List of medical abbreviations

• # Fracture
• #NOF Fracture to the neck of the femur
• 5-HT Serotonin 5-Hydroxytryptamine
• AAA Abdominal aortic aneurysm[?]
• ABG Arterial blood gases[?]
• ABMT Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation[?]
• ABVD doxorubicin[?] bleomycin[?] vinblastine[?] dacarbazine[?]
• a.c. before food, from Latin, ante cibum
• ACE Angiotensin Conversion Enzyme[?]
• ACEI Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors[?]
• ACL anterior cruciate ligament[?]
• ACTH Adrenocorticoid hormone[?]
• ADA Adenosine deaminase[?]
• ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADH Antidiuretic hormone
• ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• AF atrial fibrillation[?]
• AFO ankle-foot orthosis[?]
• AFP Alpha fetal protein[?]
• AHF Antihemophilic factor[?]
• AHG Antihemophilic globulin[?]
• AI Artificial insemination
• AICD Automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator[?]
• AID Artificial insemination by donor[?]
• AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• AIH artificial insemination by husband[?]
• ALG Antilymphocytic Globuline[?]
• ALL Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia[?]
• ALPS Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome[?]
• ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis[?]
• ALS Advanced Life Support[?]
• ALT Alanine transferase[?]
• AMA Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies[?]
• AMC arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
• AML Acute Myelocytic Leukemia[?]
• AMP Adenosine monophosphate
• AMS Acute mountain sickness[?]
• AMS atypical measles syndrome[?]
• ANA Anti-Nuclear Antibodies[?]
• ANCA Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies[?]
• ANF Antinatriuretic factor[?]
• ANP Antinatriuretic peptide[?]
• ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide[?]
• ANUG Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis[?]
• AP Alkaline Phosphatase[?]
• APECED autoimmune polyendocrinopathy[?]
• APGAR American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record[?]
• APLS antiphospholipid antibody syndrome[?]
• APSAC Anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex[?]
• APS autoimmune polyglandular syndrome[?]
• APTT Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time[?]
• ARC AIDS related complex[?]
• ARDS Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome[?]
• ART antiretroviral therapy[?]
• ASA Acetylsalicylic acid - commonly known as aspirin
• AS Aortic stenosis[?]
• ASD Atrial Septal Defect[?]
• ASL American sign language
• ASO Antistreptolisine O
• AST Asparagine Transferase[?]
• ATCC American Type Culture Collection[?]
• ATG Antithymic Globuline[?]
• AT-III Antithrombine[?] III
• ATP acute thrombocytopenic purpura[?]
• ATP adenosine triphosphate
• AVM Arteriovenous malformation
• AVR Aortic Valve Replacement[?]
• AZT azidothymidine
• BAL Brocho-alveolar Lavage[?]
• BAL British Anti-Lewisite[?]
• BAO Basic Acid Output[?])
• BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerain[?]
• b.d. Twice daily, from Latin, bis die
• BE Base Excess[?]
• BK Bacterium Koch[?]
• BMC Bone Mass Content[?]
• BMD Bone Mass Density[?]
• BMI Body mass index
• BMR Basal Metabolic Rate[?]
• BMT Bone Marrow Transplantation[?]
• BNF British National Formulary
• BNP Brain Natriuretic Peptide[?]
• BP Blood Pressure[?]
• BP Bi-polar disorder
• BPD Borderline Personality Disorder
• BPH Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia[?]
• BPM Beats Per Minute
• BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• BSP Bromsulphthalein[?]
• BUN Blood Urea Nitrogen[?]
• CABG Coronary Arterial Bypass Graft[?]
• cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate
• Ca Carcinoma[?]
• Ca Calcium
• CAH Chronic Active Hepatitis[?]
• CAH Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia[?]
• CAT computed axial tomography
• CAPD Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis[?]
• CEA Carcinoembryonic Antigen[?]
• CF Cystic fibrosis
• cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate[?]
• ChE Cholinesterase[?]
• CHE Cholinesterase[?]
• CHF Congestive heart failure
• CI Confidence Interval[?]
• CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• CK Creatine kinase[?]
• CLL Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia[?]
• CML Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia[?]
• CMML Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia[?]
• CMV Cytomegalovirus
• COLD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease[?]
• COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease[?]
• CO Cardiac Output[?]
• CO Carbon monoxide
• COX-1 Cyclooxygenase 1[?]
• COX-2 Cyclooxygenase 2[?]
• CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure[?]
• CPK Creatine Phosphokinase[?]
• CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• CREST Calcinosis Raynaud Esophagus Sclerosis Teleangiectasiae
• CRH Corticotropin Releasing Hormone[?]
• CRF Corticotropin Releasing Factor[?]
• CRP C Reactive Protein
• CR Complete Remission[?]
• CsA Cyclosporin[?] A
• CSF Cerebral Spinal Fluid
• CT [[computed {axial} tomography]]
• CVA Cerebrovascular Accident
• CVP Central Venous Pressure[?]
• CVID Common Variable ImmunoDeficiency[?]
• DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure[?]
• DCM Dilated Cardiomyopathy[?]
• DDD Daily Defined Doses[?]
• DHEA-S Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate
• DHE Dihydoergotamine[?]
• DIC Disseminated Intravacular Coagulation[?]
• DPT Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus
• DiPerTe Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus
• DiTe Diphtheria Tetanus
• DNA Desoxyribonucleic Acid
• DOA Dead on Arrival[?]
• DTP Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis
• DT Diphtheria Tetanus
• DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis
• DEXA Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry[?]
• EACA Epsilon-Aminocaproic Acid[?]
• EBM Evidence Based Medicine[?]
• ECG Electrocardiogram
• EKG Electrocardiogram
• ECPW endoskopowa cholangiopankreatografia wsteczna
• E Erythrocytes
• EF Ejection Fraction[?]
• EGF Epidermal Growth Factor[?]
• ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay[?]
• EMC Encephalomyocarditis[?]
• EMF Endomyocardial Fibrosis[?]
• EMG Electromyography[?]
• EPH Edema Proteinuria Hypertension
• EPO Erythropoetin[?]
• ERCP Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography[?]
• ESR Erythocyte sedimentation rate[?]
• ESWL Extracorporal Shockwave Lithotripsy[?]
• ET Endothelin[?]
• EUS Endoscopic Ultrasonography[?]
• FDP Fibrinogen Degradation Products[?]
• FEV1 Forced Expiratory Volume 1-second[?]
• Fe Iron
• FFA Free Fatty Acids[?]
• FFP Fresh Frozen Plasma[?]
• FHR Fetal Heart Rate[?]
• FHT Fetal Heart Tones[?]
• FPG Fasting Plasma Glucose[?]
• FSH Follicle Stimulating Hormone[?]
• FTA-ABS Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption[?]
• FTA Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody[?]
• G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase[?]
• G-6-PD Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase[?]
• GABA gamma-aminobutyric acid
• GCS Glasgow Coma Scale
• GDLH Glutamate dehydrogenase[?]
• GERD Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease[?]
• GFR Glomerular filtrate rate[?]
• GGTP Gamma Glutamyltranspeptidase
• GH Growth Hormone[?]
• GHRF Growth Hormone releasing factor[?]
• GITS Gastrointestinal therapeutic system[?]
• GIFT Gamete intrafallopian transfer[?]
• GORD Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease[?]
• GOT glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase[?]
• GPT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase[?]
• GvH Graft-versus-Host[?]
• GvHD Graft-versus-Host Disease[?]
• HA Hypertonia arterialis[?]
• HAV Hepatitis A Virus[?]
• HBG Hemoglobin
• HB Hemoglobin
• HBV Hepatitis B Virus[?]
• HCG Human Chorion Gonadotropine[?]
• HCT Hematocrit[?]
• HCV Hepatitis C Virus
• HDL High Density Lipoprotein[?]
• HDL-C High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol[?]
• HDV Hepatitis D Virus[?]
• HEV Hepatitis E Virus[?]
• HGB Hemoglobin
• Hib Hemophilus influenzae[?] B
• HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
• HL Hepatic Lipase[?]
• HLA Human Leucocyte Antigens[?]
• HOCM Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy[?]
• HR Heart Rate[?]
• HRT Hormone Replacement Therapy
• HSG histerosalpingografia
• HSV Herpes Simplex Virus[?]
• HTLV [[Human T Lymphocyte Leukemia Virus
• IABP Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping[?]
• ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision
• ICD Implanted cardiac defibrillator[?]
• ICU Intensive care unit[?]
• IDDM Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus[?]
• IDL Intermediate Density Lipoprotein[?]
• IFG Impaired Fasting Glucose[?]
• Ig Immunoglobulin
• INF Interferon
• INR International Normalized Ratio[?]
• IPPV Intermittent postive pressure ventilation[?]
• IQ Intelligence Quotient[?]
• ISA Intrinsic Sympathomimetic Activity[?]
• ISDN Isosorbide dinitrate[?]
• ISH Isolated Systolic Hypertension[?]
• ITP Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura[?]
• IUCD intrauterine contraceptive device[?]
• IUD intrauterine device
• IU International Units[?]
• IVF In vitro fertalization[?]
• IUI Intra-uterine Insemination[?]
• IVP Intravenous pyelogram[?]
• K Potassium (in German, Kalium)
• LAD Left Artery Descendens[?]
• LAS Lymphadenopathy Syndrome[?]
• LBBB Left Bundle Branch Block[?]
• LCM Lymphocytic Meningitis[?]
• LDH Lactate dehydrogenase[?]
• LDL Low Density Lipoprotein[?]
• LDL-C Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol[?]
• L-DOPA DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine[?]
• LES Lower Esophageal Sphincter[?]
• LES Lupus erythematosus systemicus
• LE Lupus erythematosus (in German Lupus erythematodes)
• leu Leukocytes
• LGL Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome[?]
• LGM Lymphogranulomatosis maligna[?]
• L Leukocytes
• LM Left Main[?]
• Lp Lipoprotein
• LPL Lipoprotein Lipase[?]
• LVEDP Left ventricular end diastolic pressure[?]
• LVEF Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction[?]
• LVF Left Ventricular Failure[?]
• LVH Left Ventricular Hypertrophy[?]
• LV Left ventricle
• LVOT Left Ventricular Outflow Track[?]
• Ly Lymphocytes
• MAO Mono-amine oxydase[?]
• MAS Morgani-Adams-Stokes[?]
• MCHC Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration[?]
• MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin[?]
• MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume[?]
• MDS Myelodysplastic Syndrome[?]
• Mg Magnesium
• MIC Morbus Ischaemicus Cordis[?]
• MIC minimal Inhibitory Concentration[?]
• MLA Myelosis Leucemica Acuta[?]
• MM Myeloma multiplex[?]
• MODY Maturity Onset Diabetes in Youth[?]
• Mo Monocytes[?]
• MPV Mean Platlet Volume[?]
• MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• MR Modified Release[?]
• MRSA Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
• MSH Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone[?]
• MSSA Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus[?]
• MS Multiple Sclerosis
• MTX Methotrexate[?]
• MVPS Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome[?]
• MVP Mitral Valve Prolapse[?]
• Na Sodium (in German Natrium)
• Ne Neutrophiles[?]
• Neo Neoplasma[?]
• NHL Non Hodgkin Lymphoma[?]
• NIDDM Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus[?]
• NK Natural Killers[?]
• NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• NOS Nitric oxide synthetase[?]
• NO Nitric oxide
• Npl Neoplasma[?]
• n.s not significant[?]
• NSAID Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug[?]
• NSE Neurospecific enolase[?]
• NTG Nitroglycerin
• NYHA New York Heart Association[?]
• O.D. right eye (Latin oculus dexter)
• O.D. overdose[?]
• OGTT Oral Glucose Tolerance Test[?]
• O.S. left eye (Latin oculus sinister)
• PAF Platelet Activating Factor[?]
• PAI-1 Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1[?]
• PAO Peak Acid Output[?]
• PAP PAPanicolaou[?]
• PA posterior-anterior
• PA Pulmonary artery[?]
• PAT Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia[?]
• PCOS Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• PCP Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
• PCR Polymerase chain reaction
• PDA Patent Ductus Arteriosus[?]
• PDE Phosphodiesterase
• PEEP Positive End Expiratory Pressure[?]
• PEFR Peak Expiratory Flow Rate[?]
• PEF Peak Expiratory Flow[?]
• PET Positron Emission Tomography[?]
• P Phosphorus
• p.c. After food, from Latin, post cibum
• PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease[?]
• PKA Protein Kinase A[?]
• PKU Phenylketonuria
• PLT platelets
• PMR Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularisation[?]
• POX Peroxidase
• PPRS Pharmaceutical Price Regulatory Scheme[?]
• PRA Plasma Renin Activity[?]
• PRIND Prolonged Reversible Ischemic Neurologic Deficit[?]
• PSA Prostatic Specific Antigen[?]
• PSP Phenylsulphtalein[?]
• PTA Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty[?]
• PTCA Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
• PT Prothrombin time[?]
• PTH Parathyroid hormone[?]
• PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time[?]
• PUVA Psoralen UV A
• PVR Pulmonary Vascular Resistance[?]
• PWP Pulmonary Wedge Pressure[?]
• q.d.s. Four times daily, from Latin, quater die sumendus
• q.q.h. Every four hours, from Latin, quarta quaque hora
• RA Refractory Anaemia[?]
• RBBB Right Bundle Branch Block[?]
• RBC Red blood cells
• RCA Right Coronary Artery[?]
• REM Rapid Eye Movement
• RF Rheumatic factor[?]
• Rh Rhesus factor[?]
• RIA Radioimmune assay[?]
• RIBA Radioimmunoblotting assay[?]
• RIND Reversible Ischemic Neurologic Deficit[?]
• RNA Ribonucleic acid[?]
• RNV Radionuclear Ventriculography[?]
• RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• RV Residual volume[?]
• RV Right ventricle
• SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• SBP Systolic Blood Pressure[?]
• SCC Squamous Cell Carciona[?]
• SCID Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency[?]
• s.c sub cutis[?]
• SD Standard Deviation
• SHBG Sex Hormone Binding Globuline[?]
• SIADH Syndrome of Inadequate ADH[?]
• SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• SIMV Synchronized Intermittent Mechanical Ventilation[?]
• SK Streptokinase[?]
• SLE Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• SM latin Sclerosis multiplex - [[Multiple sclerosis]
• SPET Single Photon Emission Tomography[?]
• SR Slow Release[?]
• SSSS Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome[?]
• SSS Sick Sinus Syndrome[?]
• STD Sexually transmitted disease
• STH Somatotropic hormone[?]
• SVT Supraventricular tachycardia[?]
• SXA Single energy X-ray absorptiometer[?]
• TBC tuberculosis
• TB tuberculosis
• TBI Total Body Irradiation[?]
• t.d.s. Three times a day, from Latin, ter die sumendus
• TEE Transesophageal echocardiogram[?]
• TGA Transposition of the Great Arteries[?]
• TG Triglycerides
• TIA Transient Ischemic Attack[?]
• TIBC Total Iron Binding Capacity[?]
• TLC Total Lung Capacity[?]
• TNF Tumor Necrosis Factor[?]
• TNM Tumor-Nodes-Metastases[?]
• TPA Tissue plasminogen activator[?]
• TRH Thyreotropic Releasing Hormone[?]
• TSH Thyreotropic Stimulating Hormone[?]
• TS Tricuspid stenosis[?]
• TT thrombin time[?]
• TTS Transdermal Therapeutic System[?]
• Tu Tumor
• TUR Transurethral resection[?]
• UBT Urea Breath Test
• USG Ultrasonography[?]
• USR Unheated Serum Reagin[?]
• UVAL Ultraviolet Argon Laser[?]
• VAD vincristine adriblastine dexamethasone
• VAMP vincristine adriblastine methylprednisone
• VC Vital capacity[?]
• VDRL Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory[?]
• VEB Vetricular Ectopic Beat[?]
• VF Ventricular Fibrillation[?]
• VIP Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide[?]
• VLDL Very Low Density Lipoprotein[?]
• VMA Vanillylmandelic acid[?]
• VSD Ventricular Septal Defect[?]
• VT Ventricular Tachycardia[?]
• WBC White blood cells
• WPW Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome[?]
• ZIFT Zygote intrafallopian transfer[?]

See also :

• Acronym
• List of acronyms for medical organisations and personnel