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SMAT

SMAT Stands For : State Medical Assistance Team

SMFC

SMFC Stands For : Sunrise Monfort Family Clinic

SMFH

SMFH Stands For : Superficial Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma

SMN

SMN Stands For : Scientific & Medical Network | Survival Motor Neuron

SMN(s)

SMN(s) Stands For : subsequent malignant neoplasms

SMND

SMND Stands For : Sporadic Motor Neuron Disease

SMPV

SMPV Stands For : smallpox vaccination | smallpox vaccine

smpx

smpx Stands For : smallpox

SNDR

SNDR Stands For : Swedish National Diabetes Registry

SOAPE

SOAPE Stands For : Subjective

SOBE

SOBE Stands For : shortness of breath on exertion | shortness of breath on exertion

SOBOE

SOBOE Stands For : Shortness of Breath on Exercise

SOCHi

SOCHi Stands For : Southern California Health Institute

SOGS

SOGS Stands For : Saudi Obstetric and Genaecological Society

SOHF

SOHF Stands For : Swiss Medical Society for Occupational Health in Health Care Facilities

Sp tap

Sp tap Stands For : lumbar puncture

SPARTAC

SPARTAC Stands For : Short Pulse Anti-Retroviral Therapy at Seroconversion

SpCI

SpCI Stands For : spinal cord injury

SPHERE

SPHERE Stands For : Statewide Partnership for HIV Education in Recovery Environments

SRCA

SRCA Stands For : Saudi Red Crescent Authority | State Reportable Conditions Assessment

SRNVM

SRNVM Stands For : Subretinal neovascular membrane

SROM

SROM Stands For : Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes

SRT

SRT Stands For : simple reaction time | SIMPLE REACTION TIME

SSMA

SSMA Stands For : Silver State Medical Administrators

SSPT

SSPT Stands For : Swiss Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology

SSTAR

SSTAR Stands For : Society for Sex Therapy and Research

SSTI(s)

SSTI(s) Stands For : skin and soft tissue infection(s) | skin and soft-tissue infection(s)

SSWE

SSWE Stands For : Supersonic Shear Wave Elastography

STARD

STARD Stands For : Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

STARRS

STARRS Stands For : Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service Members

STAXI-2

STAXI-2 Stands For : State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory

STCI

STCI Stands For : Short Term Care Insurance

STDP

STDP Stands For : Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity

STDR

STDR Stands For : Sight Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy

STDs

STDs Stands For : Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STELLAR

STELLAR Stands For : Systematic Tracking of Elevated Lead Levels & Remediation

STEMI

STEMI Stands For : ST-segment elevation myocardial infarct(ion) | ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction | ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

STHK

STHK Stands For : St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust

STI(s)

STI(s) Stands For : sexually transmitted infection(s)

STIs

STIs Stands For : Sexual Transmitted Infections

STOR

STOR Stands For : Summary Time Oriented Record

STSG

STSG Stands For : split thickness skin graft | Split Thickness Skin Graft

SUDEP

SUDEP Stands For : Sudden Unexpected Death of Epilepsy Patient

SUDIC

SUDIC Stands For : Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy/Childhood

SUID

SUID Stands For : Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

sup

sup Stands For : superior | Superior | Supination | Supine | Suppository | SUPerior

SVIMS

SVIMS Stands For : Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

svr

svr Stands For : sustained virologic response | Sustained Viral Response | Systemic Vascular Resistance

SVT

SVT Stands For : supraventricular Tachycardia | Symptom Validity Test | Superficial Vein Thrombosis | Supra Ventricular Tachycardia | SupraVentricular Tachycardia

SVWH

SVWH Stands For : South Valley Womens Health Care

SWS

SWS Stands For : Sturge Weber syndrome | Sturge-Weber Syndrome

T&A

T&A Stands For : tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy | tonsils and adenoids | Tonsillectomy And Adenoidectomy | Tonsils and adenoids

T-1

T-1 Stands For : first thoracic vertebrum | 1st Thoracic Vertebrae

T-10

T-10 Stands For : tenth thoracic vertebrum

T-11

T-11 Stands For : eleventh thoracic vertebrum

T-12

T-12 Stands For : twelfth thoracic vertebrum

T-2

T-2 Stands For : second thoracic vertebrum | 2nd Thoracic Vertebrae

T-3

T-3 Stands For : third thoracic vertebrum

T-4

T-4 Stands For : fourth thoracic vertebrum

T-5

T-5 Stands For : fifth thoracic vertebrum

T-6

T-6 Stands For : sixth thoracic vertebrum

T-7

T-7 Stands For : seventh thoracic vertebrum

T-8

T-8 Stands For : eighth thoracic vertebrum

T-9

T-9 Stands For : ninth thoracic vertebrum

T1DM

T1DM Stands For : Type 1 diabetes mellitus

T2DM

T2DM Stands For : Type 2 diabetes mellitus

TAME

TAME Stands For : Talk About Medical Experiences

TAMS

TAMS Stands For : Teen Age Medical Services

TBC

TBC Stands For : target birth cohort | Tuberculosis | Texas Beef Council | Tonkinese Breed Club

tbd

tbd Stands For : to be determined | Tick Borne Disease

TBNA

TBNA Stands For : transbronchial needle aspiration

TCC

TCC Stands For : total cell counts | Transitional Cell Carcinoma | Total Contact Cast

TCCNSW

TCCNSW Stands For : The Cancer Council New South Wales

TCIA

TCIA Stands For : The Cancer Imaging Archive

TCL

TCL Stands For : T-cell-leukemia-lymphoma

TCM

TCM Stands For : Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Clinical Medicine

TCRB

TCRB Stands For : Tobacco Control Research Branch

Tdap

Tdap Stands For : Tetanus | TETANUS | tetanus and reduced diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccines | tetanus toxoid

TDHI

TDHI Stands For : Telecommunications Device for the Hearing Impaired

TDN

TDN Stands For : Total Dietary Nutrition | Total Digestible Nutrients

TDR-TB

TDR-TB Stands For : totally drug-resistant tuberculosis

TDTC

TDTC Stands For : Toronto Drug Treatment Court

TEM

TEM Stands For : traumatic event management

TEN

TEN Stands For : toxic epidermal necrolysis | toxic epidermal necrosis | Tension | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

TEO

TEO Stands For : temporo-occipital (brain area)

TES

TES Stands For : total elastic suspension [belt] | transcranial electrical stimulation | Test | Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation

TESS

TESS Stands For : Treatment Emergent Symptoms Scale

TFC

TFC Stands For : Therapeutic Foster Care

TFCC

TFCC Stands For : The Tillamook Family Counseling Center | The Triangular fibrocartilage complex

TGN

TGN Stands For : The Glycoscience Network | Trans-Golgi Network

TGYF

TGYF Stands For : Tianma Gouteng Yin Formula

TH

TH Stands For : tyrosine hydroxylase | Thoracic | Thyroid Hormone

THAD

THAD Stands For : Transient Hepatic Attenuation Differences

THP

THP Stands For : Tufts Health Plan

THR

THR Stands For : total hip replacement | Target Heart Rate | Texas Health Resources | Total Hip Replacement

THS

THS Stands For : Trauma History Screen

TICI

TICI Stands For : Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction

TIDE

TIDE Stands For : Thiazolidinedione Intervention with Vitamine D Evaluation

TIMI

TIMI Stands For : Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction | Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction

TIR

TIR Stands For : Toll or interleukin receptor | Traumatic Incident Reduction

TIV

TIV Stands For : Trivalent (Inact) Influenza Vaccine

TIVA

TIVA Stands For : Total Intravenous Anesthesia

TJ

TJ Stands For : tendon jerk | Toe Jam | Tooth Jacked

TJ(s)

TJ(s) Stands For : Tendon jerk(s)

TKA

TKA Stands For : Through-the-knee amputation | Total Knee Arthroplasty

TKI(s)

TKI(s) Stands For : tyrosine kinase inhibitor(s)

TKR

TKR Stands For : total knee replacement | Total Knee Replacement

TLBB

TLBB Stands For : The Little Blue Book

TMDD

TMDD Stands For : Target‰ÛÒMediated Drug Disposition

TMLT

TMLT Stands For : Texas Medical Liability Trust

tnbhi

tnbhi Stands For : total non-batte hand injury/ies

TOXO

TOXO Stands For : Congenital Toxoplasmosis

TPMT

TPMT Stands For : thiopurine S-methyltransferase

TPOAB

TPOAB Stands For : Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies

TPV

TPV Stands For : tipranavir

TQT

TQT Stands For : Tourniquet

TRAb

TRAb Stands For : TSH receptor antibodies

Trach

Trach Stands For : Tracheostomy

TREAT

TREAT Stands For : Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp Therapy | Treatment and Research of Experienced Anomalous Trauma

trich

trich Stands For : trichomonas vaginalis

TRUST

TRUST Stands For : Teaching

TRV

TRV Stands For : Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity | Technical Remote Viewing

TSAb

TSAb Stands For : TSH Stimulating Antibodies

TSC1

TSC1 Stands For : tuberous sclerosis complex 1

TSCA

TSCA Stands For : Toxic Substances Control Act | Toxic Substances Control Acts

TSK

TSK Stands For : Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

TSLP

TSLP Stands For : thymic stromal lymphopoietin

TUEB

TUEB Stands For : Transurethral Enucleation with Bipolar

TUR

TUR Stands For : transurethral resection | Transurethral resection | Two Unfolding Regions

tus

tus Stands For : cough

TWL

TWL Stands For : Tuberculosis Welfare League

TWZ

TWZ Stands For : Tweezers

TX

TX Stands For : The Time Of Xs | treatment | Traction | Transplant | Treatment

Ty21a

Ty21a Stands For : Oral Typhoid Vaccine (live)

TYU

TYU Stands For : Tyuleniy (virus)

UCM

UCM Stands For : University of Chicago Medicine

UCVA

UCVA Stands For : Uncorrected Visual Acuity | University Cardiovascular Associates

UE

UE Stands For : upper extremity | Undetermined etiology | Upper Extremity

UHC

UHC Stands For : United Healthcare

UHO

UHO Stands For : Utah Hospice Organization

UHS

UHS Stands For : University of Health Sciences

UITN

UITN Stands For : Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network | Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network

UKPDS

UKPDS Stands For : United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study

UME

UME Stands For : unusual mortality event

UMLS

UMLS Stands For : Unified Medical Language System

UMT

UMT Stands For : Unit Of Medical Time

uncirc

uncirc Stands For : un (not) circumcised

UNRC

UNRC Stands For : Urology and Nephrology Research Center

UNSN

UNSN Stands For : Unit For Neurosciences Nursing

UQH

UQH Stands For : SemiQuinone

URI

URI Stands For : upper respiratory (tract) infection | Upper Respiratory Infection

URN

URN Stands For : Universal Resource Number

URTI

URTI Stands For : upper respiratory tract infection | Upper Respiratory Tract Infection | Upper respiratory tract infection

USACHPPM

USACHPPM Stands For : United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

USAIPH

USAIPH Stands For : United States Army Institute of Public Health

USAPHC

USAPHC Stands For : United States Army Public Health Command

USNN

USNN Stands For : US Nursing Network

USPH

USPH Stands For : United States Public Health

USPSTF

USPSTF Stands For : US Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Task Force

USU

USU Stands For : Uniformed Services University (of the Health Services)

UTP

UTP Stands For : Up The Pooper

UWS

UWS Stands For : United Wisconsin Services | Urban Wildlife Society

UXR

UXR Stands For : Uniform X- Ray film

VAAST

VAAST Stands For : Variant Annotation

VAC

VAC Stands For : Vitamin A Capsule | Veterinary Advisory Committee (of the HBLB) | Vicious Attack Cat

VAR

VAR Stands For : Varicella Vaccine | Variation | Variety

VAS

VAS Stands For : visual analog scale | Vaccine Associated Sarcoma | Value Added Scheme | Vertebral Algic Syndrome | Visual Analog Scale

VBH

VBH Stands For : virtual behavioral health | Virus B Hepatitis

VBZD

VBZD Stands For : Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases

vCJD

vCJD Stands For : variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

VDB

VDB Stands For : VanDyke Brown test

VDIS

VDIS Stands For : Vermont Diabetes Information System

VDRF

VDRF Stands For : Ventilator Dependent Respiratory Failure

VDUs

VDUs Stands For : Video Display Units

VEGFR

VEGFR Stands For : vascular endothelial growth factor receptors | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

VEM

VEM Stands For : Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Medicine

VF

VF Stands For : ventricular fibrillation | VISUAL FIELD(S) | Ventricular Fibrillation | Visual Field | visual field(s) | Visual Function

VFC

VFC Stands For : VACCINES FOR CHILDREN | Vaccine For Children

VFN

VFN Stands For : Verticillium

VFP

VFP Stands For : Vision Fee Plan

VFQ-25

VFQ-25 Stands For : Visual Function Questionnaire

VFQ-51

VFQ-51 Stands For : Visual Function Questionnaire

VFS

VFS Stands For : Virtual Flight Surgeon

VHD

VHD Stands For : valvular heart disease | ventricular heart disease | Valvular Heart Disease | Ventricular Heart Disease | Viral Hemorrhagic Disease

VHF

VHF Stands For : Viral Hemorrhagic Fever | Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Vib

Vib Stands For : Vibration sense | Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie ( Flanders Inter- University Institute for Biotechnology)

ViCPS

ViCPS Stands For : Vi Capsular Polysaccharide (Inact Typhoid) Vaccine

VKA

VKA Stands For : Vitamin K Antagonists

VL

VL Stands For : vastus lateralis | visceral leishmaniasis | Viral Load

VMO

VMO Stands For : vastus medialis obliquus | Vastus Medialis Obliques | Vastus Medialis Obliquus | Veterinary Medical Officer

VNA

VNA Stands For : Virginia Nurses Association | Visiting Nurse Association | Visiting Nurses Association

VNAA

VNAA Stands For : Visiting Nurse Associations of America

VNP

VNP Stands For : Visiting Nurse Plus | VasoNatrin Peptide | Ventricular Natriuretic Peptide

VOB

VOB Stands For : Verification Of Benefits

VPD

VPD Stands For : Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Virtual Pig Dissection

VPFF

VPFF Stands For : vascularized plantar free flap

VPTS

VPTS Stands For : vitreopapillary traction syndrome

VSI

VSI Stands For : vertical stability index

VSV

VSV Stands For : vesicular stomatitis virus | Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

VSZ

VSZ Stands For : Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis

VTach

VTach Stands For : Ventricular tachycardia

VTE(s)

VTE(s) Stands For : venous thromboembolic events(s) | venous thromboembolic events(s)

Vtmns

Vtmns Stands For : Vitamins

VTX

VTX Stands For : Vitrectomy

VWB

VWB Stands For : Von Willebrand Factor | Vertical Water Bath

VWFA

VWFA Stands For : visual word form area

W4D

W4D Stands For : Worth 4-dot test (in strabismus)

WACOC

WACOC Stands For : Women and Children of CFIDS

WAFA

WAFA Stands For : Wilderness Advanced First Aid

WAJM

WAJM Stands For : West African Journal of Medicine

WANS

WANS Stands For : World Academy of Nursing Science

WAPI

WAPI Stands For : Washington Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

WAS

WAS Stands For : Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome | Wiskott-Aldrich Sndrome | World Aquaculture Society

WASLI

WASLI Stands For : Womens Addiction Services Leadership Institute

WBMA

WBMA Stands For : Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association

WBS

WBS Stands For : Williams-Beuren syndrome

WCBLS

WCBLS Stands For : Wisconsin Childhood Blood-Lead Study

WCHF

WCHF Stands For : World Congress on Heart Failure

WCHH

WCHH Stands For : World Council on Hearing Health

WCHQ

WCHQ Stands For : Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

WCIM

WCIM Stands For : World Congress of Internal Medicine

WCST

WCST Stands For : Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

WCST-64

WCST-64 Stands For : Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

WDD

WDD Stands For : Washington Dentists Directory | World Drug Discovery

WELCOA

WELCOA Stands For : Wellness Councils Of America

WFOC

WFOC Stands For : Worldwide Forensic Odontology Contacts

WFPH

WFPH Stands For : World Federation of Public Health Associations

WFT

WFT Stands For : Whole Frickin Tooth | Wire Fox Terrier

WG

WG Stands For : weight gain | Weight Gain

WGHS

WGHS Stands For : Womens Genome Health Study | West Georgia Health System

WGR

WGR Stands For : Whats Going Round

WHAK

WHAK Stands For : World Hiv Aids Knowledge

WHEN

WHEN Stands For : Womens Health and Environmental Network

WHGR

WHGR Stands For : Womens Health Grand Rounds

WHI

WHI Stands For : Womens Health Initiative | Womens Health Initiative

WIPS

WIPS Stands For : Wellbeing Integrity Prevention And Safety

WISE

WISE Stands For : World Institute of Surgical Excellence (Costa Rica)

WL

WL Stands For : weight loss | Weight Loss | Work load

WLE

WLE Stands For : wide local excision | Wide Local Excision

WMJ

WMJ Stands For : Wisconsin Medical Journal | World Medical Journal

WMTS

WMTS Stands For : Wireless Medical Telemetry Service

WMY

WMY Stands For : Word Memory Test

WNPC

WNPC Stands For : Worcester Nursing Pipeline Consortium - UMass Medical School

WOFAPS

WOFAPS Stands For : WOrld Federation of Association of Pediatric Surgeons

WOOC

WOOC Stands For : World Online Ocular Directory

WOTA

WOTA Stands For : Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association

WPW

WPW Stands For : Wolff-Parkinson-White | Wolff- Parkinson- White Syndrome | Wolff-Parkinson-White

WR

WR Stands For : Wasserman reaction (syphilis test) | Weak Response | Wet Rectum | Wrist | White Rhino

WRMC

WRMC Stands For : Western Regional Medical Command

WRMSD

WRMSD Stands For : Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

WRVH

WRVH Stands For : World Report on Violence and Health

WSMI

WSMI Stands For : World Self-Medication Industry

WUHI

WUHI Stands For : Womens Universal Health Initiative

WVHP

WVHP Stands For : Women Veterans Health Program

WVNI

WVNI Stands For : Western Visiting Nurses

WWPP

WWPP Stands For : World Wide Pursuing Perfection in Health Care

WWS

WWS Stands For : Walker-Warburg Syndrome

YRBS

YRBS Stands For : Youth Risk Behavior Surveys

ZN

ZN Stands For : Ziehl-Neelsen

ë£ë?

ë£ë? Stands For : Sigma Kappa

5-FU

5-FU Stands For : 5-FluoroUracil (anti-cancer drug) | 5-FluoroUracil

6-MP

6-MP Stands For : 6-MercaptoPurine (anticancer drug) | 6-MercaptPurine

6-TG

6-TG Stands For : 6-ThioGuanine (anticancer drug)

AACE

AACE Stands For : American Association for Cancer Education

AAIR

AAIR Stands For : Age Adjusted Incidence Rate

ABCC

ABCC Stands For : Ashland Bellefonte Cancer Center | All Breeds Cat Club

ABCCC

ABCCC Stands For : Alexian Brothers Cancer Care Center

ABCD

ABCD Stands For : After Breast Cancer Diagnosis | Asymmetry | Access To Baby And Child Dentistry

ABCL

ABCL Stands For : Acute Basal Cell Lethality

ABTA

ABTA Stands For : American Brain Tumor Association

ACCC

ACCC Stands For : Association of Community Cancer Centers

ACCP

ACCP Stands For : Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention

ACLT

ACLT Stands For : African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust | Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transection

ACOR

ACOR Stands For : Association of Cancer Online Resources

ACRPI

ACRPI Stands For : Association of Clinical Research for the Pharmaceutical Industry

ACSR

ACSR Stands For : AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource

AFBMTC

AFBMTC Stands For : Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre

AFRE

AFRE Stands For : Asbestos Fiber Release Episode

AIOM

AIOM Stands For : Italian Association for Medical Oncology

AIRO

AIRO Stands For : Associazione Italiana di Radioterapia Oncologica

AJCC

AJCC Stands For : American Joint Committee on Cancer

ALAT

ALAT Stands For : ALanine AminoTransferase

ALCL

ALCL Stands For : Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

AMKL

AMKL Stands For : Acute Megakaryocytic Leukemia

AML

AML Stands For : Acute Myeloid leukaemia | Acute Monocytic Leukemia | Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

ANC

ANC Stands For : Absolute Neutrophil Count | Absolute Neutrophil Count

ANCO

ANCO Stands For : Association of Northern California Oncologists

ANCT

ANCT Stands For : Adjacent Non-Cancerous Tissue

ANED

ANED Stands For : Alive

ANLL

ANLL Stands For : Acute Non-Lymphatic Leukaemia | Acute Non Lymphocytic Leukemia

APBC

APBC Stands For : Advanced Pancreatic Biliary Adenocarcinoma | Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors

APF

APF Stands For : Asset Protection Forum | Animal Protein Factor

APOT

APOT Stands For : Amplification of Papillomavirus Oncogene Transcripts

ASCO

ASCO Stands For : American Society of Clinical Oncology

ASTRO

ASTRO Stands For : American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

AT/RT

AT/RT Stands For : Atypical Teratoid / Rhabdoid Tumor

ATLL

ATLL Stands For : Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma

B-ALL

B-ALL Stands For : B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

BASO

BASO Stands For : British Association of Surgical Oncologists | Basophil

BCCP

BCCP Stands For : Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

BCCT

BCCT Stands For : Breast Cancer Center Team

BCHCP

BCHCP Stands For : Backus Community Hospital Cancer Program

BCL

BCL Stands For : B Cell Leukemia | B Cell Lymphoma

BCNA

BCNA Stands For : Breast Cancer Network Australia

BCO

BCO Stands For : Breast Cancer Online

BCPT

BCPT Stands For : Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

BEB

BEB Stands For : Benign Essential Blepharospasm

BIG

BIG Stands For : Breast International Group | Biosciences Imaging Group ( University of Southampton)

BIRADS

BIRADS Stands For : Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System

BLND

BLND Stands For : Bilateral Lymph Node Dissection

BMJ

BMJ Stands For : British Medical Journal | British Medical Journal

BNF

BNF Stands For : British National Formulary | Brain Natriuretic Factor

BNLI

BNLI Stands For : British National Lymphoma Investigation

BOSS

BOSS Stands For : Breast and Ovarian Surveillance Service

BTCD

BTCD Stands For : The Brain Tumor Center at Duke

BTW

BTW Stands For : Breast Test Wales

C/O

C/O Stands For : Complaining of | Care Of | Complaints Of

C1 - C7

C1 - C7 Stands For : Cervical vertebrae (spine eg C7 = seventh cervical vertebra)

CAIS

CAIS Stands For : Cancer Agency Information System

CALGB

CALGB Stands For : Cancer And Leukemia Group B | Cancer And Leukemia Group B

CCAF

CCAF Stands For : Cancer Center Administrators Forum | Chicken Chemotactic and Angiogenic Factor

CCIC

CCIC Stands For : Clinical Cancer Investigations Committee

CCO

CCO Stands For : Cancer Care Ontario | Cervical Compression Overloading

CCOP

CCOP Stands For : Community Clinical Oncology Program

CCORE

CCORE Stands For : Collaboration of Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation

CCPR

CCPR Stands For : Cancer Cell Production Rate

CCRC

CCRC Stands For : Cancer Care Research Centre | Cancer Circuitry Research Consortium | Community Cancer Resource Center

CCRG

CCRG Stands For : Childrens Cancer Research Group (Oxford

CCS

CCS Stands For : Canadian Cancer Society | Cancer Control Society

CGL

CGL Stands For : Chronic Granulocytic Leukaemia

CGY

CGY Stands For : CentiGray (unit of radiation)

CIN

CIN Stands For : Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia | Chemotherapy Induced Neutropenia | Carcinoma Intraepithelial Neoplasia | Cervical Interepithelial Neoplasm | Cervical Intra-epithelial Neoplasia

CINV

CINV Stands For : chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

CLIC

CLIC Stands For : Cancer and Leukemia In Childhood

CLP

CLP Stands For : Common Lymphoid Progenitor

CMML

CMML Stands For : Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

CPCC

CPCC Stands For : Chicago Prostate Cancer Center

CPM

CPM Stands For : CycloPhosphaMide (anticancer drug) | Chlorpheniramine Maleate | Continuous Passive Motion

CPON

CPON Stands For : Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse

cPSA

cPSA Stands For : Complexed Prostate Specific Antigen

CRAB

CRAB Stands For : Cancer Research And Biostatistics

CRCa

CRCa Stands For : ColoRectal cancer

CRCC

CRCC Stands For : Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

CSE

CSE Stands For : Common Sense Exam | Collaborative Sales Engine

CSUF

CSUF Stands For : Cancer Service Users Forum

CTCA

CTCA Stands For : Cancer Treatment Center of America

CTCL

CTCL Stands For : Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma

CTLA-4

CTLA-4 Stands For : Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte‰ÛÒassociated antigen

CTRC

CTRC Stands For : Cancer Therapy and Research Center

CTRT

CTRT Stands For : Chemotherapy-Thoracic RadioTherapy

CTSU

CTSU Stands For : Cancer Trials Support Unit

CUP

CUP Stands For : Cancer of Unknown Primary

CURE

CURE Stands For : Continuing Umbrella Of Research Experience | Connecticut United for Research Excellence

D/H

D/H Stands For : Drug History

D/W

D/W Stands For : Discussed With | Dextrose And Water

DDAVP

DDAVP Stands For : Desmopressin test for urine osmolality

DFCI

DFCI Stands For : Data- Farber Cancer Institute

DFI

DFI Stands For : Disease Free Interval

DFS

DFS Stands For : Disease Free Survival

DHL

DHL Stands For : Diffuse Histiocytic Lymphoma | Diffuse Histiocytic Leukemia | Drastic Hearing Loss

DLBCL

DLBCL Stands For : Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

DLBL

DLBL Stands For : Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

DLCL

DLCL Stands For : Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma

DLCST

DLCST Stands For : Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial

DLT

DLT Stands For : Dose Limiting Toxicity - determined by phase 1 studies | Day of Luteal Transition

DNT

DNT Stands For : Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor

DSMC

DSMC Stands For : Data and Safety Monitoring Committee

DUBTC

DUBTC Stands For : Duke University Brain Tumor Center

DWD

DWD Stands For : Death with Dignity

EACR

EACR Stands For : European Association for Cancer Research

EANO

EANO Stands For : European Association of Neuro-Oncology

EBI

EBI Stands For : Electronic Battery Indicator

EBMT

EBMT Stands For : European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

EBNA

EBNA Stands For : Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen | Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen

EICESS

EICESS Stands For : European Intergroup Cooperative Ewings Sarcoma Study | European Intergroup Ewings Sarcoma Study

EJC

EJC Stands For : European Journal of Cancer

EMUO

EMUO Stands For : Early Morning Urine Osmolality (evaluating urine concentration)

ENCR

ENCR Stands For : European Network of Cancer Registries

ENSG

ENSG Stands For : European Neuroblastoma Study Group

EOI

EOI Stands For : European Osteosarcoma Intergroup

ESPC

ESPC Stands For : Early Stage Prostate Cancer

EtOH

EtOH Stands For : Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) | Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol)

F/H

F/H Stands For : Family History

FAB

FAB Stands For : French | Foot Ankle And Balance | Fragment Antigen Binding | Fungi Algae Bacteria | Feline Advisory Bureau

FBCH

FBCH Stands For : Follicular Basal Cell Hyperplasia

FEC

FEC Stands For : Fluorouracil | Forced Expiratory Capacity

FECS

FECS Stands For : Federation of European Cancer Societies

FEV

FEV Stands For : Forced Expectorant Volume | Forced Expiratory Volume

FHBG

FHBG Stands For : fluoro-3-[hydroxymethyl]butyl)guanine

FHCI

FHCI Stands For : Florida Hospital Cancer Institute

FIGO

FIGO Stands For : Federation of International of Gynecologists and Obstetricians

FMEN

FMEN Stands For : Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia | Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

FMTC

FMTC Stands For : Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

FNA

FNA Stands For : Fine Needle Aspiration | Fine Needle Aspiration

FNAB

FNAB Stands For : Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy | Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

FORCE

FORCE Stands For : Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered | Focus On Rehabilitation and Cancer Education

FRED

FRED Stands For : First Response Early Detection

FVC

FVC Stands For : Forced Vital Capacity | Forced Vital Capacity

GCA

GCA Stands For : Giant Cell Arteritis | Giand Cell Arteritis

GCCR

GCCR Stands For : Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry | German Childhood Cancer Registry | Gulf Center for Cancer Registration

GCIG

GCIG Stands For : Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup

GM-CSF

GM-CSF Stands For : Granulocyte Macrophage Colony- Stimulating Factor | Granulocyte Macrophage Colony- Stimulating Factor | granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

GOG

GOG Stands For : Gynecologic Oncology Group

GPOH

GPOH Stands For : Gesellschaft fur Padiatrische Onkologie und Hamatologie (German Pediaatric Oncology Group)

GPR

GPR Stands For : Good Partial Remission | General Practice Residency

GY

GY Stands For : Grays (units of radiation)

HAART

HAART Stands For : Highly Active Anti Retroviral Treatment | Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy | Highly active antiretroviral therapy | Highly Active AntiRetroviral Treatment

HCRC

HCRC Stands For : Harvard Cancer Research Center

HDC

HDC Stands For : High Dose Chemotherapy

HER-2/NEU

HER-2/NEU Stands For : Protein related to Cancer

HIAC

HIAC Stands For : Hepatic Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy

HL

HL Stands For : Hyperpigmented Lesions | Hair Loss | Haliaetus Leucocephalus | Head Lice | Hearing Level | Hearing Loss | Heart and Lungs | Hepatic Lipase | Hepatic Lipidosis

HL-A

HL-A Stands For : Human Leukocyte Associated antigen

HRT

HRT Stands For : Hormone Replacement Therapy | Hormone Replacement Therapy | Humor Replacement Therapy

I-131

I-131 Stands For : Radioactive Iodine

IACR

IACR Stands For : International Association of Cancer Registries

IASLC

IASLC Stands For : International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

ICARE

ICARE Stands For : International Cancer Alliance for Research and Education

ICCCPO

ICCCPO Stands For : International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations

ICCG

ICCG Stands For : International Collaborative Cancer Group

ICCPO

ICCPO Stands For : Icelandic Childhood Cancer Parent Organisation

ICDO

ICDO Stands For : International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (coding system)

ICSG

ICSG Stands For : Iranian Cancer Support Group

ICSN

ICSN Stands For : International Cancer Screening Network

IDCP

IDCP Stands For : Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas

IESS

IESS Stands For : Intergroup Ewings Sarcoma Study

IFCP

IFCP Stands For : Institute For Cancer Prevention

IFO

IFO Stands For : Ifosfamide

IL2

IL2 Stands For : Interleukin2

ILC

ILC Stands For : Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

IMF

IMF Stands For : International Myeloma Foundation

IMSR

IMSR Stands For : Integrated Microscopy Shared Resource

INFA

INFA Stands For : International Neurofibromatosis Association

INSS

INSS Stands For : International Neuroblastoma Staging System

IOCA

IOCA Stands For : In Ovo Carcinogenicity Assay

IPMT

IPMT Stands For : Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Tumor

IPOS

IPOS Stands For : International Psycho-Oncology Society

IPSO

IPSO Stands For : International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology

IPSS

IPSS Stands For : International Prostate Symptom Score

IPTR

IPTR Stands For : International Pancreas Traansplant Registry

ISCO

ISCO Stands For : International Society for Cellular Oncology

IWMF

IWMF Stands For : International Waldenstroms Maroglubulinemia Foundation

JCO

JCO Stands For : Journal of Clinical Oncology

K+

K+ Stands For : Potassium

KG

KG Stands For : KiloGram

KSHV

KSHV Stands For : Kaposis Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus

L1 - L5

L1 - L5 Stands For : Lumbar vertebrae 1 - 5 (spine eg L1 = 1st lumbar vertebra)

LCH

LCH Stands For : Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

LCRF

LCRF Stands For : Luminal CCK-Releasing Factor

LCRI

LCRI Stands For : Lymphocyte Cytoplasmic Refractive Index

LGL

LGL Stands For : Large Granular Lymphoma | Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome

LIF

LIF Stands For : Leukemia Inhibitory Factor | Left Iliac Fossa

LMOT

LMOT Stands For : Low Malignant Ovarian Tumor

LMP

LMP Stands For : Low Malignant Potential (context: ovarian tumours) | Last Menstrual Period | Low Malignant Potential | Low Methoxyl Pectinate

LND

LND Stands For : Lymph Node Dissection | Lesch-Nyhan Disease

LRFA

LRFA Stands For : Lymphoma Research Foundation of America

LRM

LRM Stands For : Litigation Risk Management | Learning Response Mode | Litigation Risk Management

LRO

LRO Stands For : Leeward Radiation Oncology Cancer Treatment

LVEF

LVEF Stands For : Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction - a heart function test | Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

LVSF

LVSF Stands For : Left Ventricular Shortening Fraction - a heart function test

LX

LX Stands For : Lumpectomy | Lower eXtremity

M/H

M/H Stands For : Medical history

MAB - MAB

MAB - MAB Stands For : Monoclonal antibody

MAGE

MAGE Stands For : Melanoma AntiGEn

MASCC

MASCC Stands For : Mulinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

MBBL

MBBL Stands For : Multiple Benign Breast Lesions

MCE

MCE Stands For : Mammography Continuing Education

MCMC

MCMC Stands For : Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course

MCR

MCR Stands For : Myeloablative Conditioning Regimen

MEL

MEL Stands For : MELanoma | Melanoma

MEN

MEN Stands For : Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia | Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

MEQ/L

MEQ/L Stands For : Milliequivalent Per Liter | MilliEQuivalents Per Liter

MFI

MFI Stands For : Multiplex Fluorescent Immunoassay

MIBG

MIBG Stands For : MetaIdoBenzoGuanidine | Radio-active MethaIdoBenzoGuanidine

MMMT

MMMT Stands For : Malignant Mixed Mesodermal Tumor

MMTR

MMTR Stands For : Madras Metropolitan Tumor Registry

MOPP

MOPP Stands For : Military Operational Protective Posture | Mission Oriented Protective Pants | nitrogen Mustard | mechlorethamine

MORE

MORE Stands For : Mens Oncology Research And Education | Motor

MOSM

MOSM Stands For : Milliosmole

MPNST

MPNST Stands For : Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour

MPO

MPO Stands For : Medical and Pediatric Oncology (journal)

MSCO

MSCO Stands For : Minnesota Society of Clinical Oncology

MSSU

MSSU Stands For : Mid stream specimen urine

MSTI

MSTI Stands For : Mountain States Tumor Institute | Multiple Soft Tissue Injuries

MTX

MTX Stands For : Methotrexate (anticancer drug) | Methotrexate | methotrexate

MUD

MUD Stands For : Matched Urelated Donor - for bone marrow transplant

N/V

N/V Stands For : Nausea and vomiting | Nausea and vomiting

NA+

NA+ Stands For : Sodium

NAACCR

NAACCR Stands For : North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

NABCO

NABCO Stands For : National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations

NBCCS

NBCCS Stands For : Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome

NBM

NBM Stands For : Nil By Mouth | Nothing by mouth | Nucleus Basalis of Meynert

NBSP

NBSP Stands For : Nhs Breast Screening Programme

NCCF

NCCF Stands For : National Childrens Cancer Foundation

NCCS

NCCS Stands For : National Coalition For Cancer Survivorship

NCIC

NCIC Stands For : National Cancer Institute of Canada

NCRA

NCRA Stands For : National Cancer Registrars Association

NDCR

NDCR Stands For : North Dakota Cancer Registry

NDSO

NDSO Stands For : Nasolacrimal Drainage System Obstruction

NECCR

NECCR Stands For : North of England Childrens Cancer Research Unit

NK

NK Stands For : Natural Killer cells | Not Known | natural killer cell | NeuroKinin | Not Known

NKCA

NKCA Stands For : National Kidney Cancer Association

NKT

NKT Stands For : Natural Killer T Cells

NMSC

NMSC Stands For : Non Melanoma Skin Cancer | Non Melanoma Skin Cancer

NNFF

NNFF Stands For : National NeuroFibromatosis Foundation

NRCI

NRCI Stands For : Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

NRCT

NRCT Stands For : National Register of Cancer Trials | National Registry of Childhood Tumours

NRK

NRK Stands For : Normal Rat Kidney Cell

NRSTS

NRSTS Stands For : Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma

OASIS

OASIS Stands For : Ovarian Awareness | On-line Aspergers Syndrome Information and Support

OCF

OCF Stands For : Orange County Foundation for Oncology | OsteoChondral Fracture

OCNA

OCNA Stands For : Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

OCRF

OCRF Stands For : Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

OCTO

OCTO Stands For : Oncology Clinical Trials Office

OECI

OECI Stands For : Organization of European Cancer Institutes

OKC

OKC Stands For : Odontogenic KeratoCyst

ONB

ONB Stands For : Olfactory NeuroBlastoma

OSCR

OSCR Stands For : Oncology Symptom Control Research

OSM

OSM Stands For : OncoStatin M | Object Space Manager

OTRU

OTRU Stands For : Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

OWR

OWR Stands For : One Womans Reconstruction

PBSC

PBSC Stands For : Peripheral Blood Stem Cell

PBSCH

PBSCH Stands For : Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest

PBSCR

PBSCR Stands For : Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Rescue (transplant)

PBSCT

PBSCT Stands For : Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant

PBTR

PBTR Stands For : Pediatric Brain Tumor Research

PBTRI

PBTRI Stands For : Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Institute

PCAN

PCAN Stands For : Pediatric Cancer Action Network

PCOP

PCOP Stands For : Prostate Cancer Options Program | Plasma Colloid Osmotic Pressure

PCPT

PCPT Stands For : Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial

PCRF

PCRF Stands For : Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation

PFS

PFS Stands For : Progression Free Survival

PHAT

PHAT Stands For : Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor | Pelvis Hips Abs And Thighs | Pelvis

PHLA

PHLA Stands For : Post-Heparin Lipolytic Activity

PIOS

PIOS Stands For : Point In Oncogene Synthesis | Pain Is Over Soon

PLB

PLB Stands For : Primary Lymphoma of Bone

PLL

PLL Stands For : ProLymphocytic Leukaemia

PNET

PNET Stands For : Peripheral NeuroEctodermal Tumor (Bone tumors) | Primitive NeuroEctodermal Tumor

POB

POB Stands For : Preventive Oncology Board

POG

POG Stands For : Pediatric Oncology Group | The Pediatric Oncology Group | Prisoner Of Gravity

POKEMON

POKEMON Stands For : POK Erythroid Myeloid ONtogenic factor

PONF

PONF Stands For : Paediatric Oncology Nurses Forum

POR

POR Stands For : Post Operative Recovery | Post Operative Recovery

PQL

PQL Stands For : Practical Quantitation Limit

PSU

PSU Stands For : Pathogen Sequencing Unit

PTCM

PTCM Stands For : Purified Tumor Cell Membrane

PTEN

PTEN Stands For : Phosphatase/Tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 | phosphatase and tensin homologue | phosphatqase and tensin homologue

PTI

PTI Stands For : Prostate Tumor Inducer

PTML

PTML Stands For : Peripheral T Malignant Lymphoma

PTPR

PTPR Stands For : Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region

PTV

PTV Stands For : Planning Target Volume

QCW

QCW Stands For : Quantification Cytogenetic Workstation

QGE

QGE Stands For : Quantitative Genetic Epidemiology | Quantitative Genetic Epidemiology

REAL

REAL Stands For : Revised European American Lymphoma

REHEX

REHEX Stands For : Regional Human Exposure

RFS

RFS Stands For : Recurrence-free survival | Relapse Free Survival

RIGS

RIGS Stands For : Radio-ImmunoGuided Surgery

RIS

RIS Stands For : Radiological Information System | Resistance

RIT

RIT Stands For : RadioImmunoTherapy

RLRC

RLRC Stands For : Rose Lake Research Center

RNV

RNV Stands For : Radio- Nuclear Ventriculography | Radio- Nuclear Ventriculography

ROCK

ROCK Stands For : Reaching Out To Cancer Kids | Rigidity Optimized Conformation Kinetics

ROIO

ROIO Stands For : Record Of Indeterminate Origin

RP

RP Stands For : Radical Prostatectomy | Rejection Probability | Rejuvenation Patch | Retinitis Pigmentosa | Retrograde Pyelogram | rotating platform

RSIS

RSIS Stands For : Radiology Scheduling/Inventory System

SAE

SAE Stands For : Serious Adverse Event | Siamese Algae Eater

SCAL

SCAL Stands For : Service Controlled Agile Logistics

SCC

SCC Stands For : Short Course Chemotherapy | Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Strategic Cell Controller | Somatic Cell Count

SCCA

SCCA Stands For : Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

SCFL

SCFL Stands For : Secondary Cutaneous Follicular Lymphoma

SCL

SCL Stands For : Stem Cell Leukemia | Scleroderma | Sclerosis | Straight Carapace Length

SCLC

SCLC Stands For : Small Cell Lung Cancer | Small Cell Lung Cancer

SCTN

SCTN Stands For : Scottish Cancer Therapy Network

SDF

SDF Stands For : Stromal Derived Factor

SFOP

SFOP Stands For : French Paediatric Oncology Society

SGDM

SGDM Stands For : Study Group on Data Management

SGO

SGO Stands For : Society of Gynecologic Oncologists

SH

SH Stands For : Social History | Sedatives Hypnotics | Self help | Serum Hepatitis | Shoulder | Social history | Src Homology | Surgical History

SIOP

SIOP Stands For : International Society of Paediatric Oncology

SMOC

SMOC Stands For : Southeastern Medical Oncology Center

SOL

SOL Stands For : space-occupying lesion | Solution | Space Occupying Lesion | solutio - solution

SPEM

SPEM Stands For : Spasmolytic Polypeptide Expressing Metaplasia | Spasmolytic Polypeptide Expressing Metaplasia

SPOHNC

SPOHNC Stands For : Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

SSMM

SSMM Stands For : Superficial Spreading Malignant Melanoma

STRST

STRST Stands For : Thermal Stress Restrained Specimen Test

SVCP

SVCP Stands For : Special Virus Cancer Program | Severe Viral Cold Period | Superior Vena Cava Pressure

SWOG

SWOG Stands For : SouthWest Oncology Group

SZS

SZS Stands For : SÌ©zary Syndrome

T1 - T12

T1 - T12 Stands For : Thoracic vertebrae 1-12 (spine eg T10 = tenth thoracic vertebra)

TAA

TAA Stands For : Tumor Associated Antigen | ThoracoAbdominal Aorta

TACE

TACE Stands For : Tnf A Converting Enzyme

TARG

TARG Stands For : Technology And Application Resource Group

TCTP

TCTP Stands For : Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein

THP1

THP1 Stands For : Tamm-Horsfall Protein 1

TIL

TIL Stands For : Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes

TLI

TLI Stands For : Trypsin Like Immunoreactivity

TLS

TLS Stands For : Tumor Lysis Syndrome

TNB

TNB Stands For : Transthoracic Needle Biopsy | Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

TNF-A

TNF-A Stands For : Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

TNM

TNM Stands For : Tumor | Tumor

TRI

TRI Stands For : Tubulo Reticulo Inclusion

TRK

TRK Stands For : TRansKetolase

TXT

TXT Stands For : The Xtermination Team

TZB

TZB Stands For : Tumor Zentrum Berlin

U&ES

U&ES Stands For : Urea and Electrolytes

UKACR

UKACR Stands For : United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries

UKCCCR

UKCCCR Stands For : United Kingdom Coordinating Committee for Cancer Research

UKCCRG

UKCCRG Stands For : United Kingdom Childrens Cancer Research Group (Oxford)

UKCCSG

UKCCSG Stands For : United Kingdom Childrens Cancer Study Group

ULR

ULR Stands For : Universal Leukocyte Reduction | Universal Leukocyte Reduction

UMCCC

UMCCC Stands For : University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

UNI

UNI Stands For : Universal Nobel Institute

URO

URO Stands For : University Radiation Oncology Associates | Urology

URPI

URPI Stands For : Uro-Radiology Prostate Institute

UVR

UVR Stands For : Ultra Violet Radiation | Ultraviolet radiation

VAH

VAH Stands For : Virginia A Hodgkinson Research Prize | Veterans Administration Hospital | Valley Animal Hospital

VEF

VEF Stands For : Ventricular Ejection Fraction

VFL

VFL Stands For : Vinflunine

VM-26

VM-26 Stands For : Teniposide ( Anti- cancer drug)

VML

VML Stands For : Very Malignant Leanings

VNB

VNB Stands For : Vinorelbine

VP-16

VP-16 Stands For : Etoposide (anticancer drug)

WACN

WACN Stands For : West Anglia Cancer Network

WALC

WALC Stands For : Women Against Lung Cancer

WBCU

WBCU Stands For : West Bank Cancer Unit

WBRT

WBRT Stands For : Whole- Brain Radiation Therapy

WCRC

WCRC Stands For : Womens Cancer Resource Center

WCRF

WCRF Stands For : World Cancer Research Fund

WCSP

WCSP Stands For : Wyoming Cancer Surveillance Program

WDLL

WDLL Stands For : Well Differentiated Lymphocytic Lymphoma

WDLS

WDLS Stands For : Well Differentiated LipoSarcoma

WHO

WHO Stands For : World Health Organization | World Health Organization | Wrist-Hand Orthosis | World Health Organization

WICR

WICR Stands For : Women In Cancer Research

WIFC

WIFC Stands For : Widely Invasive Follicular Carcinoma

WJSG

WJSG Stands For : West Japan Study Group For Lung Cancer Surgery

WJSO

WJSO Stands For : World Journal of Surgical Oncology

WOKC

WOKC Stands For : Wipe Out Kids Cancer

WRCC

WRCC Stands For : Windsor Regional Cancer Centre

WROA

WROA Stands For : Western Radiation Oncology Associates

WSBH

WSBH Stands For : World Society for Breast Health

WSCR

WSCR Stands For : Washington State Cancer Registry

WT1

WT1 Stands For : Wilms Tumor 1 protein

WT2

WT2 Stands For : Wilms Tumor 2 Protein

WTCI

WTCI Stands For : Womens Therapy Centre Institute

WTMG

WTMG Stands For : Western Tumor Medical Group

WTZE

WTZE Stands For : WestDeutches TumorZentrum Essen

WUM

WUM Stands For : Wismut Uranium Miner

WWBI

WWBI Stands For : Womens Well- Being Initiative

WWCH

WWCH Stands For : Walla Walla Community Hospice

XLS

XLS Stands For : Excimer Laser System | Excimer Laser System

YST

YST Stands For : Yolk Sack Tumor

ZHC

ZHC Stands For : Zajdela Hepatoma Cell

#NOF

#NOF Stands For : Fractured Neck Of Femur

3DCRT

3DCRT Stands For : 3 Dimensional Conformal Radio-Therapy

5-ARI(s)

5-ARI(s) Stands For : 5-alpha reductase inhibitor(s)

7

7 Stands For : Prescription

A&P

A&P Stands For : Anterior and Posterior

A&W

A&W Stands For : Alive and Well

A-P

A-P Stands For : Anterior-Posterior

A/C

A/C Stands For : Albumin/Creatinine ratio | Anterior Chamber of eye

A1AD

A1AD Stands For : Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency | Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

A1ATD

A1ATD Stands For : Alpha1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency

AAADD

AAADD Stands For : Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

AACG

AACG Stands For : Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma

AACI

AACI Stands For : Association of American Cancer Institutes

AAH

AAH Stands For : Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia

AAIA

AAIA Stands For : Abdominal Aortic Or Iliac Aneurysms

AAONP

AAONP Stands For : The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

AAPB

AAPB Stands For : Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

AAROM

AAROM Stands For : Active Assistive Range Of Motion

AASD

AASD Stands For : Anti-depressant Associated Sexual Dysfunction

AATP

AATP Stands For : Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

AAVC

AAVC Stands For : Apico Aortic Valved Conduit | American Association of Veterinary Clinicians

ABBP

ABBP Stands For : Ankle to Brachial Blood Pressure

ABE

ABE Stands For : Acute Bacterial Endocarditis | Artificial Brain Enhancement

ABEM

ABEM Stands For : American Board of Emergency Medicine

ABLA

ABLA Stands For : Acute Blood Loss Anemia

ABMD

ABMD Stands For : Anterior Buccal Mandibular Depression | Areal Bone Mineral Density

ABNL

ABNL Stands For : Abnormal

ABO

ABO Stands For : Blood Grouping System | Air-Breathing Organ

ABPA

ABPA Stands For : Allergic BronchoPulmonary Aspergillus

ABPP

ABPP Stands For : American Board of Professional Psychology

ABR

ABR Stands For : Auditory Brainstem Response

ABSCS

ABSCS Stands For : Autologous Blood Stem Cell Support

ABSD

ABSD Stands For : Adult Basic Skills Development

ACCESS

ACCESS Stands For : A Case Control Etiology Sarcoidosis Study

ACCOM

ACCOM Stands For : Accommodation

ACDF

ACDF Stands For : Access Control Decision Function | Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion | Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion

ACET

ACET Stands For : Acetonide

ACFO

ACFO Stands For : Ankle - Calcaneal - Forefoot Orthosis

AChE

AChE Stands For : acetyl cholinesterase

ACHF

ACHF Stands For : Acute Congestive Heart Failure

ACJT

ACJT Stands For : AcromioClavicular JoinT

ACLD

ACLD Stands For : Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficient

ACLR

ACLR Stands For : Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

ACRF

ACRF Stands For : ACcute Respiratory Failure

ACSF

ACSF Stands For : artificial cerebrospinal fluid

ACTA

ACTA Stands For : Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

ACTN3

ACTN3 Stands For : alpha-actinin 3

ACVD

ACVD Stands For : Acute Cardio-Vascular Disease | American College of Veterinary Dermatology

AD LIB

AD LIB Stands For : As Desired | Ad Libitum (use as much as one desires)

ADC(s)

ADC(s) Stands For : antibody-drug conjugates(s) | antibody-drug conjugate(s)

ADEM

ADEM Stands For : Acute Disseminated EncephaloMyelitis

ADENO-CA

ADENO-CA Stands For : Adenocarcinoma

ADHF

ADHF Stands For : Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

ADK

ADK Stands For : Audio Digital Kinetics

ADM

ADM Stands For : Admission | Admit | Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus

ADME

ADME Stands For : Absorbsion Distribution Metabolism And Excretion | Absorption

ADMET

ADMET Stands For : Absorption

ADMIN

ADMIN Stands For : Administration

ADNFLE

ADNFLE Stands For : Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

ADPKD

ADPKD Stands For : Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

ADPSP

ADPSP Stands For : Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia

ADVR

ADVR Stands For : Anterior Dorsal Ventricular Ridge

AEA

AEA Stands For : Auto Erotic Asphyxiation

AEBS

AEBS Stands For : Anti Estrogen Binding Sites

AEFI

AEFI Stands For : Adverse Event Following Immunization

AEP(s)

AEP(s) Stands For : Alcohol-exposed pregnancy (-ies)

AERP

AERP Stands For : Atrial Effective Refractory Period

AESOP

AESOP Stands For : Automated Endoscopic System For Optimal Positioning

AFA

AFA Stands For : All Fluids Allowed | American Ferret Association

AFCP

AFCP Stands For : Amniotic Fluid C Peptide | Antibody Forming Cell Precursors

AFFIRM

AFFIRM Stands For : Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management

AFFT

AFFT Stands For : Anal Fold Fat Thickness

AFIU

AFIU Stands For : Abnormal Focal Increased Uptake

AFT

AFT Stands For : Accelerated failure time | Animal Facilitated Therapy | African Fat Tailed

AFTER

AFTER Stands For : Assessment Feedback Treatment Education And Recommendations

AFTR

AFTR Stands For : Atrophy | Rigidity | Tremor

AFV

AFV Stands For : Amniotic Fluid Volume

AGA

AGA Stands For : Appropriate for Gestational Age

AGB

AGB Stands For : Adjustable Gastric Band

AGG

AGG Stands For : Aggravation

AGL

AGL Stands For : Acute Granulocytic Leukemia

AGLD

AGLD Stands For : Acquired Generalized Lipoatropic Diabetes

AGN

AGN Stands For : Acute glomerulonephritis

AGNO3

AGNO3 Stands For : Silver Nitrate

AGR

AGR Stands For : Assumed Growth Rate | Average Growth Rate

AGS

AGS Stands For : Advanced Gullibleitus Syndrome

AGTT

AGTT Stands For : Abnormal glucose tolerance test

AHD

AHD Stands For : Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease | Attention Hyperactive Disorder | Autoimmune Hemolytic Disease

AIB

AIB Stands For : Air Inside Bone

AIDE

AIDE Stands For : Adaptive Independent Drinking Equipment

AIDP

AIDP Stands For : Acute Idiopathic Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

AIIS

AIIS Stands For : Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine

AILD

AILD Stands For : Alcohol Induced Liver Disease

AIMD

AIMD Stands For : Active Implantable Medical Device

AIRG

AIRG Stands For : Acute Insulin Response to Glucose

AITD

AITD Stands For : Auto-Immune Thyroid Disease

AIVR

AIVR Stands For : Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm

AJ

AJ Stands For : Ankle Jerk

AKI

AKI Stands For : Acute Kidney Injury

AL HYDROX

AL HYDROX Stands For : Aluminum Hydroxide

ALG

ALG Stands For : Antilymphocytic Globulin

ALK PHOS

ALK PHOS Stands For : Alkaline Phosphatase

ALMI

ALMI Stands For : Anterior Lateral Myocardial Infarction

ALT HOR

ALT HOR Stands For : Alternate Hours

ALT NOCT

ALT NOCT Stands For : Alternate Nights

ALTS

ALTS Stands For : Acute lumbar trauma syndrome

ALVAL

ALVAL Stands For : Aseptic Lymphocytic Vasculitis-Associated Lesion

ALVF

ALVF Stands For : Acute left ventricular failure

ALZ

ALZ Stands For : Alzheimers disease

AMC

AMC Stands For : Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita | Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenity

AMINOPH

AMINOPH Stands For : Aminophylline

AMM

AMM Stands For : Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia | Ammonium

AMM CL

AMM CL Stands For : Ammonium Chloride

AMMON

AMMON Stands For : Ammoniated

AMOBARB

AMOBARB Stands For : Amobarbital Sodium

AMOL

AMOL Stands For : Active Management of Labor

AMPD

AMPD Stands For : adenosine monophosphate deaminase

AMPK

AMPK Stands For : activated protein kinase | adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase

AMPPE

AMPPE Stands For : Acute Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy

ANAL

ANAL Stands For : Analgesic

ANCA(s)

ANCA(s) Stands For : antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody/ies

AnCg

AnCg Stands For : Anterior Cingulate Cortex

ANCL

ANCL Stands For : Adult Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

ANCN

ANCN Stands For : Absolute Neutrophil Count at the Nadir

ANDA

ANDA Stands For : Abbreviated New Drug Application

ANES

ANES Stands For : Anesthesia

ANF

ANF Stands For : Anti- Nuclear Factor | Atrial Natriuretic Factor

ANG

ANG Stands For : Angle

ANI

ANI Stands For : Acute nerve irritation

ANRI

ANRI Stands For : Acute Nerve Root Irritation

ANT

ANT Stands For : Anterior

anti-HBc

anti-HBc Stands For : Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen

anti-HCV

anti-HCV Stands For : Hepatitis C antibodies

ANTS

ANTS Stands For : Adequate Nationwide Treatment For Sufferers

ANUG

ANUG Stands For : Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

ANX

ANX Stands For : Anxiety

AODM

AODM Stands For : Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus

AOG

AOG Stands For : Age Of Gestation

AOH

AOH Stands For : Anterior Pituitary Hormone | Aphasia

AOM

AOM Stands For : Acute Otitis Media

AP&L

AP&L Stands For : AnteroPosterior and lateral

APA

APA Stands For : Air Pathway Analysis | Alkaline Phosphatase Activity | Anti Polymer Antibody | African Pigeon Association

APAC

APAC Stands For : Australian Psychology Accreditation Council

APCA

APCA Stands For : Anthropogenic Precursor Culpability Assessment

APCOR

APCOR Stands For : Advanced Portable Coronary Observation Radio

APHD

APHD Stands For : Apparent Pregnene Hydroxylation Deficiency

APKD

APKD Stands For : Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease

APLA

APLA Stands For : Anti Phospholipid Antibody

APML

APML Stands For : Acute Promyelocytic Myelogneous Leukemia

Apo A1

Apo A1 Stands For : Apolipoprotein A1

Apo B

Apo B Stands For : Apolipoprotein B

APPLE

APPLE Stands For : A Post Psychiatric Leisure Experience

APSD

APSD Stands For : Antisocial Process Screening Device

APT

APT Stands For : arterial physiological testing

APVOD

APVOD Stands For : Arteriosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease

AQ DIST

AQ DIST Stands For : Distilled Water

AQUA

AQUA Stands For : Water

AR

AR Stands For : Acid Reflux | Active Resistance | Admitting Room | Anti Reflux | Apical Rate | Artificial Respiration | Assisted Respiration | At Risk

ARAT

ARAT Stands For : Action Research Arm Test

ARB(s)

ARB(s) Stands For : angiotensin-receptor blocker(s) | angiotensin-receptor blocker(s)

ARCQ

ARCQ Stands For : Auditory Response Control Quotient

ARE

ARE Stands For : Active-Resistance Exercise | Antioxidant Response Element

AREDS

AREDS Stands For : Age-Related Eye Disease Study

ARIS

ARIS Stands For : Adverse Reaction Information System

ARNS

ARNS Stands For : Acute Retinal Necrosis Syndrome

ARO

ARO Stands For : Aerosol Solid

ARPAC

ARPAC Stands For : Antibiotic Resistance Prevention And Control

ARPL

ARPL Stands For : Additional Right Pectoral Lead

ARQL

ARQL Stands For : Asthma Related Quality of Life

ARS

ARS Stands For : Acute Retroviral Syndrome | Atypical Rheumatic Syndrome | Agricultural Research Service

ARSA

ARSA Stands For : arylsulfatase A

ARSD

ARSD Stands For : Alcohol Related Spectrum Disorder

AS TOL

AS TOL Stands For : AS TOLerated

ASCVD

ASCVD Stands For : Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease | Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease

ASHD

ASHD Stands For : ArterioSclerotic Heart Disease

ASIS

ASIS Stands For : Anterior Superior Iliac Spine

ASMR

ASMR Stands For : Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

ASPVD

ASPVD Stands For : Arteriosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease

ASS

ASS Stands For : Anterior superior spine | American Show Shepherd

ASTIGM

ASTIGM Stands For : Astigmatism

ASWM

ASWM Stands For : Abnormal Segmental Wall Motion

ATEC

ATEC Stands For : Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist

ATF

ATF Stands For : Anterior Talofibular

ATFL

ATFL Stands For : Anterior Talofibular Ligament

ATFP

ATFP Stands For : Arcus Tendineus Fascia Pelvis | Arcus Tendineus Fasciae Pelvis

ATN

ATN Stands For : Acute tubular necrosis

ATNR

ATNR Stands For : Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex

ATR SULF

ATR SULF Stands For : Atropine Sulfate

ATTN

ATTN Stands For : Aids Therapeutic Treatment Now

AU

AU Stands For : Auris Utraque (both ears) | Auris Utraque (both ears)

AUBC

AUBC Stands For : Acute Uncomplicated Bacterial Cystitis

AUBM

AUBM Stands For : Autologous Unfractionated Bone Marrow

AUL

AUL Stands For : Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia

AUM

AUM Stands For : Autotrophy Utility Margin

AUSC

AUSC Stands For : Auscultation

AVB

AVB Stands For : Applied Verbal Behavior

AVC

AVC Stands For : Apical Vesicle Cluster | Association of Veterinary Consultants

AVD

AVD Stands For : Arterial Vascular Disease

AVF

AVF Stands For : ArterioVenous Fistula

AVH

AVH Stands For : Actual Vocal Harm | Acute Viral Hepatitis | Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy

AVI

AVI Stands For : Auditory and Visually Inept | Association for Veterinary Informatics | Association of Veterinarians in Industry | Australian Veterinarians in Industry

AVPD

AVPD Stands For : AtrioVentricular Plane Displacement

AVPS

AVPS Stands For : Actively Variable Passive Stiffness

AVR

AVR Stands For : Aortic Valve Replacement

AVSD

AVSD Stands For : Atrio-Ventricular Septal Defect

AVT

AVT Stands For : Auditory Verbal Therapy

AW

AW Stands For : Able to Work | Alive and well

AWK

AWK Stands For : Awkward

AX

AX Stands For : Axiallary | Axillary

AZT

AZT Stands For : Aschheim-Zondek Test | Azidothymidine | Australian Zoo Team

B & O

B & O Stands For : Belladonna And Opium

B-HCG

B-HCG Stands For : beta-human chorionic gonadotrophic hormone

B/A

B/A Stands For : BackAche

BACT

BACT Stands For : Bacteriologist | Bacteriology

BAD

BAD Stands For : Bipolar Affective Disorder

BAM

BAM Stands For : Basilar Artery Migraine

BAR

BAR Stands For : Body Alarm Reaction | Bright Alert And Responsive

BAV-3

BAV-3 Stands For : BAnna Virus 3 | Bovine AdenoVirus Type 3

BAVD

BAVD Stands For : Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

BAVR

BAVR Stands For : Biological Aortic Valve Replacement

BAVS

BAVS Stands For : Basilar Artery VasoSpasm | Bay Area Veterinary Specialists

BAVX

BAVX Stands For : Bal-A-Vis-X

BB/FS

BB/FS Stands For : Breast Biopsy/ Frozen Section

BBBD

BBBD Stands For : Blood Brain Barrier Disruption

BBBM

BBBM Stands For : Bundle Branch Block Morphology

BBC

BBC Stands For : Baby Bond Connect | Big Black Cat

BBM

BBM Stands For : Big Bowel Movement

BC/BS

BC/BS Stands For : Blue Cross/Blue Shield

BCEM

BCEM Stands For : Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine

BCIE

BCIE Stands For : Bullous Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma

BCN

BCN Stands For : Behavioral Computational Neuropsychology

BCR(s)

BCR(s) Stands For : beta cell receptor(s)

BCRF

BCRF Stands For : Blood Center Research Foundation

BD

BD Stands For : Baby Dance | Behavior Disorder | Birth Date | Brain Development | Bis In Die (Twice Daily) | Beagle Dog

BDNF

BDNF Stands For : brain-derived neurotropic factor

BEACH

BEACH Stands For : Bettering The Evaluation And Care Of Health

BED

BED Stands For : Binge Eating Disorder

BEE

BEE Stands For : Basal Energy Expenditure

BEFE

BEFE Stands For : Bio-Energy Field Enhancement

BELL

BELL Stands For : Belladonna

BELL ALK

BELL ALK Stands For : Belladonna Alkaloids

BENZ

BENZ Stands For : Benzathine

BENZALK

BENZALK Stands For : Benzalkonium Chloride

BENZO

BENZO Stands For : Benzocaine

Beq

Beq Stands For : bioequivalence

BERA

BERA Stands For : Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry

BERPS

BERPS Stands For : Blood pressure

BFL

BFL Stands For : Body For Life

BFO

BFO Stands For : Balanced Forearm Orthosis | Blood-Forming Organs

BGL

BGL Stands For : Blood Garlic Level

BGTT

BGTT Stands For : Borderline glucose tolerance test

BHM

BHM Stands For : Big Hairy Mole

BHP

BHP Stands For : Benign Hypertrophic Prostate

BHRE

BHRE Stands For : Back Hand Reactive Exertion

BIC

BIC Stands For : Biceps | Biotechnology Information Center

BIL

BIL Stands For : Bilateral

BILI

BILI Stands For : Bilirubin

BIMO

BIMO Stands For : bioresearch monitoring

BIMS

BIMS Stands For : Blood In My Stool

BIN

BIN Stands For : Twice A Night

BIOP

BIOP Stands For : Biopsy

BIPAP

BIPAP Stands For : BIlevel Positive Airway Pressure

BIS SUBNIT

BIS SUBNIT Stands For : Bismuth Subnitrate

BIS SUBSAL

BIS SUBSAL Stands For : Bismuth Subsalicylate

BIT

BIT Stands For : Bitartrate

BITE

BITE Stands For : Behavior

BIU

BIU Stands For : Blood In Urine

BJE

BJE Stands For : Bones

BJM

BJM Stands For : Bones

BKD

BKD Stands For : Bacterial Kidney Disease

BL

BL Stands For : Bilateral lower lung fields | Blood Loss | Broken Leg

BLAD

BLAD Stands For : Bladder

BLE

BLE Stands For : Both Lower Extremities

BLLB

BLLB Stands For : Bone Ligament Labrum Bone

BLP

BLP Stands For : Bare Light Perception

BLQ

BLQ Stands For : Both lower quadrants

BMW

BMW Stands For : Bone Marrow Wanted

BNCE

BNCE Stands For : Brief Neuropsychological Cognitive Examination

BND

BND Stands For : Barely Noticeable Difference

BNO

BNO Stands For : Bladder Neck Obstruction

BNR

BNR Stands For : Bladder Neck Resection

BOE

BOE Stands For : Bilateral Otitis Externa

BOL

BOL Stands For : Beginning Of Life | BOLus (as a large single dose)

BOM

BOM Stands For : Bilateral Otitis Media

BOOST

BOOST Stands For : Benefits Of Oxygen Saturation Targeting

BOT

BOT Stands For : Bionic Operating Team

BOW

BOW Stands For : Bag Of Waters

BOWR

BOWR Stands For : Bilateral Ovarian Wedge Resection

BPEL

BPEL Stands For : Bone Pressed Erect Length

BPF

BPF Stands For : Bloodline Potential Factor

BPM

BPM Stands For : Beats Per Minute

BPOP

BPOP Stands For : Bizarre Parosteal Osteochondromatous Proliferation

BPPV

BPPV Stands For : Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

BPV

BPV Stands For : Benign Positional Vertigo

BRA

BRA Stands For : Breast Retainment Apparatus

BRB

BRB Stands For : Bright Red Blood | Brazilian Rainbow Boa

BRBPR

BRBPR Stands For : Bright Red Blood Per Rectum

BRBR

BRBR Stands For : BRonchial BReathing

BRBRP

BRBRP Stands For : Bright Red Blood Per Rectum

BRDV

BRDV Stands For : Broadhaven Virus

BRI

BRI Stands For : Building Related Illness

BRIC

BRIC Stands For : Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis

BROMPHEN

BROMPHEN Stands For : Brompheniramine Maleate

BRVO

BRVO Stands For : Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

BRW

BRW Stands For : Benchmark Risk Weight

BRX

BRX Stands For : Body Response To X

BSK

BSK Stands For : Band Shaped Keratopathy

BSLC

BSLC Stands For : Brain Stem Locus Coeruleus

BSMM

BSMM Stands For : Bleeding of Skin and Mucosa Membrane

BSP

BSP Stands For : Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy | Blood Stoppage Patch | BromSulPhalein

BTE

BTE Stands For : Behind The Ear

BTL

BTL Stands For : Bilateral Tubal ligation

BTM

BTM Stands For : Bone Tissue And Muscle

BTR

BTR Stands For : Biceps Tendon Reflex

BTT

BTT Stands For : Bridge To Transplant

BTV

BTV Stands For : Blue Tongue Virus

BUE

BUE Stands For : Both Upper Extremities

BUPIV

BUPIV Stands For : BUPIVacaine Hydrochloride

BUQ

BUQ Stands For : Both Upper Quadrants

BURP

BURP Stands For : Backwards Upwards Rightwards Pressure

BUSM

BUSM Stands For : Boston University School of Medicine

BUTABARB

BUTABARB Stands For : BUTAbarbital Sodium

BUTAL

BUTAL Stands For : Butalbital

BVM

BVM Stands For : Bag Valve Mask | Bag- Valve mask (for ventilating a patient)

BVR

BVR Stands For : Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation

C-SECTION

C-SECTION Stands For : Cesarean Section

C02

C02 Stands For : Carbon Dioxide

C1

C1 Stands For : First Cervical Vertebra

C18

C18 Stands For : Chromosome 18

C2

C2 Stands For : Second Cervical Vertebra

C3

C3 Stands For : Third Cervical Vertebra

C3-C4

C3-C4 Stands For : Cervical Vertebrae 3 to Cervical Vertebrae 4 connection

C4

C4 Stands For : Fourth Cervical Vertebra

C5

C5 Stands For : Fifth Cervical Vertebra

C6

C6 Stands For : Sixth Cervical Vertebra

C7

C7 Stands For : Seventh Cervical Vertebra

CAAM

CAAM Stands For : Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

CABI

CABI Stands For : Center for Advanced Brain Imaging

CACD

CACD Stands For : Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy

CADP

CADP Stands For : Central Auditory Processing Disorder

CAFF

CAFF Stands For : Caffeine

CAL ACE

CAL ACE Stands For : CALcium ACEtate

CAL CARB

CAL CARB Stands For : CALcium CARBonate

CAL CITR

CAL CITR Stands For : CALcium CITRate

CAL GLUC

CAL GLUC Stands For : CALcium GLUConate

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