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# 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[?]

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