- 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 Erythrocyte?s
- 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 Leukocyte?s
- 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 platelet?s
- 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 Triglyceride?s
- 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]?
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