB Center for the Study of Multiple Births

CSMLS Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science

CSMMG Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics

CSMP chloramphenicol-sensitive microsomal protein

CSMSS Collaborative Social and Medical Services System

CSMT chorionic somatomammotropin

CSN cardiac sympathetic nerve; carotid sinus nerve; Chemical Safety Newsbase; cycloserine

CSNA congenital sensory neuropathy with anhidrosis [syndrome]

CSNB congenital stationary night blindness

CS(NCA) Clinical Laboratory Scientist Certified by the National Certification Agency for Medical Laboratory

Personnel

CSNDB Cell Signaling Network Database

CSNK casein kinase

CSNRT, cSNRT corrected sinus node recovery time

CSNS carotid sinus nerve stimulation

CSNU cystinuria

CSO claims services only; common source outbreak; craniostenosis; craniosynostosis; ostium of coronary

sinus

CSOM chronic suppurative otitis media

CSOP coronary sinus occlusion pressure

CSP carotid sinus pressure; cavum septi pellucidi; cell surface protein; central silent period; cerebrospinal

protein; Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; chemistry screening panel; chondroitin sulfate protein;

circumsporozoite protein; complications screening program; Cooperative Statistical Program; criminal sexual

psychopath; cutaneous silent period; cyclosporin

Csp, C-spine cervical spine

CSPAMM complementary spatial modulation of magnetization [imaging]

CSPG chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan

CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest

CSPINE corticosteroid use, seropositive RA, peripheral joint destruction, involvement of cervical nerves,

nodules (rheumatoid), established disease [cervical spine disease risk factors]

CspIV Campoletis sp. ichnovirus

CSPS continual skin peeling syndrome

CSpT corticospinal tract

CSQ Coping Strategies Questionnaire

CSR Center for Scientific Review; central supply room; chart-stimulated recall [test]; Cheyne-Stokes

respiration; continued stay review; corrected sedimentation rate; corrected survival rate; cortisol secretion rate;

cumulative survival rate

CSRA cardio-surgical recovery area

CSRM case specific reference model

CSRP cysteine-rich protein

CSRS cardiac surgery reporting system

CSRT Canadian Society of Respiratory Technology; continuous-speech recognition technology

CSS Canadian Stroke Scale; Cancer Surveillance System; carotid sinus stimulation; carotid sinus syndrome;

cavernous sinus syndrome; central sterile section; central sterile supply; chewing, sucking, swallowing; chronic

subclinical scurvy; Churg-Strauss syndrome; client satisfaction scale; clinical support system; Copenhagen

Stroke Study; cranial sector scan; critical care system

Css [plasma] concentration at steady state

CSSA Carotid Stent-Supported Angioplasty [trial]

CSSAE Communication Skills Self-Assessment Exam

CSSCD Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease

CSSD central sterile supply department

CSSRD Cooperative Systematic Study of Rheumatic Diseases

CSSU central sterile supply unit

CSSV cacao swollen shoot virus

CST cardiac stress test; cardiovascular self-assessment tool; cavernous sinus thrombosis; certified surgical

technologist; chemostatin; Christ-Siemens-Touraine [syndrome]; compliance, static; computer scatter

tomography; contraction stress test; conversational speech task; convulsive shock therapy; corticospinal tract;

cosyntropin stimulation test; cystatin

cSt centistoke

Cst, Cstat static compliance

CSTB Computer Science and Telecommunications Board [National Academy of Sciences]

CSTD chronic single tic disorder

CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

CstF cleavage stimulation factor

CSTI Clearinghouse for Scientific and Technical Information

CSTM cervical prevertebral soft tissue measurement

c-STM cervical specimen transport medium

CSTP Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy

Cst,rs static compliance of respiratory system

CSTT cold-stimulation time test

CSU casualty staging unit; catheter specimen of urine; central statistical unit; clinical specialty unit

CSUF continuous slow ultrafiltration

CSV chick syncytial virus; chlorotic spot virus; chlorotic streak virus; cocksfoot streak virus

CsVC cassava virus C

CSVd Chrysanthemum stunt viroid

CsVMV cassava vein mosaic virus

CSVT central splanchnic venous thrombosis

CsVX cassava virus X

CSW Certified Social Worker; commercial sex worker; current sleep walker

CSWG Clinical Systems Working Group

CSWSS continuous spike-waves of slow sleep

CT calcitonin; calf testis; carboxyl terminal; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carnitine transporter;

carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; cell therapy; cerebral thrombosis; cerebral tumor; cervical traction;

cervicothoracic; chemotaxis; chemotherapy; chest tube; chicken tumor; Chlamydia trachomatis; chlorothiazide;

cholera toxin; cholesterol, total; chordae tendineae; chronic thyroiditis; chymotrypsin; circulation time; classic

technique; clinical trial; closed thoracotomy; clotting time; coagulation time; coated tablet; cobra toxin;

cognitive therapy; coil test; collecting tubule; colon, transverse; combined tumor; compressed tablet; computed

tomography; connective tissue; continue treatment; continuous-flow tube; contraceptive technique; contraction

time; controlled temperature; Coombs test; corneal transplant; coronary thrombosis; corrected transposition;

corrective therapy; cortical thickness; corticospinal tract; cough threshold; crest time; crista terminalis; cystinetellurite;

cytotechnologist; cytotoxic therapy; unit of attenuation [number]

C/T compression/traction [ratio]

C&T color and temperature

CT total compliance

CT-1824 T-1824 (Evans blue) clearance

CTI cardiac troponin I

Ct carboxyl terminal; concentration

ct carat; chromatid; count

CTA Canadian Tuberculosis Association; center for total access; chemotactic activity; chromotropic acid;

Committee on Thrombolytic Agents; computed tomographic angiography; computed tomography of the

abdomen; congenital trigeminal anesthesia; cyanotrimethyl-androsterone; cystine trypticase agar; cytoplasmic

tubular aggregate; cytotoxic assay

CTAB cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide

CTAC Cancer Treatment Advisory Committee

CTAF Canadian Trial of Atrial Fibrillation; conotruncal anomaly face [syndrome]

CTAFS conotruncal anomaly face syndrome

cTAL cortical thick ascending limb

CTAP computed tomography in arterial portography; connective tissue activating peptide

CTAT computerized transaxial tomography

CTB ceased to breathe; cholera toxin B

ctb chromated break

CTC chlortetracycline; Clinical Trial Certificate; Common Toxicity Criteria [database]; computed

tomographic colography; computer-aided tomographic cisternography; consent to continue; cultured T cells

CTCL cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

ctCO2 carbon dioxide concentration

CTD carboxy-terminal domain; chest tube drainage; carpal tunnel decompression; congenital thymic

dysplasia; connective tissue disease; cumulative trauma disorder

CT&DB cough, turn, and deep breathe

CTDI computed tomography dose index

ctDNA chloroplast deoxyribonucleic acid

CTE calf thymus extract; cultured thymic epithelium

CTEM conventional transmission electron microscopy

CTEP Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program

CTEV Camptochironomus tentans entomopoxvirus

CTeV carrot temperate virus

CTF cancer therapy facility; certificate; Colorado tick fever; contrast transfer function; cytotoxic factor

ctf certificate

CTFE chlorotrifluoroethylene

CTFS complete testicular feminization syndrome

CTFV Colorado tick fever virus

CTG cardiotocography; cervicothoracic ganglion; chymotrypsinogen; control technique guidelines

C/TG cholesterol-triglyceride [ratio]

ctg chromated gap

CTGA complete transposition of great arteries

CTGF connective tissue growth factor

CTGFN Convergent Terminology Group for Nursing

CTH ceramide trihexoside; chronic tension headache; computer-assisted tomographic holography;

cystathionase

CTh carrier-specific T-helper [cell]

CTh thoracic compliance

CTHA computed tomographic hepatic angiography

CTHD chlorthalidone

CTI coffee table injury; computers in teaching initiatives; computer-telephony integration [telemedicine]

CTiVd Coconut tinangaja viroid

CTL cervico-thoraco-lumbar; computational tree logic; control; cytolytic T lymphocyte; cytotoxic T

lymphocyte

CTLA cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen

CTLL cytotoxic lymphoid line

CTLp cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursor

CTLSO cervicothoracolumbosacral orthosis

CTLV carrot thin leaf virus

CtLV carrot latent virus

CTM calibration of test material; cardiotachometer; central tendency measure; Chlortrimeton; computed

tomographic myelography; cricothyroid membrane; cricothyroid muscle

CTMC connective tissue mast cell

CTMM computed tomographic metrizamide myelography

CTMM-SF California Test of Mental Maturity-Short Form

CTMR clinical treatment and medical research

CT/MRI computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging

CtMV carrot mosaic virus

CTN calcitonin; clinical trials notification; computer tomography number; continuous noise

cTn-I cardiac troponin I

cTNM clinical classification of primary tumors, regional nodes and metastases [coding]

CTO cervicothoracic orthosis

CTOPP Canadian Trial of Physiological Pacing

CTP California Test of Personality; citrate transport protein; clinical terms project; comprehensive treatment

plan; cytidine triphosphate; cytosine triphosphate

C-TPN cyclic total parenteral nutrition

CTPP cerebral tissue perfusion pressure

CTPVO chronic thrombotic pulmonary vascular obstruction

CTR cardiothoracic ratio; carpal tunnel release; central tumor registry; Connecticut Tumor Registry

ctr central; center; centric

CTRB chymotrypsinogen B

CTRD Cardiac Transplant Research Database

CTRL chymotrypsin-like [protease]

CtRLV carrot red leaf virus

CTRS certified therapeutic recreation specialist

CTRX ceftriaxone

CTS cardiothoracic surgery; cardiotonic steroids; carpal tunnel syndrome; clinical trials support [program];

Collaborative Transplant Study; composite treatment score; computed tomographic scan; conflict tactics scales;

contralateral threshold shift; corticosteroid

CTSB cathepsin B

CTSD cathepsin D

CTSE cathepsin E

CTSG cathepsin G

CTSH cathepsin H

CTSI computerized tomography severity index

CTSL cathepsin L

CTSNFR corrected time of sinoatrial node function recovery

CTSP Cooperative Triglyceride Standardization Program

CTSS cathepsin S; closed tracheal suction system

CTT cefotetan; central tegmental tract; central transmission time; classic test theory; colonic transit time;

compressed tablet triturate; computed transaxial tomography; critical tracking time

CTTAC clinical trials and treatment advisory committee

CTU cardiac-thoracic unit; centigrade thermal unit; constitutive transcription unit

CTV cervical and thoracic vertebrae; citrus tristeza virus; clinical target volume; clinical tumor volume; curly

top virus

CTVDR conformal treatment verification, delivery and recording [system]

CTW central terminal of Wilson; combined testicular weight

CTX cefotaxime; ceftriaxone; cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis; chemotaxis; ciguatoxin; clinical trials

exemption scheme; costotendinous xanthomatosis; cytoxan

CTx cardiac transplantation; conotoxin

CTZ cetirizine; chemoreceptor trigger zone; chlorothiazide

CU cardiac unit; casein unit; cause unknown or undetermined; chymotrypsin unit; clinical unit; color unit;

contact urticaria; convalescent unit

Cu urea clearance

cu cubic

CUA cost-utility analysis [ratio]

CUAVD congenital unilateral absence of vas deferens

CuB copper band

CUBA Cutting Balloon vs Conventional Balloon Angioplasty [study]

CUC chronic ulcerative colitis

cu cm cubic centimeter

CuCV cucumber cryptic virus

CUD cause undetermined; congenital urinary deformity

CuD copper deficiency

CUE confidential unit exclusion; cumulative urinary excretion

CUG Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record User's Group; cystidine, uridine, and guanidine; cystourethrogram,

cystourethrography

CUI character-based interface; concept unique identifier [UMLS]; Cox-Uphoff International [tissue expander]

cu in cubic inch

cult culture

cum cumulative

cu m cubic meter

CUMITECH Cumulative Techniques and Procedures in Clinical Microbiology

cu mm cubic millimeter

CUMULVS collaborative user migration, user library for visualization and steering

CuNV cucumber necrosis virus

CUP carcinoma unknown primary

CUR cystourethrorectal

cur cure, curative; current

CURE Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Ischemic Events [trial]; Columbia University

Restenosis Elimination [trial]

CURL compartment of uncoupling of receptors and ligands

CURN Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing

CurrMIT Curriculum Management and Information Tool

CUS carotid ultrasound examination; catheterized urine specimen; contact urticaria syndrome

CuS copper supplement

CUSA Cavitron ultrasonic aspirator

CuSBV cucumber soilborne virus

CUSSN computer use in social service network

CuTS cubital tunnel syndrome

CV calicivirus; canker virus; cardiac volume; cardiovascular; care vigilance; carotenoid vesicle; cell viability;

cell volume; central venous; cephalic vein; cerebrovascular; cervical vertebra; Chikungunya virus; Chlorella

virus; chlorosis virus; chorionic villi; circovirus; closing volume; clump virus; coefficient of variation

[statistics]; color vision; concentrated volume; conducting vein; conduction velocity; conjugata vera; contrast

ventriculography; conventional ventilation; corpuscular volume; costovertebral; cresyl violet; crinkle virus;

cross validation; cryptic virus; crystal violet; cultivar; cutaneous vasculitis; cyclic voltamogram; cyclic

voltometry

C/V coulomb per volt

Cv specific heat at constant volume

Cv coefficient of variation; constant volume

cv coefficient of variability; cultivar

CVA cardiovascular accident; cerebrovascular accident; cherry virus A; chronic villous arthritis; common

variable agammaglobulinemia; costovertebral angle; cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and Adriamycin

CV-A1 to A22 human coronavirus A 1 to 22

CVAH congenital virilizing adrenal hyperplasia

CVAP cerebrovascular amyloid peptide

CVAT costovertebral angle tenderness

CVB chorionic villi biopsy

CV B1 to B6 human coxsackievirus B1 to B6

CVBS congenital vascular bone syndrome

CVC calcifying vascular cell; central venous catheter

CV cath central venous catheter

CVCT cardiovascular computed tomography

CVD cardiovascular disease; Center for Vaccine Development; chemical vapor deposition; chronic venous

disease; collagen vascular disease; color-vision-deviant; common variable immunodeficiency; congenital

vascular disorder

CVd crinkle viroid

CVELTP Comox Valley Electronic Lab Transfer Project [Canada]

CVF cardiovascular failure; central visual field; cervicovaginal fluid; cobra venom factor

CVFn cardiovascular function

CVFS computerized visual feedback system

CVG composite valve graft; contrast ventriculography; coronary venous graft; cutis verticis gyrata

CVG/MR cutis verticis gyrata/mental retardation [syndrome]

CVGV Csiro Village virus

CVH cerebroventricular hemorrhage; cervicovaginal hood; combined ventricular hypertrophy; common

variable hypogammaglobulinemia

CVHD chronic valvular heart disease

CvHV cervid herpesvirus

CVI cardiovascular incident; cardiovascular insufficiency; cerebrovascular incident; cerebrovascular

insufficiency; Children's Vaccine Initiative; chronic venous insufficiency; common variable immunodeficiency;

content validity index

CVICU cardiovascular intensive care unit

CVID common variable immunodeficiency

CVIS cardiovascular imaging system

CVK computerized videokeratography

CVL central venous line

CVLM caudal ventrolateral medulla; caudoventrolateral medulla

CVLP chimeric virus-like particle

CVLT California Verbal Learning Test; clinical vascular laboratory

CVM cardiovascular monitor; cerebral venous malformation; congenital vascular malformation; contingent

valuation method; cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and methotrexate

CVMoV carnation vein mottle virus

CVMP Committee on Veterans Medical Problems

CVO central vein occlusion; central venous oxygen; Chief Veterinary Officer; circumventricular organ;

credentialing verification organization

CVO2 central venous oxygen content or saturation

CVOD cerebrovascular obstructive disease

CVP cardioventricular pacing; cell volume profile; central venous pressure; chlorfenvinphos;

cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone

cvPO2, cvPO2 cerebral venous partial pressure of oxygen

CVPR computer vision and pattern recognition

CVR cardiovascular-renal; cardiovascular-respiratory; cephalic vasomotor response; cerebrovascular

resistance

CVRD cardiovascular-renal disease

CVRMED computer vision, virtual reality, and robotics in medicine

CVRR cardiovascular recovery room

CVRS cardiovascular and respiratory elements of trauma score

CVS cardiovascular surgery; cardiovascular system; challenge virus strain; chorionic villi sampling; clean

voided specimen; coronavirus susceptibility; current vital signs

CVSMC cultured vascular smooth muscle cells

CVST cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; computerized visual search task

CVST-T Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Trial

CVT cardiovascular technologist; central venous temperature; cerebral venous thrombosis; congenital vertical

talus

CVTR charcoal viral transport medium

CVV Cache Valley virus; ceratitis V virus; citrus variegation virus

CVVH continuous veno-venous hemofiltration

CVVHD continuous veno-venous hemodialysis

CVVHDF continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration

CVX cactus virus X; code for vaccines administered

CW cardiac work; case work; cell wall; chemical warfare; chemical weapon; chest wall; children's ward;

clinical workbench; clockwise; continuous wave; crutch walking

Cw crutch walking

C/W compare with; consistent with

CWA cognitive work analysis

CWBTS capillary whole blood true sugar

CWC Chemical Weapons Convention; chest wall compliance

CWD cell wall defect; Choi-Williams distribution; continuous-wave Doppler

CWDF cell wall-deficient form [bacteria]

CWD/NAF cell wall-deficient, non-acid fast [Mycobacterium tuberculosis]

CWEQ conditions of work effectiveness scale

CWF Cornell Word Form

CWG Communications Working Group [NLM]

CWH cardiomyopathy and wooly hair-coat [syndrome]

CWHB citrated whole human blood

CWI cardiac work index

CWIS campus-wide information system

CWL cutaneous water loss

CWM cardiological workspace manager

CWMI common warehouse metadata interchange

CWMS color, warmth, movement sensation

CWOP childbirth without pain

CWP childbirth without pain; coal worker's pneumoconiosis

CWPEA Childbirth Without Pain Education Association

CWRUNET Case Western Reserve University Network

CWS cell wall skeleton; Chemical Warfare Service; chest wall stimulation; child welfare service; children's

clinical workstation; clinician's workstation; cold water-soluble; cotton wool spots

CWT circuit weight training; cold water treatment; continuous wavelet transform

Cwt, cwt hundredweight

CWV Cape Wrath virus

CWW clinic without walls

CWXSP Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program

CX cervix; chest x-ray; connexin; critical experiment; phosgene oxime [war gas]

Cx cervix; circumflex; clearance; complaint; complex; connexin; convex

cx cervix; complex; connexin; culture; cylinder axis

CXB3S Coxsackie B3 virus susceptibility

CxCor circumflex coronary [artery]

CXEV Chorizagrotis auxiliaris entomopoxvirus

CXMD canine X-linked muscular dystrophy

CXR, CxR chest x-ray

CY casein-yeast autolysate [medium]; cyclophosphamide

Cy cyanogen; cyclophosphamide; cyst; cytarabine

Cy3 cyanine 3

Cy5 cyanine 5

cy, cyan cyanosis

CyA cyclosporine A

CYC cyclophosphamide; cytochrome C

cyc cyclazocine; cycle; cyclotron

CYCAZAREM Cyclophosphamide vs Azathioprine during Remission of Systemic Vasculitis [trial]

CYCLO, Cyclo cyclophosphamide; cyclopropane

Cyclo C cyclocytidine hydrochloride

CYCLOPS cyclically ordered phase sequence; Cyclophosphamide in Systemic Vasculitis

Cyd cytidine

cydv cereal yellow dwarf virus

CYE charcoal yeast extract [agar]

CYH chymase

CyHV cyprinid herpesvirus

CYL casein yeast lactate

cyl cylinder; cylindrical lens

CYLV carrot yellow leaf virus

CYM chymase, mast cell

CYMP chymosin, pseudogene

CYMV cacao yellow mosaic virus

CYN cyanide

CYP cyclophilin; cyproheptadine; cytochrome P

CYPA cyclophilin A

CYPC cyclophilin C

CypCV Cypripedium calceolus virus

CYPH cyclophilin

CYS cystoscopy

Cys cyclosporine; cysteine

Cys-Cys cystine

CysLT1 cysteinyl leukotriene 1

CySNO nitrosated L-cysteine

CYSTO cystogram

cysto cystoscopy

CYSV carnation yellow stripe virus

CYT cytochrome

Cyt cytolytic

Cyt cytoplasm; cytosine

cyt cytochrome; cytology, cytological; cytoplasm; cytosine

Cyto cytotechnologist

cytol cytology, cytological

CY-VA-DIC cyclophosphamide, vincristine, Adriamycin, and dacarbazine

CZ carzinophilin; cefazolin

Cz central midline placement of electrodes in electroencephalography

CZE capillary zone electrophoresis

CZI crystalline zinc insulin

Czn zinc clearance

CZP clonazepam

D

D absorbed dose aspartic acid; cholecalciferol; coefficient of diffusion; dacryon; dalton; date; daughter; day;

dead; dead air space; debye; deceased; deciduous; decimal reduction time; degree; density; dental;

dermatology, dermatologic; dermatologist; deuterium; deuteron; development; deviation; dextro; dextrose;

diabetic; diagnosis; diagonal; diameter; diaphorase; diarrhea; diastole; diathermy; died; difference; diffusion,

diffusing; diffusion coefficient; dihydrouridine; dilution [rate]; diopter; diplomate; dipyridamole; disease;

dispense; displacement [loop]; distal; distance [focus-object]; diuresis; diurnal; divergence; diversity;

diverticulum; divorced; doctor; dog; donor; dorsal; double [pacemaker]; drive; drug; dual; duct; duodenum,

duodenal; duration; dwarf; electric displacement; mean dose; right [Lat. dexter]; unit of vitamin D potency

1-D one-dimensional

D1 prostatic tumor with microscopic involvement of pelvic lymph nodes [Jewett staging system]

D1 diagonal one; first dorsal vertebra

2-D two-dimensional

D2 diagonal two; second dorsal vertebra

2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

3-D three-dimensional

D/3 distal third

D3-12 third to twelfth dorsal vertebrae

4D 4-dimensional [imaging]

4-D four-dimensional

D4 domain 4; fourth digit

D10 decimal reduction time

D50 50% dextrose solution

mean dose

d atomic orbital with angular momentum quantum number 2; dalton; day [Lat. dies]; dead; deceased; deci-;

decrease, decreased; degree; density; deoxy; deoxyribose; dextro-; dextrorotatory; diameter; diastasis; died;

diopter; distal; distance [between radiographic grids or between subject and film or cassette]; diurnal; dorsal;

dose; doubtful; duration; dyne; right [Lat. dexter]

d- deci- [10-1]

1/d once a day

2/d twice a day

mean difference of samples observations [statistics]

Δ see delta

δ see delta

DA dark adaptation; dark agouti [rat]; daunomycin; decision analysis; decontaminating agent; degenerative

arthritis; degree of anisotropy; delayed action; dental assistant; deoxyadenosine; descending aneurysm;

descending aorta; detrusor areflexia; developmental age; dextroamphet-amine; diabetic acidosis; differential

amplifier; differential analyzer; differentiation antigen; digital angiography; digital to analog [converter];

diphenylchlorarsine; Diploma in Anesthetics; direct agglutination; disability assistance; disaggregated;

discriminant analysis; dissecting aneurysm; distal arthrogryposis; dopamine; drug addict, drug addiction; drug

administration; ductus arteriosus

D-A donor-acceptor

D/A date of accident; date of admission; digital-to-analog [converter]; discharge and advise

D&A dilatation and aspiration; drugs and allergy

DA1 distal arthrogryposis type 1

DA2 distal arthrogryposis type 2

2,4-DA 2,4-diaminoanisole

Da dalton

d(A) primary donor

da daughter; day; decada-

deka- [101]

DAA decompensated autonomous adenoma; dementia associated with alcoholism; dialysis-associated

amyloidosis; diaminoanisole

DAAF deoxoyribonucleic acid amplification fingerprinting; Digoxin in Acute Atrial Fibrillation [study]

DAAO diaminoacid oxidase

D(A-a)O2 alveolar arterial oxygen gradient

DAB days after birth; 3,3′-diaminobenzidine; dysrhythmic aggressive behavior

DABA 2,4-diaminobutyric acid

DABP D site albumin promoter binding protein

DABV Dabakala virus

DAC derived air concentration; digital acquisition; digital-to-analog converter; disaster assistance center;

Division of Ambulatory Care

dac dacryon

DACCM department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine

DACL Depression Adjective Check List

DACM N-(7-diamethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl) maleimide

DACMD deputy associate chief medical director

DACS data acquisition and control system

DACT dactinomycin; daily activity [UMLS]

DAD delayed afterdepolarization; diffuse alveolar damage; Disability Assessment in Dementia; discharge

abstract databank; dispense as directed

DADA dichloroacetic acid diisopropylammonium salt

DADDS diacetyldiaminodiphenylsulfone

DADS Director Army Dental Service

DAdV duck adenovirus

DAdV-1 egg drop syndrome virus

DAE differential algebraic equation; diphenylanthracene endoperoxide; diving air embolism; dysbaric air

embolism

DA/ES data analysis expert system

DAEV Dermolepida albohirtum entomopoxvirus

DAF decay-accelerating factor; delayed auditory feedback; drug-adulterated food

DAFV Desulfurolobus virus

DAG diacylglycerol; dianhydrogalactitol; directed acyclic graph; dystrophin-associated glycoprotein

DAGK diacylglycerol kinase

DAGL diacylglycerol lipase

DAGT direct antiglobulin test

DAGV D'Aguilar virus

DAH diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; disordered action of the heart

DAHEA Department of Allied Health Education and Accreditation

DAHM Division of Allied Health Manpower

DAI diffuse axonal injury; drug attitude inventory

DAIDS Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) [NIH]

DAIS Diabetes Atherosclerosis Intervention Study

DAISY Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young

DAIT Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation [NIH]

DaIV Diadegma acronyctae ichnovirus

Dal, dal dalton

DALA delta-aminolevulinic acid

DALE disability-adjusted life expectancy; Drug Abuse Law Enforcement

DALM dysplasia with associated lesion or mass

DALT dalton

DALY(s) disability-adjusted life year(s)

DAM data-associated message; database access module; degraded amyloid; diacetyl monoxime;

diacetylmorphine

dam decameter

DAMA discharged against medical advice

DAMAD Diabetic Microangiopathy Modification with Aspirin vs Dipyridamole

DAMET Diet and Moderate Exercise Trial

DAMOS drug application methodology with optical storage

dAMP deoxyadenosine monophosphate; deoxyadenylate adenosine monophosphate

DAN data acquisition in neurophysiology; diabetic autonomic neuropathy

DANAMI Danish Multicenter Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction

DANC decontaminating agent, noncorrosive

D and C dilatation and curettage

DANS 1-dimethylaminonaphthalene-5-sulfonyl chloride

DANTE delays altered with nutation for tailored excitation

DAO diamine oxidase

DAo descending aorta

DAOM depressor anguli oris muscle

DAP data acquisition processor; data architecture project; depolarizing afterpotential; diabetes-associated

peptide; diaminopimelic acid; diaminopyridine; diastolic aortic pressure; diastolic arterial pressure;

dihydroxyacetone phosphate; dipeptidylaminopeptidase; direct latex agglutination pregnancy [test]; dose area

product; Draw-a-Person [test]; Drug Action Programme [WHO]

D-AP5 D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid

D-AP7 D-2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid

DAP&E Diploma of Applied Parasitology and Entomology

DAPI 4,6-diamino-2-phenylindole

DAPPAF Dual-Site Atrial Pacing for Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation [trial]

DAPRE daily adjustable progressive resistive exercise

DAPRU Drug Abuse Prevention Resource Unit

DAPs Database Access Project [UK]

DAPT diaminophenylthiazole; direct agglutination pregnancy test

DAQ data acquisition; Diagnostic Assessment Questionnaire; digital acquisition

DAR daily activity record; daily effective rhythm; death after resuscitation; diacereine; differential absorption

ratio; dual asthmatic reaction

DA-R dopamine receptor

DARE Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness; Drug Abuse Resistance Education

DARP drug abuse rehabilitation program

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Project Agency [Department of Defense]

DART Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology [NLM database]; Diet and Reinfarction Trial; Dilation vs

Ablation Revascularization Trial

D/ART Depression, Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment [NIMH hotline]

DARTS Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside, Scotland; Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Testing System

DAS data acquisition system; dead air space; Death Anxiety Scale; delayed anovulatory syndrome;

dextroamphetamine sulfate; 4,15-diacetoxyscripenol; Dietary Alternatives Study; digital angiography

segmentation; double addition of serum; dyadic adjustment scale

DASA distal articular set angle

DASD direct access storage device

DASH Delay in Accessing Stroke Healthcare [trial]; Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension [trial]; Distress

Alarm for the Severely Handicapped

DASI Duke activity status index

DASM data acquisition system management

DASS Dilazep Aspirin Stroke Study

DAST diethylaminosulfur trifluoride; drug abuse screening test; drug and alcohol screening test

DAstV duck astrovirus

DAT delayed-action tablet; dementia Alzheimer's type; dental aptitude test; diacetylthiamine; diet as tolerated;

differential agglutination titer; Differential Aptitude Test; diphtheria antitoxin; direct agglutination test; direct

antiglobulin test; Disaster Action Team; divided attention; dopamine transporter

DATA Diltiazem as Adjunctive Therapy to Activase [study]

DATE dental auxiliary teacher education

DATF Difficult Airway Task Force

DATOS Diet and Antismoking Trial of Oslo Study

DATP deoxyadenosine triphosphate

dATP deoxyadenosine monophosphate

DATTA diagnostic and therapeutic technology assessment

DAU 3-deazauridine; Dental Auxiliary Utilization

dau daughter

DAUs drug abuse testing and urines

DAV data valid; Disabled American Veterans; disease-associated virus; duck adenovirus

DAVF dural arteriovenous fistula

DAVIT Danish Verapamil Infarction Trial

DAVM dural arteriovenous malformation

DAvMED Diploma in Aviation Medicine

DAVP deamino-arginine vasopressin

DAWN Drug Abuse Warning Network

DAZ deleted in azoospermia

DB database; date of birth; deep breath; dense body; dextran blue; diabetes, diabetic; diagonal band; diet

beverage; direct bilirubin; disability; distobuccal; double-blind [study]; double buffer [board]; duodenal bulb;

Dutch belted [rabbit]

Db diabetes, diabetic

Db database; body density

dB, db decibel

db database; date of birth; diabetes, diabetic

DBA database administrator; Diamond-Blackfan anemia; dibenzanthracene; Dolichos biflorus agglutinin

DBAE dihydroxyborylaminoethyl

DBB diagonal band of Broca

DBC dibencozide; distal balloon catheter; dye-binding capacity

DB&C deep breathing and coughing

DBCL dilute blood clot lysis [method]

DBCP dibromochloropropane

DBD definite brain damage; deoxyribonucleic acid-binding domain; dibromodulcitol; dynamic beam delivery

[radiotherapy]

DBDC distal bile duct carcinoma

DBDG distobuccal developmental groove

DBDO decabromodiphenyl oxide; desert battle dress overgarment

DBDS database definition structure

DB/DS database of data sets

dB/dt change of magnetic flux with time

DBE deep breathing exercise; dibromoethane

DBED N,N′-bis-dibenzyl ethylenediaminediacetic acid

dbEST database expressed sequence tag; Database of Expressed Sequence Tags [NLM]

DBEV Demodema entomopoxvirus

dbGSS database genome survey sequence; Database on Genome Survey Sequences [NLM]

DBH dopamine beta-hydroxylase

DbH diagnosis by hybridization

DBI development at birth index; phenformin hydrochloride

DBil direct bilirubin

DBIOC database input/output control

DBIR Directory of Biotechnology Information Resources

dBk decibels above 1 kilowatt

DBL desbromoleptophos

DBLE Double Bolus Lytic Efficacy [trial]

DBM database management; dibromomannitol; dobutamine

dBm decibels above 1 milliwatt

dBMAN database manager

DBMS database management system

DBN dynamic Bayesian network

DBNN decision-based neural network

DBO distobucco-occlusal

db/ob diabetic obese [mouse]

DBP deoxyribonucleic acid-binding peptide; diastolic blood pressure; dibutylphthalate; distobuccopulpal; D

hle body panmyelopathy; vitamin D-binding protein

DBPOFC double-blind placebo-controlled oral food challenge

DBP-PEG/DNA deoxyribonucleic acid-binding peptide-polyethylene glycol/deoxyribonucleic acid

DBR distorted breathing rate

DBRI dysfunctional behavior rating instrument

DBRPC double-blind randomized placebo-controlled

DBS deep brain stimulation; Denis Browne splint; despeciated bovine serum; Diamond-Blackfan syndrome;

dibromosalicil; diminished breath sounds; direct bonding system; Division of Biological Standards; double

blind study; double-burst stimulus; dysgenesis of corpus callosum

dbSNP Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism [NLM]

DBSP dibromosulphthalein

dbSTS database of Sequence Tagged Sites [NLM]; database sequence target site

DBSV deconvolution based on shape variation

DBT dry bulb temperature

DBV Dakar bat virus; Dioscorea bacilliform virus

DBW desirable body weight

dBW decibels above 1 watt

DC daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; defining characteristic;

dendritic cell; dendritic core; Dental Corps; deoxycholate; descending colon; dextran charcoal; diagonal

conjugate; diagnostic center; diagnostic cluster; diagnostic code; differentiated cell; diffusion capacity; digit

copying; digital computer; dilatation and curettage; dilation catheter; diphenylcyanoarsine; direct

Coombs' [test]; direct current; discharge, discharged; discontinue, discontinued; distal colon; distocervical;

Doctor of Chiropractic; donor cells; dopachrome; dorsal column; dressing change; duodenal cap; Dupuytren

contracture; duty cycle; dyskeratosis congenita; electric defibrillator using DC discharge

D/C discharge [JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]; discontinue

D&C dilatation and curettage; drugs and cosmetics

Dc critical dilution rate

D/c discontinue; discharge

DC65 Darvon compound 65

dC deoxycytidine

dc decrease; direct current; discharge; discontinue

DCA deoxycholate-citrate agar; deoxycholic acid; desoxycorticosterone acetate; dichloroacetate; directional

color angiography; directional coronary atherectomy

DCa deoxycortisone acetate

DCABG double coronary artery bypass graft

DCAF dilated cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation

2D-CAG 2-dimensional coronary angiography

DCAld dichloroacetaldehyde

DCB 3,4-dichlorobenzamil

DCBE double contrast barium enema

DCBF dyamic cardiac blood flow

DCbN deep cerebellar nucleus

DCC day care center; deleted in colorectal cancer; desquamated cornified cells; device communication

controller; dextran-coated charcoal; diameter of cylindrical collimator; N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide; digital

compact cassette; disaster control center; dorsal cell column; double concave; dysgenesis of corpus callosum

2DCC 2-dimensional cross-correlation

DCCMP daunomycin, cyclocytidine, 6-mercaptopurine, and prednisolone

DCCO2 diffusing capacity for carbon dioxide

DCCT Diabetes Control and Complications Trial

DCCV direct current cardioversion

DCD differential current density; Diploma in Chest Diseases; disorders of cortical development; dynamic

cooling device

D/c'd, dc'd discontinued

D/CDK D-type cyclin-dependent kinase

DCE desmosterol-to-cholesterol enzyme; distributed computing environment

DCE-MRI dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

DCET dicarboxyethoxythiamine

DCF 2′-deoxycoformycin; dichlorofluorescein; direct centrifugal flotation; dopachrome conversion factor

DCFDA 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein diacetate

DCFH dichlorofluorescein

DCFH-DA dichlorofluorescein diacetate

DCG dacryocystography; deoxycorticosterone glucoside; diagnosis cost-related group; disodium

cromoglycate; dynamic electrocardiography

DCGE denaturation gradient gel electrophoresis

DCH delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity; Diploma in Child Health

DCh Doctor of Surgery [Lat. Doctor Chirurgiae]

DCHA docosahexaenoic acid

DCHEB dichlorohexafluorobutane

DCHN dicyclohexylamine nitrite

DChO Doctor of Ophthalmic Surgery

DCI dichloroisoprenaline; dichloroisoproterenol; digital cardiac imaging; Doppler color imaging; duplicate

coverage inquiry

DCIA deep circumflex iliac artery

DCIEM Defense and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine [Canada]

DCIP dichlorophenolindophenol

DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ

DCK, dCK deoxycytidine kinase

DCL data control language; dicloxacillin; diffuse or disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis; digital case library

DCLHb diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin

DCLS deoxycholate citrate lactose saccharose

DCM dichloromethane; dichloromethotrexate; dilated cardiomyopathy; Doctor of Comparative Medicine;

dyssynergia cerebellaris myoclonica

DCMADS [Washington] DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study

DCML dorsal column medial lemniscus

3D-CMM 3-dimensional coordinate measuring machine [orthopedic surgery]

DCMP daunomycin, cytosine arabinoside, 6-mercaptopurine, and prednisolone

dCMP deoxycytidine monophosphate

DCMS data creation and maintenance system

DCMT Doctor of Clinical Medicine of the Tropics

3D-CMT three-dimensional computed x-ray microtomography

DCMX 2,4-dichloro-m-xylenol

DCN data collection network; deep cerebral nucleus; delayed conditioned necrosis; depressed, cognitively

normal; dorsal cochlear nucleus; dorsal column nucleus; dorsal cutaneous nerve

DCNB 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene

DCNU chlorozotocin

DCO death certificate only; Diploma of the College of Optics

DCO diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide

dCO2 dissolved carbon dioxide

DCOG Diploma of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

DCOM [Microsoft] distributed component object model

DCOP distal coronary occlusion pressure

DCOR dopachrome oxidoreductase

DCP des-γ-carboxy prothrombin; dicalcium phosphate; Diploma in Clinical Pathology; Diploma in Clinical

Psychology; District Community Physician; dual chamber pacemaker; dynamic compression plate

DCPA chlorthal-dimethyl

DCPP Disease Control Priorities Project [WHO]

DCR dacryocystorhinostomy; data conversion receiver; digitally composited radiograph; direct cortical

response

DCRT Division of Computer Research and Technology [NIH]

3DCRT, 3D CRT three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

DCS decompression sickness; dense canalicular system; diffuse cortical sclerosis; discharge summary; distal

coronary sinus; dorsal column stimulation, dorsal column stimulator; dynamic condylar screw; dynamic

contrast-enhanced subtraction; dynamic contrast-enhanced tomography; dynamic control system; dyskinetic

cilia syndrome

dcSSc diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

DCSWS dementia with continuing spike-wave during slow-wave sleep

DCT detached ciliary tuft; direct Coombs' test; discrete cosine transform; distal convoluted tubule; diurnal

cortisol test; dynamic computed tomography

3DCT, 3D-CT 3-dimensional computed tomography

DCTMA desoxycorticosterone trimethylacetate

dCTP deoxycytidine triphosphate

DCTPA desoxycorticosterone triphenylacetate

DCTS dynamic carpal tunnel syndrome

DCV diagnostic content validity; distribution of conduction velocities

D2CV Doppler 2-chamber view

D4CV Doppler 4-chamber view

DCVC dichlorovinyl cystine

DCVMN Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers' Network

DCX double charge exchange

DCx double convex

DD dangerous drug; Darier disease; data definition; data dictionary; day of delivery; D-dimer; death domain;

degenerated disk; degenerative disease; delusional disorder; depth dose [x-ray]; detrusor dyssynergia;

developmental disability; diastrophic dysplasia; died of the disease; differential diagnosis; differential display;

digest and discharge; digestive disorder; Di Guglielmo disease; disc diameter; discharge diagnosis; discharged

dead; dog dander; double diffusion; double dummy; drug dependence; dry dressing; Duchenne dystrophy;

Dupuytren disease

D&D design and development

D6D delta-6-desaturase

dd dideoxy

DDA Dangerous Drugs Act; dideoxyadenosine; digital differential analysis

ddA 2′,3′-dideoxyadenosine

DDase deoxyuridine diphosphatase

ddATP dideoxyadenosine triphosphate

DDAVP, dDAVP 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin; 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin

DDB dosimetric databank [radiotherapy]

DDBJ Deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] Data Bank of Japan

DDC dangerous drug cabinet; dideoxycytidine; 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine; diethyldithiocarbamate;

dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase; direct display console; diverticular disease of the

colon

DDc double concave

ddC dideoxycytidine

DDD AV universal [pacemaker]; Dali domain dictionary; defined daily dose; degenerative disk disease;

dehydroxydinaphthyl disulfide; dense deposit disease; Denver dialysis disease; dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane;

dihydroxydinaphthyl disulfide; dorsal dural deficiency; double dose delay; Dowling-Degos

disease; dual mode, dual pacing, dual sensing

DDD CT double-dose-delay computed tomography

DDDD-CAT Drug Delivery Device Dispatch in Coronary Angioplasty Trial

DDDi infant defined daily dose

DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; dynamic data exchange

DDEB dominantly inherited dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

DDF demographic data form

ddF dideoxy fingerprinting

DDFP dodecafluoropentane

DDG deoxy-D-glucose

ddGTP dideoxyguanidine triphosphate

DDH developmental dysplasia of the hip; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase; Diploma in Dental Health; dissociated

double hypertropia

ddH2O double-distilled water

DDI dideoxyinosine; dynamic data icon

ddI didanoside; dideoxyinosine

DDIB Disease Detection Information Bureau

DDKase deoxynucleoside diphosphate kinase

DDL data definition language

DDM differential diagnosis manager; Diploma in Dermatological Medicine; Doctor in Dental Medicine;

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson [syndrome]

DDMR Dam-directed DNA mismatch repair

dDNA denatured deoxyribonucleic acid

DDNTP, ddNTP dideoxynucleotide triphosphate

DDO Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics

DDP cisplatin; density-dependent phosphoprotein; difficult denture patient; digital data processing; distributed

data processing

DDPA Delta Dental Plans Association

DD-PCR, DDPCR differential display polymerase chain reaction

DDQ database directed query

2D DQFC NMR 2-dimensional double quantum filtered correction nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

DDR diastolic descent rate; Diploma in Diagnostic Radiology; DNA damage response

DDRB Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body

DDRP DNA damage responsive protein

DDRT diseases, disorders and related topics

DDS damaged disk syndrome; dapsone; data definition structure; dendrodendritic synaptosome; dental distress

syndrome; depressed DNA synthesis; dialysis disequilibrium syndrome; diaminodiphenylsulfone; directional

Doppler sonography; dirty data set; Director of Dental Services; disability determination service; Disease-

Disability Scale; Doctor of Dental Surgery; dodecyl sulfate; double decidual sac; dystrophy-dystocia syndrome

DDSc Doctor of Dental Science

DDSI digital damage severity index

DDSO diaminodiphenylsulfoxide

DDSS Defense Dental Standard System; Diagnostic Decision Support System [software]

DDST Denver Developmental Screening Test

DDST-R Denver Developmental Screening Test-Revised

DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; ductus deferens tumor; dynamic data table

Ddt deceleration time

DDTC diethyldithiocarbamate

DDTN dideoxy-didehydrothymidine

ddTTP dideoxythymidine triphosphate

DDU data deficit unit; data definition unit; dermo-distortive urticaria; duplex Doppler ultrasound

dDVH differential dose-volume histogram

DDW Digestive Diseases Week

D/DW dextrose in distilled water

D 5% DW 5% dextrose in distilled water

DDx differential diagnosis

DE data encoder; dendritic expansion; deprived eye; design effect; diagnostic error; dialysis encephalopathy;

diesel exhaust; digestive energy; direct excitation; dose equivalent; dream elements; drug evaluation; duodenal

exclusion; duration of ejection

D&E diet and elimination; dilation or dilatation and evacuation

D=E dates equal to examination

2DE two-dimensional echocardiography

3DE 3-dimensional echocardiography

dE differential in energy

DEA dehydroepiandrosterone; diethanolamine; Drug Enforcement Administration

DEAD Dying Experience at Dartmouth

DEAE diethylaminoethyl [cellulose]

DEAE-D diethylaminoethyl dextran

DEAFF detection of early antigen fluorescent foci

DEALE declining exponential approximation of life expectancy [method]

DEATH Dying Experience at the Hitchcock

DEB diepoxybutane; diethylbutanediol; Division of Environmental Biology; dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

deb debridement

DEBA diethylbarbituric acid

DEBATE Doppler Endpoints Balloon Angioplasty Trial, Europe

debil debilitation

DEBRA Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association

DEBS dominant epidermolysis bullosa simplex

DEC decrease; deoxycholate citrate; diagnostic episode cluster; diethylcarbamazine; dynamic environmental

conditioning

Dec, dec decant

dec deceased; deciduous; decimal; decompose, decomposition; decrease, decreased

DECA Demographic and Economic Characteristics of the Aged [database]

decd deceased

DECG differentiated ECG

decoct decoction

DECODE Diabetes Epidemiology, Collaborative Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria in Europe

DECOMP decomposition [EMG into separate channels]

decomp decompensation; decompose, decomposition

decr decrease, decreased

D-ECST Dutch-European Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis [trial]

DECU decubitus [ulcer]

decub lying down [Lat. decubitus]

DED date of expected delivery; death effector domain [cell]; defined exposure dose; delayed erythema dose

DEEDS Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems

DEEG depth electroencephalogram, depth electroencephalography

DEER Diet and Exercise in Elevated Risk [trial]

DEET N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide

DEF decayed primary teeth requiring filling, decayed primary teeth requiring extraction, and primary teeth

successfully filled; dose-effect factor

def defecation; deferred; deficiency, deficient

DEFIANT Doppler Flow and Echocardiography in Functional Cardiac Insufficiency Assessment of

Nisoldipine Therapy [trial]

defib defibrillation

DEFIBRILAT Defibrillator as Bridge to Later Transplantation [study]

defic deficiency, deficient

DEFN Danubian endemic familial nephropathy

DEFNT dose-effect factor for normal tissue

deform deformed, deformity

DEFT direct epifluorescent filter technique

DEFT dose-effect factor for tumor

DEFV deceleration of early flow velocity

DEG degenerin; diagnostic evaluation group; diethylene glycol

Deg, deg degeneration, degenerative; degree

degen degeneration, degenerative

DEH dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica

DEHP di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate

DEHR distributed electronic health record

DEHS Division of Emergency Health Services

DEHT developmental hand function test

dehyd dehydration, dehydrated

DEJ, dej dentino-enamel junction; dermo-epidermal junction

del deletion; delivery; delusion

DELFIA dissociated enhanced lanthanide fluoroimmunoassay

deliq deliquescence, deliquescent

DELIRIUM drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention

of urine or feces-infection-unfamiliar surroundings-myocardial infarction [causes of delirium]

Delt deltoid

DELTA Descriptive Language for Taxonomy [program]; dietary effects on lipoproteins and thrombogenic

activity

Δ Greek capital letter delta

δ Greek lower case letter delta; immunoglobulin D

Δ df differences between degrees of freedom

ΔP change in pressure

ΔR additional resistance

ΔR,L additional resistance, lung

ΔR,rs additional resistance, respiratory system

ΔR,w additional resistance, chest wall

ΔV change in volume

DEM demerol; diethylmaleate; diffusion equation method

Dem Demerol

DEMO dynamic essential modeling

DEN denervation; dengue; dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum; Device Experience Network [of the CDRH];

diethylnitrosamine

denat denatured

DENT Dental Exposure Normalization Technique

Dent, dent dental; dentist, dentistry; dentition

DENTALPROJ Dental Research Projects

DENV dengue virus

DEP depression emulation program [computer simulation]; dielectrophoresis; diethylpropanediol; dilution end

point

dep dependent; deposit

DEPA diethylene phosphoramide

DEPC diethyl pyrocarbonate

depr depression, depressed

DEPS distal effective potassium secretion

DEP ST SEG depressed ST segment

DEPT distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer

dept department

DEQ Depression Experiences Questionnaire

DER disulfiram-ethanol reaction; dual energy radiography

DeR degeneration reaction

der derivative [chromosome]

DERI Diabetes Epidemiology Research International [study]

deriv derivative, derived

Derm, derm dermatitis; dermatological, dermatologist, dermatology; dermatome

DERS dependent error regression smoothing

DES Danish Enoxaparin Study; data encryption standard; dementia rating scale; dermal-epidermal separation;

descendant [UMLS]; desmin; dialysis encephalopathy syndrome; diethylstilbestrol; diffuse esophageal spasm;

disequilibrium syndrome; dissociative experience scale; doctor's emergency service

DES1 descendant, first level in hierarchy [UMLS]

desat desaturated

desc descendant; descending

Desc Ao descending aorta

desq desquamation

DESIRE Debulking and Stenting in Restenosis Elimination [trial]

DESS double-echo steady state

DEST Denver Eye Screening Test; dichotic environmental sounds test; differentially expressed sequence tag

DESTINI Doppler Endpoint Stent International Investigation; Duke University Clinical Cardiology Study

Elective Stent Trial: A Cost Containment Initiative

DeSyGNER Decision Systems Group Nucleus of Extensible Resources

DET diethyltryptamine; dipyridamole echocardiography test

DETC diethyldithiocarbamate

Det-6 detroid-6 [human sternal marrow cells]

determ determination, determined

detn detention

detox detoxification

DEUC direct electronic urethrocystometry

DEV deviant, deviation; duck embryo vaccine; duck embryo virus

dev development; deviation

devel development

DevPd developmental pediatrics

DEW diagnostic encyclopedia workstation

DEX dexamethasone

Dex dextrose

dex dexterity; dextrorotatory; right [Lat. dexter]

DEXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

DF decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; defibrillation; deficiency factor; defined flora

[animal]; degree of freedom; diabetic father; dietary fibers; digital fluoroscopy; diphase fix; discriminant

function; disseminated foci; distribution factor; dominant frequency; dorsiflexion; dysgonic fermenter

D&F Diamond and Forrester [analysis of probability]

Df Dermatophagoides farinae; discrimination factor; duodenal fluid

df degrees of freedom [statistics]

DF-2 dysgonic fermenter 2

DFA detrended fluctuation analysis; direct fluorescent antibody; discriminant function analysis; dorsiflexion

angle; dorsiflexion assistance

DFB dinitrofluorobenzene; dysfunctional bleeding

DFC developmental field complex; dry-filled capsule

DFD data flow diagram; defined formula diets; developmental field defect; diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate

DFDB demineralized freeze-dried bone

dFdCTP difluorodeoxycytidine triphosphate

DFDT difluoro-diphenyl-trichloroethane

df/dx differential diagnosis

DFE diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia; distal femoral epiphysis

DFECT dense fibroelastic connective tissue

3DFEM three-dimensional finite element method

2D-FFT 2-dimensional fast Fourier transform

DFG direct forward gaze

DFHom Diploma of the Faculty of Homeopathy

DFHS Department of Family and Health Services [Australia]

DFI disease-free interval; dye fluorescence index

DFIB defibrillation

DFL digital film library

DFM decreased fetal movement

DFMC daily fetal movement count

DFMO difluoromethylornithine

DFMR daily fetal movement record

DFN distal femoral nail

DFO, DFOM deferoxamine

DFP diastolic filling period; diisopropyl-fluorophosphate

DF32P radiolabeled diisopropylfluorophosphate

DFPP double filtration plasmapheresis

DFR designated family respondent; diabetic floor routine; digital fluororadiography

DFS disease-free survival; distraction-flexion staging; distributed file system

DFSP dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

DFT defibrillation threshold; dementia of frontal type; diagnostic function test; discrete Fourier transform

DFT3 dialyzable fraction of triiodothyronine

DFT4 dialyzable fraction of thryoxine

2DFT two-dimensional Fourier transform

3DFT three-dimensional Fourier transform

DFTS digital flashing tomosynthesis

DFU dead fetus in utero; dideoxyfluorouridine

DFV diarrhea with fever and vomiting

DG data gathering; dentate gyrus; deoxyglucose; desmoglein; diacylglycerol; diagnosis; diastolic gallop;

DiGeorge [anomaly or syndrome]; diglyceride; distogingival

2DG 2-deoxy-D-glucose

Dg dentate gyrus

dg decigram; diagnosis

DGA DiGeorge anomaly

DGAP deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] guided assembly of proteins

DGAT diacylglycerol transferase

DGAVP desglycinamide-9-[Arg-8]-vasopressin

DGBG dimethylglyoxal bisguanyl-hydrazone

DGCR DiGeorge chromosome region; DiGeorge critical region

DGE delayed gastric emptying; diglycidyl ether

dge drainage

2D-GEMS 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis mass spectrometry

DGF duct growth factor

DGGE denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

DGI dentinogenesis imperfecta; disseminated gonococcal infection

dGI dorsal giant interneuron

DGIM Division of General Internal Medicine

DGKV Dera Ghazi Khan virus

DGLA dihomogamma-linolenic acid

dGMP deoxyguanosine monophosphate

DGMS Division of General Medical Sciences

DGN diffuse glomerulonephritis

DGNA delayed gamma neutron activation

DGO Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics

DGP 2,3-diglycerophosphate; Dutch General Practices Study

DGPG diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis

DGR duodenogastric reflux

DGS developmental Gerstmann syndrome; diabetic glomerulosclerosis; DiGeorge sequence; DiGeorge

syndrome; disease guidance systems; dysplasia-gigantism syndrome

DGSCR DiGeorge syndrome critical region

DGSX X-linked dysplasia gigantism syndrome

dGTP deoxyguanosine triphosphate

DGU uracil deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase

DGV dextrose-gelatin-Veronal [buffer]

DG/VCF DiGeorge/velocardiofacial [syndrome]

DH daily habits; day hospital; dehydrocholate; dehydrogenase; delayed hypersensitivity; department of health;

dermatitis herpetiformis; developmental history; diaphragmatic hernia; disseminated histoplasmosis; dominant

hand; dorsal horn; drug history; ductal hyperplasia; Dunkin-Hartley [guinea pig]

D&H distributed and heterogeneous [information sources]

D/H deuterium/hydrogen [ratio]

DHA dehydroacetic acid; dehydroascorbic acid; dehydroepiandrosterone; dihydroacetic acid;

dihydroxyacetone; district health authority

DHAD mitoxantrone hydrochloride

DHAOS Dutch Hypertension and Offspring Study

DHAP dihydroxyacetone phosphate

DHAP-AT dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltransferase

DHAS dehydroandrostenedione

DHB dihydroxybenzoate; duck hepatitis B

DHBE dihydroxybutyl ether

DHBG dihydroxybutyl guanine

DHBS dihydrobiopterin synthetase

DHBV duck hepatitis B virus

DHC dehydrocholate; dehydrocholesterol; delivery of health care

DHCA deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest; dihydroxycholestanoic acid

DHCC dehydroxycholecalciferol

DHCCP Department of Health and Social Security Hypertension Care Computing Project

DHCP decentralized or distributed hospital computer program; dental health care provider; dynamic host

control protocol

DHCS Department of Health and Community Services [Australia]

DHD district health department

DH-DATA Department of Health Library Database [UK]

DHE dihematoporphyrin ether; dihydroergocryptine; dihydroergotamine; distributed healthcare environment

DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone

DHEAS dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate

DHEC dihydroergocryptine

DHES Division of Health Examination Statistics

DHESN dihydroergosine

DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

DHF dengue hemorrhagic fever; dihydrofolate; dorsihyperflexion

DHF/DSS dengue hemorrhagic fever/ dengue shock syndrome

DHFR dihydrofolate reductase

DHFRase dihydrofolate reductase

DHFRP dihydrofolate reductase pseudogene

DHFS Diet-Heart Feasibility Study

DHg Doctor of Hygiene

DHGG deaggregated human gammaglobulin

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DHI Dental Health International; dihydroxyindole

DHIA dehydroisoandrosterol

DHIAP Defense Healthcare Information Assurance Program

DHIC dihydroisocodeine

DHICA 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid

DHIS distributed healthcare information system; district health information system; Duke Hospital

Information System

DHL diffuse histiocytic lymphoma

DHLA haloalkane dehalogenase

DHLD dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

DHM dihydromorphine

DHMA 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid

DHMO dental health maintenance organization

DHO dihydro-orotate

dH2O distilled water

DHODH dihydro-orotate dehydrogenase

DHOV Dhori virus

DHP dehydrogenated polymer; dihydroprogesterone; 1,4-dihydropyridine; dual heuristic programming

DHPA dihydroxypropyl adenine

DHPCCB dihydropyrimidine calcium channel blocker

DHPDH dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase

DHPG dihydroxyphenylglycol; dihydroxypropoxymethylguanine

DHPR dihydropteridine reductase

DHR delayed hypersensitivity reaction; Department of Human Resources; disc-large homologous region

DHS delayed hypersensitivity; demographic and health survey; diabetic hyperosmolar state; document

handling system; duration of hospital stay; dynamic hip screw

D-5-HS 5% dextrose in Harman's solution

DHSM dihydrostreptomycin

DHSS Department of Health and Social Security; dihydrostreptomycin sulfate

DHT dehydrotestosterone; dihydroergotoxine; dihydrotachysterol; dihydrotestosterone; dihydrothymine;

dihydroxytryptamine; discrete Hartley transform

5,7-DHT 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine

DHTP dihydrotestosterone propionate

DHTR dihydrotestosterone receptor

DHU dihydroxyuracil

DHUA Division of Health and Utilization Analysis

DHV duck hepatitis virus

DHy, DHyg Doctor of Hygiene

DHZ dihydralazine

DI date of injury; date interviewed; defective interfering [particle]; dental index; dental informatics;

dentinogenesis imperfecta; deoxyribonucleic acid index; depression inventory; desorption ionization;

deterioration index; detrusor instability; diabetes insipidus; diagnostic imaging; dialyzed iron; diastolic interval;

disability insurance; dispensing information; disto-incisal; document index; donor insemination; dorso-iliac;

dose intensity; double indemnity; drug information; drug injection; drug interactions; duct injection;

dyskaryosis index

3DI three-dimensional imaging

5′DI 5′-deiodinase

DIA depolarization-induced automaticity; diabetes; diaphorase; diazepam; Drug Information Association

DiA Diego antigen

dia diakinesis; diathermy

diab diabetes, diabetic

DIACOMP Diabetes Complications [study]

DiaComp diabetes computer-aided [management]

DIAG diagnostic procedure [UMLS]

Diag diagnosis

diag diagonal; diagnosis; diagram

diam diameter

DIAMOND Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide

DIAMOND-CHF Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide in Congestive Heart Failure

DIAMOND-MI Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide in Myocardial Infarction

diaph diaphragm

dias diastole, diastolic

diath diathermy

DIB diagnostic interview for borderlines; difficulty in breathing; disability insurance benefits; dot

immunobinding; duodenoileal bypass

DIBAL diisobutylaluminum

diBr-HQ 5,7-dibromo-8-hydroxy-quinidine

DIC dicarbazine; differential interference contrast microscopy; diffuse intravascular coagulation; direct isotope

cystography; disseminated intravascular coagulation; drip infusion cholangiography; drug information center

dic dicentric [chromosome]

DICA diagnostic interview of children and adolescents

DICD dispersion-induced circular dichroism

DICO diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide

DICOM digital imaging and communication in medicine

DICOM-RT digital image communications in medicine-radiation therapy

DICPM distributed information, computation, and process management

DID dead of intercurrent disease; Dictionary of Drugs [database]; dissociative identity disorder; double

immunodiffusion

DIDA diethyl iminodiacetic acid

DIDD dense intramembranous deposit disease

DiDi Diltiazem in Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]

DIDMOA diabetes insipidus-diabetes mellitus-optic atrophy [syndrome]

DIDMOAD diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness [syndrome]

DIDS 4,4′diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2-disulfonate

DIE died in emergency department; difference in electronegativity

DIEA diisopropylethylamine

diEMG diaphragmatic electromyography

DIEP deep inferior epigastric perforator

DIET Dietary Intervention: Evaluation of Technology [study]

DIEV Dicentrarchus labrax encephalitis virus

DIF diffuse interstitial fibrosis; direct immunofluorescence; dose increase factor

DIFF, diff difference, differential; diffusion

diff diagn differential diagnosis

DIFP diffuse interstitial fibrosing pneumonitis; diisopropyl fluorophosphonate

dif-PIPE diffuse persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema

DIG digitalis; Digitalis Investigation Group; digoxigenin; digoxin; drug-induced galactorrhea

dig digitalis; digoxigenin; digoxin

DIGAF Digoxin in Atrial Fibrillation [study]

DIGAMI Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Glucose Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction [study]

DIH digoxin-induced hyperkalemia; Diploma in Industrial Health

DIHE drug-induced hepatic encephalopathy

diHETE dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid

DIHPPA di-iodohydroxyphenylpyruvic acid

DII dynamic invocation interface [computer-assisted surgery]

Dii input delay

DiIV Diadegma interruptum ichnovirus

Dij transfer delay

DIL Dilantin; drug-induced lupus [erythematosus]

Dil Dilantin; dilatation, dilated; drug-induced lupus [erythematosus]

dil dilute, diluted, dilution

dilat dilatation

DILCACOMP Diltiazem Captopril Comparative Study

DILD diffuse infiltrative lung disease; diffuse interstitial lung disease

DILDURANG Diltiazem Duration in Angina [study]

DILE drug-induced lupus erythematosus