Acronym/Medical List

• 5-HT serotonin 5-Hydroxytryptamine
• AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm
• AA Alcoholics Anonymous
• AAD American Association of Dermatology
• AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
• AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
• 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
• ACOG American College of Obstetics and Gynecology
• ACS American Cancer Society
• ACS American College of Surgeons
• ACTH Adrenocorticoid Hormone
• ADA Adenosine deaminase
• ADA American Dental Association
• ADA American Diabetes Association
• ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADH Antidiuretic Hormone
• AF atrial fibrillation
• AFO ankle-foot orthosis
• AFP Alpha Fetal Protein
• AHA American Heart Association
• AHF Antihemophilic Factor
• AHG Antihemophilic Globuline
• 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
• ALT Alanine Transferase
• AMA American Medical Association
• 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
• ARA American Rheumatological Association
• 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
• ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
• AVM arteriovenous malformation
• 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
• BMR Basal Metabolic Rate
• BP Blood Pressure
• BPH Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
• BPM Beats Per Minute
• BMT Bone Marrow Transplantation
• BNF British National Formulary
• BNP Brain Natriuretic Peptide
• 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
• CCS Canadian Cardiology Society
• CDC Center for Disease Control
• 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 Dehydoepiandrosterone sulphate
• DHE Dihydoergotamine
• DIC Disseminated Intravacular Coagulation
• DPT Diphteria Pertussis Tetanus
• DiPerTe Diphteria Pertussis Tetanus
• DiTe Diphteria Tetanus
• DNA Desoxyribonucleic Acid
• DTP Diphteria Tetanus Pertussis
• DT Diphteria 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
• FDA Food and Drug Administration
• FDP Fibrinogen Degradation Products
• FEV1 Forced Expiratory Volume 1-second
• Fe Ferrum
• FFA Free Fatty Acids
• FFP Fresh Frozen Plasma
• FHR Fetal Heart Rate
• FHT Fetal Heart Tones
• FPG Fasting Plasma Glucose
• FSH Folicule 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
• 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
• 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-9 International Classification of Diseases 9th 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
• JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
• K Potassium (in German, Kalium)
• LAD Left Artery Descendens
• LAS Lymphadenopathy Syndrome
• LBBB Left Bundle Branch Block
• LCM Lymphocytic Meningitis
• LDH Lactic Dehydrogenase
• LDL Low Density Lipoprotein
• LDL-C Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
• L-DOPA DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine
• LES Lower Esophageal Sphincter
• LES Lupus erythematodes systemicus
• LE 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
• mCi dawka promieniowania
• MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume
• MD Medicinae doctor
• 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)
• NEJM New England Journal of Medicine
• 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
• OGTT Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
• 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
• 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
• 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 Radioimmoblotting Assay
• RIND Reversible Ischemic Neurologic Deficit
• RNA Ribonucleic Acid
• RNV Radionuclear Ventriculography
• RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• RV Residual Volume
• RV Right Ventricle
• 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 Erythematosis
• SM Sclerosis multiplex
• SPET Single Photon Emission Tomography
• SR Slow Release
• SSSS Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
• SSS Sick Sinus Syndrome
• STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• 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
• UKPDS United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study
• 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
• WHO World Health Organization
• WPW Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
• ZIFT Zygote intrafallopian transfer