Medical 2

NPIS NPIS Stands For : National Poisons Information Service \| Numeric Pain Intensity Scale	NPO NPO Stands For : National Programme Office \| This term appears in several lists of British medical abbreviations \| Nil Per Os (Nothing By Mouth) \| Nil Per Os (Nothing By Mouth)
NPSA NPSA Stands For : National Patient Safety Agency	NPT NPT Stands For : nasal provocation test \| near patient testing \| neomycin phosphotransferase \| Neuropsychiatry Technician \| nocturnal penile tumescence \| nonpyramidal tract \| near-patient testing \| Normal pressure and temperature
NQR NQR Stands For : NADH-quinone reductase \| national quality requirement	NR NR Stands For : nasal (airflow) resistance \| natural resistance \| natural rubber \| nearest relative \| nephrogenic rests \| neuroleptic responsive \| nitrate reductase \| nitrogen retention \| NMDA receptor \| no radiation \| no recurrence \| no refill \| no respiration \| non-reactive \| non-reducing \| non-resistance \| non-response \| normal response \| nuclear receptor \| nuclease resistant \| nutrient restriction \| no reaction \| Nerve Root \| No Reaction \| No Response \| Normal Range \| Not Remarkable \| Not Responsive \| Nutritional Requirement \| not refillable
NRE NRE Stands For : negative regulatory element \| non-recurring expenditure \| norepinephrine	NRF NRF Stands For : negative regulatory factor \| Neurosciences Research Foundation
NRL NRL Stands For : National Reference Laboratories \| nucleosome repeat length \| nucleus reticularis lateralis	NRLS NRLS Stands For : National Radiological Protection Board
NRR NRR Stands For : nasal respiratory resistance \| net reproduction rate \| Nuclear Receptor Resource \| National Research Register \| UK National Research Register \| No Recognizeable Response \| Noise Reduction Rating	NRT NRT Stands For : nucleus reticularis \| Natural Recovery Therapy \| Neural Response Telemetry \| Nicotine Replacement Therapy
NSCA NSCA Stands For : National Sentinel Clinical Audit \| National Subacute Care Association	NSCG NSCG Stands For : National Specialised Commissioning Group
NSFOP NSFOP Stands For : National Service Framework for Older People	NSS NSS Stands For : National Services Scotland \| nephron-sparing surgery \| neurologic severity score \| nutrition support services \| Normal Saline Solution \| Normal Size and Shape
NSU NSU Stands For : Neurosurgical unit \| Nonspecific urethritis \| Non Specific Urethritis	NTN NTN Stands For : National Training Number \| nephrotoxic nephritis \| Number Treated Needlessly
NTN bottleneck XX NTN bottleneck XX Stands For : National Training Number bottleneck (NTN bottleneck)	NTNCWS NTNCWS Stands For : nontransient noncommunity water systems
NTTRL NTTRL Stands For : National Tissue Typing Reference Laboratory	NUG NUG Stands For : National Users Group \| necrotising ulcerative gingivitis \| Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis
NVP NVP Stands For : N-vinyl pyrrolidone \| nausea and vomiting in pregnancy \| newly vulnerable person \| Nevirapine \| Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy	NWL sector NWL sector Stands For : North West London sector
NwSI NwSI Stands For : nurse with special interest	NWTFS NWTFS Stands For : North West Thames Foundation School
NWW NWW Stands For : Abbreviation for: NHS Wide Web	NYCDoHMH NYCDoHMH Stands For : New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (!)
OA OA Stands For : obstructive apnoea \| occipital artery \| occiput anterior \| odontoameloblastoma \| oesophageal atresia \| oleic acid \| oligoastrocytoma \| open appointment \| ophthalmic artery \| option appraisal \| organic anion \| orotic acid \| ovarian artery \| oxalic acid \| old age \| Osteo-arthritis \| osteoarthritis \| Ocular Albinism \| Optical Axis \| OsteoArthritis \| Osteoarthritis	OAT OAT Stands For : O-acetyltransferase \| Object Alternation Test \| oligoasthenoteratozoospermia \| open artery trial \| oral anticoagulation therapy \| organic anion transporter \| ornithine acetyltransferase \| ornithine aminotransferase \| osteoarticular tuberculosis \| Out of Area Transfer \| Out of Area Treatment(formerly ECR‰ÛÒextracontractual referral) \| oxygen atom transfer \| Occluded Artery Trial \| Oral Appliace Therapy
OBC OBC Stands For : optimum bactericidal concentration	OBD OBD Stands For : occupied bed day \| opioid bowel dysfunction \| organic brain disease
OBS OBS Stands For : obliterative bronchiolitis syndrome \| obstetric service \| obstruction \| obstructive bowel syndrome \| obvious bullshit \| oligoclonal bands \| Observation \| OBServer \| OBStetrics \| Organic Brain Syndrome	OCCO OCCO Stands For : Office of the Chief Clinical Officer
OCMO OCMO Stands For : Office of the Chief Medical Officer (Wales)	OCN OCN Stands For : oculomotor nucleus \| optically clear nuclei \| osteocalcin
OCU OCU Stands For : observation care unit \| Occupational Command Unit	OD OD Stands For : occupational dermatitis \| oesophageal dysfunction \| oligodendroglioma \| Ollier disease \| open drainage \| operations directorate \| organ dysfunction \| organisational development \| osteochondritis dissecans \| right eye (oculus dexter) \| OverDose \| Oculus Dexter \| RIGHT EYE (Lat ocularis dexter) \| OverDose \| Occupational Disease \| Oculus Dexter (Right Eye) \| Once Daily \| Order Disorder \| Ostrich Disorder \| OverDose \| Oxygen Demand \| oculus dexter - right eye \| omne in die - every day/once daily (preferred to qd in the UK[3]) \| once daily
ODA ODA Stands For : on day of admission \| Operating Department Assistant \| Orphan Drug Act \| outer dynein arm \| Overseas Development Agency \| Overseas Doctors Agency \| Overview \| Oklahoma Department of Agriculture	ODP ODP Stands For : ocular dominance plasticity \| offspring of diabetic parents \| Orderly Departure Programme \| This term got 59 hits on 22102011
ODS ODS Stands For : Office of Dietary Supplements \| Organisation Data Service \| Organisational Development Strategy \| organised delivery system \| Oxygen Depletion Sensor	ODS Access Database XX ODS Access Database XX Stands For : Organisation Data Service Access Database
ODS codes ODS codes Stands For : Organisation Data Service codes	ODTS ODTS Stands For : Overseas Doctors Training Scheme
OF OF Stands For : open field \| operating framework \| orbitofrontal \| organ failure \| osmotic fragility \| ossifying fibroma \| oxidation fermentation \| Obliquity factor; Output factor	OFFA OFFA Stands For : Office for Fair Access
OH OH Stands For : obese hypertensive \| occipital horn \| occupational health \| open heart \| oral hygiene \| orthostatic hypotension \| osteopathic hospital \| Occupational history	OHS OHS Stands For : occipital horn syndrome \| Occupational Health Service \| oral health section \| oral hydration solution \| ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome \| Oxford Hip Score \| Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome \| Open Heart Surgery
OJEU OJEU Stands For : Official Journal of the European Union	OKS OKS Stands For : optokinetic simulation \| Oxford Knee Score
OLM OLM Stands For : ocular larva migrans \| Oracle Learning Management \| outer limiting membrane	OME OME Stands For : Office Manpower Economics (London) \| Office of Medical Examiner \| otitis media with effusions \| This term got 42 hits on 22102011 and is thus assumed to have been retired from active use
OMFU OMFU Stands For : oral and maxillofacial unit	OMNI XX OMNI XX Stands For : Organising Medical Networked Information
OMP OMP Stands For : olfactory marker protein \| omeprazole \| Ophthalmic Medical Practitioner \| Outer Membrane Protein	ONS ONS Stands For : optical nerve sheath \| optical nerves \| Oncology Nursing Service \| Other Nervous System
ONS format XX ONS format XX Stands For : Office for National Statistics format	OOH OOH Stands For : out of hospital
OOP OOP Stands For : out of programme \| Out Of Plaster	OOPC OOPC Stands For : out of programme for career break
OOPE OOPE Stands For : out of programme for experience	OOPR OOPR Stands For : out of programme for research
OOPT OOPT Stands For : out of programme for clinical teaching	OP OP Stands For : occipitoparietal \| oesophagopharyngeal \| opium \| opponens pollicis \| osteopaenia \| osteopontin \| Off Pump \| On Program \| Operative Procedure \| Out-Patient \| OPtometry \| Oncotic Pressure \| Out-Patient \| Occiput Posterior \| Occlusal Plane \| Open Palm \| OPeration \| Organising Pneumonia \| OroPharyngeal \| OroPharynx \| OsteoPorosis \| Out-Patient \| Olfactory Pit
OPD OPD Stands For : obstructive pulmonary disease \| orphan products development \| otopalatodigital \| outpatient department \| Once Per Day \| Obnoxious Personality Disorder \| Officially Pronounced Dead \| Out-Patient Department	OPG OPG Stands For : ocular plethysmography \| Office of the Paymaster General \| oocysts per gram (of faeces) \| optic pathway glioma \| OrthoPantomoGram \| OculoPlethysmoGraphy \| Osteoprotegerin
OPP OPP Stands For : ocular perfusion pressure \| organophosphate pesticides \| organophosphate poisoning \| outpatient with procedure \| oxygen partial pressure \| Opposite \| Ovine Progressive Pneumonia	OPT OPT Stands For : ocular photodynamic therapy \| opisthotonos \| optic pathway tumour \| optician \| oral provocation test \| Ontological Paradigm Technique \| Outpatient treatment
ORAC ORAC Stands For : oxygen radical absorbance capacity	ORAM ORAM Stands For : Organisational Readiness Assurance Model
OS OS Stands For : left eye‰ÛÒoculus sinister \| mouth (os) \| obese strain \| observational study \| occupational safety \| office surgery \| oligosaccharide \| Omenn syndrome \| opening snap \| Opitz syndrome \| oral solution \| organ-specific \| Osgood-Schlatter \| osteosarcoma \| osteosclerosis \| outer segment \| overlap syndrome \| oxidative stress \| Opposite Strand \| overall survival \| Osteogenic Sarcoma (bone tumors) \| Overall Survival \| Left eye (oculus sinister) \| Ocular Sinister \| Oculus Sinister - Left Eye \| Oral Surgery \| OStium (mouth) \| Oxygen Saturation \| Orthopteris	OSC OSC Stands For : open sigmoid colectomy \| Ophthalmic Service Committee \| oscillation \| osteocalcin \| Overview and Scrutiny Committee \| Objective Straight Chiropractic
OSCE XX OSCE XX Stands For : Objective Structured Clinical Exam	OSCHR OSCHR Stands For : Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research
OSG OSG Stands For : odontostomatognathic \| Office of Surgeon General \| officer support group	OSPE 1 XX OSPE 1 XX Stands For : Objective structured practical examination Part 1
OSPE 2 XX OSPE 2 XX Stands For : Objective structured practical examination Part 2	OSPHE OSPHE Stands For : Objective Structured Public Health Exam
OT OT Stands For : occlusion time \| olfactory threshold \| omeprazole test \| open tracheostomy \| optic tract \| oral tolerance \| orthopaedic treatment \| Occupational Therapy \| occupational therapy \| Objective test \| Observing Tool \| Occupational Therapy \| Old Tuberculin \| Operating Theater \| Orthostatic Tremors	P&T P&T Stands For : professional and technical
P1 casualty P1 casualty Stands For : Priority 1 casualty	P2 casualty P2 casualty Stands For : Priority 2 casualty
P3 casualty P3 casualty Stands For : Priority 3 casualty	PA PA Stands For : Palaeopathology Association \| palladium \| panic attack \| paranoia \| Parapsychological Association \| pathology \| patient \| patients‰Ûª association \| percussion & auscultation \| performance analysis \| periarteritis \| periodic acid \| pernicious anaemia \| phosphoric acid \| photoallergic \| physician advisor \| physician‰Ûªs assistant (USA) \| plasminogen activator \| platelet adhesiveness \| Police Authority (!) \| polyarteritis \| positive attitude \| postmortem examination‰ÛÒie \| prealbumin \| pregnancy-associated \| procainamide \| profile analysis \| progr
PAC PAC Stands For : pancreatic adenocarcinoma \| papular acrodermatitis childhood \| photoactivated adenylyl cyclase \| plasma aldosterone concentration \| polycyclic aromatic compound \| primary angle closure \| primary auditory cortex \| product of ambulatory care \| prostate adenocarcinoma \| Public Accounts Committee \| pulmonary adenocarcinoma \| pulmonary artery catheterisation \| Physicians Assistant Committee \| Post-Acute Care \| P1 Artificial Chromosome \| P1 Artificial Chromosome \| Personal Access Code \| Pharmaceutically Active Compound \| Partners Against Cancer \| Premature Atri	PACE PACE Stands For : Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 \| Promoting Action on Clinical Effectiveness \| Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (!) \| Patient Administrative Cycle Enhancements \| Progressive Accelerating Cardiopulmonary Exertion \| Promoting Aphasics Communicative Effectiveness \| Post Abortion Counseling And Education \| Processing Acceleration And Cerebral Enhancement
PACES XX PACES XX Stands For : MRCP(UK) Part 2 Clinical Examination	PACS PACS Stands For : Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) \| Pediatric Activity Card Sort \| Picture Archiving and Communications System \| premature atrial contractions \| Partial Anterior Circulation Syndrome \| Pediatric Activity Card Sort \| Posterior Anterior Chest System
PACS XX PACS XX Stands For : Patient Care and Services	PAF PAF Stands For : paroxysmal atrial fibrillation \| Performance Assessment Framework \| permanent atrial fibrillation \| phosphodiesterase-activating factor \| plain abdominal field \| platelet-activating factor \| progressive autonomic failure \| Public Audit Forum (!!!) \| pulmonary arteriovenous fistula \| Platelet Activating Factor
PAG PAG Stands For : Performance Advisory Group \| phosphate-activated glutaminase \| Policy Advisory Group \| pregnancy-associated glycoprotein \| pulmonary angiography \| Protein Advisory Group \| preanal ganglion \| Periaquaductal Gray Matter	PAM PAM Stands For : Parents Against Molesters \| penicillin aluminium monostearate \| percent accepted mutation \| performing arts medicine \| phenylalanine mustard \| pralidoximine methiodide \| primary acquired melanosis \| primary amoebic meningoencephalitis \| professions allied to medicine \| pulmonary alveolar macrophage \| pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis \| Percent of Accepted Mutations \| perception-action mechanism \| physical activity monitor \| Pregnancy After Miscarriage \| Postapproval Monitoring
PAMIS PAMIS Stands For : Parliamentary Monitoring and Intelligence Service (!)	PAMP PAMP Stands For : pathogen associated molecular pattern \| preload-adjusted maximal power \| pulmonary artery mean pressure \| Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern
PARR XX PARR XX Stands For : Patients At Risk of Readmission	PAS PAS Stands For : para-aminosalicylic acid \| Parent Attitude Scale \| Patient Administration System MedpeakUKK \| Performance Appraisal System \| periodic acid-Schiff (stain) \| Personality Assessment Scale \| physician-assisted suicide \| Polish Amiodarone Study \| positron annihilation spectroscopy \| posterior airway space \| primary antiphospholipid syndrome \| problem appraisal scales \| progressive accumulated stress \| public address system \| pulmonary artery stenosis \| Patient Accounting System \| Patient Administration System \| Per-ARNT-Sim \| Primosome ASsembly \| ParAminobenzo
PASA PASA Stands For : primary acquired sideroblastic anaemia \| Purchasing And Supply Agency (NHS Purchasing And Supply Agency)	PAU PAU Stands For : Paediatric Assessment Unit \| penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer \| postmenopausal atrophic urethritis
PBAC PBAC Stands For : policy-based access control \| position-based access control	PBC PBC Stands For : peripheral blood cell \| practice-based commissioning \| public benefits corporation \| Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
PBCGC PBCGC Stands For : Practice Based Commissioning Governance Committee	PBD PBD Stands For : peroxisome biogenesis disorder \| Protein Binding Domain \| Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorder
PBL PBL Stands For : primary brain lymphoma \| primary breast lymphoma \| problem-based learning \| Peripheral Blood Leukocytes \| Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes	PBMA PBMA Stands For : programme budgeting and marginal analysis
PBO PBO Stands For : permanent balloon occlusion \| placebo \| Pin Bone Out \| Pin Bones Out	PbR PbR Stands For : Payments by Results \| peptide binding region \| peribrachial region \| post-birthing room \| pre-budget report \| Pathology Bearing Regions
PC PC Stands For : patient choice (NHS Choices) \| Patients‰Ûª Council \| peak capacity \| penetrating cell \| pentose cycle \| pericarditis \| pericentral \| peripheral cell \| phaeochromocytoma \| phenol coefficient \| phobia clinic \| phosphate cycle \| phosphatidylcholine‰ÛÒlecithin \| phosphocholine \| phosphocreatinine \| phosphorylcholine \| physocyanin \| plasma cell \| plasmacytoma \| platelet concentrate \| platelet count \| pneumotaxic centre \| polycarbosilane \| portable computer \| portocaval \| post cibum \| posterior chamber Ophthalmology \| posterior commissure Neuroanatomy \|	PCA PCA Stands For : pancreatic cancer \| parietal cell antibody \| Patient Choice Advisor \| patient-controlled analgesia \| percutaneous carotid arteriogram \| peripheral circulatory assist \| posterior cerebral artery \| posterior communication artery \| primary care association \| prostate cancer \| Patient Controlled Analgesia \| Patient Controlled Anesthesia \| Post Conceptual Age \| Posterior Crico Aritenoid \| Prostate Cancer Archive
PCAG PCAG Stands For : Primary Care Audit Group	PCC PCC Stands For : Pasteur Culture Collection \| patient-centred care \| Pearson‰Ûªs correlation coefficient \| plasma catecholamine concentration \| plasma cortisol concentration \| pneumatosis cystoides coli \| poison control centre \| postcoital concentration \| posterior cingulate cortex \| premature chromosome condensation \| primary care centre \| primary care clinic \| primary cell culture \| protein C cofactor
PCCG PCCG Stands For : Primary Care Coordinating Group	PCDB PCDB Stands For : Primary Care Delivery Board \| Provider/Contractor Data Base
PCG PCG Stands For : plasma cell granuloma \| precentral gyrus \| preventive care group \| primary care group	PCLA PCLA Stands For : Primary Care Learning Association
PCPC PCPC Stands For : Primary Care Performance Committee	PCPI PCPI Stands For : patient \| Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
PCRC PCRC Stands For : Primary Care Resource Centre	PCT PCT Stands For : palliative care team \| papillary carcinoma of thyroid \| Pediatric Cardiology Today \| percutaneous tracheostomy \| perfusion CT \| peripheral conduction time \| photochemotherapy \| poker chip tool \| porphyria cutanea tarda \| portacaval transposition \| positron computed tomography \| postcoital test \| preoperative chemotherapy \| primary care team \| procalcitonin \| prothrombin consumption time \| proximal convoluted tubule \| pulmonary circulation time \| Para Centrum Texel \| Patent Cooperation Training \| Post Cycle Therapy \| Pet Care Trust
PCT MS PCT MS Stands For : primary care trust-led medical services	PCTMS PCTMS Stands For : primary care trust-led medical services
PD PD Stands For : Paget‰Ûªs disease \| pancreatic duct \| pancreaticoduodenal \| panic disorder \| papillary dermatitis \| paralysing dose \| Parkinson‰Ûªs disease \| pars distalis \| partial deficiency \| patent ductus \| percutaneous drainage \| perfusion defect \| perinatal death \| pesistent diarrhoea \| Peyronie‰Ûªs disease \| phosphate dehydrogenase \| physical disabilities \| Pick‰Ûªs disease \| poorly differentiated \| population doubling \| posterior deltoid \| posterior descending \| postpartum day \| prenatal diagnosis \| prescribed dose \| problem drinker \| programmed death \| pr	PDC PDC Stands For : pancreatic ductal carcinoma \| parkinsonism-dementia complex \| paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis \| poorly differentiated carcinoma \| private diagnostic clinic \| public dividend capital
PDEE PDEE Stands For : Patient Data Enquiry/Extract	PDF PDF Stands For : Parkinson‰Ûªs Disease Foundation \| peritoneal dialysis fluid \| postdialysis fatigue \| primary dysfunction
PDR PDR Stands For : pancreaticoduodenal resection \| Physicians‰Ûª Desk Reference \| proliferative diabetic retinopathy \| Physicians Desk Reference \| Physicians Desk Reference \| Physicians Desk Reference \| Pulsed Dose Rate \| Physicians Desk Reference \| Physicians Desk Reference \| Powder For Reconstitution	PDS PDS Stands For : pain dysfunction syndrome \| Paris dosimetry system \| Parkinson‰Ûªs Disease Society \| paroxysmal depolarising shift \| penile Doppler study \| perfusion defect size \| peritoneal dialysis solution \| Personal Demographics Service \| Personal Dental Service(s) \| positive Darwinian selection \| Progressive Deterioration Scale \| psychomotor disadaptation syndrome \| Psychotic Depression Scale \| pulsed Doppler sonography \| Poole Diabetes Study \| Patient Distribution System \| Poole Diabetes Study \| Prairie Dog Specialists
PDSA PDSA Stands For : People‰Ûªs Dispensary for Sick Animals \| plan \| Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (UK)	PDSA cycle PDSA cycle Stands For : plan
PDSNBO PDSNBO Stands For : Personal Demographics Service National Back Office \| This term got 24 hits on 28102011	PDT PDT Stands For : pain detection threshold \| pancreaticoduodenal transplantation \| perchlorate discharge test \| percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy \| population doubling time \| Programme Delivery Team \| PhotoDynamic Therapy
PDU PDU Stands For : power Doppler ultrasonography \| pulsed Doppler ultrasonography \| Perinatal Diagnostic Unit \| PropaneDiol Utilization	PE PE Stands For : pancreatic endocrine \| pancreatic exocrine \| pancreatic extract \| paraffin-embedded \| pars externa \| partial epilepsy \| paternity exclusion \| peak ejection \| pectus excavatum \| pelvic examination \| pelvic exenteration \| penile enlargement \| penile erection \| performance error \| pericardial effusion \| peritoneal exudate \| personal edition \| phenylephrine \| phorbol ester \| phosphoethanolamine \| physician extender \| phytooestrogen \| pigment epithelium \| pilocarpine epinephrine \| placental extract \| plasma exchange \| plasmapheresis \| platinum etoposide
PEAT PEAT Stands For : Patient Environment Action Team	PEC PEC Stands For : pancreatic exocrine cells \| perivascular epithelioid cell \| Psychiatric Emergency Center \| pulmonary ejection click \| Perinatal Evaluation Centre \| Parallel Elastic Component
PECANS PECANS Stands For : Pan European Collaboration on Antipsychotic Naive Schizophrenia	PEP PEP Stands For : patient education programme \| peer evaluation program \| pepsin \| peptide \| phosphoenolpyruvate \| population education program \| positional expression profiling \| pre-ejection period \| protein eletrophoresis \| psychiatric evaluation profile \| psychoeducational profile \| post-exposure prophylaxis \| Postexposure prophylaxis \| Peak Expiratory Pressure \| PEPpermint \| Positive Expiratory Pressure \| Post Exposure Prophylaxis \| post-exposure prophylaxis \| pulmonary embolism prevention
PEP/PLP PEP/PLP Stands For : personal education plan/personal learning plan	PEPP PEPP Stands For : Pooled budget External Placement Panel
PEST PEST Stands For : political \| Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing \| Production Economics Strategies Technology	PET PET Stands For : Heeerrrrrreeee Kitty \| pancreatic endocrine tumour \| Partial Exchange Transfusion \| Peritoneal Equilibration Test \| Positron Emission Tomography \| Post-Exposure Treatment \| Pre-Eclamptic Toxaemia \| Psychiatric Emergency Team \| Paraffin-Embedded Tissue \| Positron Emission Tomography \| Post-Exposure Treatment \| Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor \| Positron Emission Tomography \| Patulous Eustacian Tube \| Petrolatum \| Positron Emission Tomography \| Psychic Empathetic And Telepathic
PETA PETA Stands For : People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (!) \| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals \| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals	PETS PETS Stands For : Paediatric Emergency Transfer Service \| This term got 57 hits on 23102011 \| PEt Travel Scheme (proposed new import regulations for cats and dogs entering the UK)
PF PF Stands For : parafascicular \| parafollicular \| pars flaccida \| partial filling \| partial Fourier \| patellofemoral \| patients‰Ûª forum \| peak flow \| perfusion fluid \| pericardial fluid \| peritoneal fluid \| physical fitness plantar flexion \| plain film \| plasma factor \| plasma fibrinogen \| Plasmodium falciparum \| platelet factor \| pleural fluid \| post fertilisation \| post fracture \| posterior fossa \| potentiation factor \| prefrontal \| primary fibromyalgia \| primary follicle \| primordial follicle \| profile \| proliferative fraction \| protection factor \| proximal	PFI PFI Stands For : portal flow index \| progression-free interval \| pulsatile flow index \| Profits From Illness
PfIT PfIT Stands For : Programme for IT (National Programme for IT)	PFO PFO Stands For : perfluorooctane \| pissed \| Parent Faculty Organization \| Patent Foramen Ovale \| patent foramen ovale
PFT PFT Stands For : pancreatic function test \| permit free training \| plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour \| posterior fossa tumour \| prednisone \| Pulmonary Function Testing \| Pulmonary Function Test	PGCME PGCME Stands For : Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education
PGD PGD Stands For : partial gonadal dysgenesis \| pathological gambling disorder \| patient group directions \| phosphogluconate dehydrogenase \| Postgraduate Dean \| prostaglandin D \| pure gonadal dysgenesis \| Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis	PGDip PGDip Stands For : postgraduate diploma \| postgraduate diplomate
PGEA PGEA Stands For : postgraduate education allowance	PGMDE PGMDE Stands For : postgraduate medical and dental education
PGME PGME Stands For : postgraduate medical education	PH PH Stands For : acidity (pH) \| papillary hyperplasia \| parathyroid hormone \| partial hysterectomy \| passive haemagglutination \| patient history \| peliosis hepatis \| phaeochromocytoma \| phenacetin \| Philadelphia \| phosphate \| pin hole \| porphyria hepatica \| posterior hypothalamus \| postural hypotension \| primary hyperparathyroidism \| prolyl hydroxylase \| Prospect Hill \| pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia \| pulmonary haemorrhage \| pulmonary haemosiderosis \| Presbyterian Hospital \| Process Homeostasis \| Hydrogen ion concentration \| Pleckstrin Homology \| Past History \|
PHA PHA Stands For : passive haemagglutination assay \| Pelger-HÌ?et anomaly \| personal health assessment \| phenylalanine \| phytohaemagglutinin \| posterior hypothalamic area \| posthypnotic amnesia \| primary hyperaldosteronism \| pseudohypoaldosteronism \| public health agency \| Public Health Alliance (incorporated into UKPHA) \| Public Health Association \| pulse-height analyser \| Preventive Health Assessment \| Post-development Health Assessment \| Peripheral Heart Action \| Preventive Health Assessment	PHANYC PHANYC Stands For : Public Health Association of New York City (!)
PHB PHB Stands For : personal health budget \| Pharmacopoeia Britannica \| phenobarbital \| phenylbutzone \| phosphorylase B \| porcine haemoglobin \| preventive health behaviour	PHC PHC Stands For : parahippocampal cortex \| pharmaceutical chemist \| phosphtidyl choline \| pituitary hypothalamus complex \| primary healthcare \| public health center \| Preventive Health Center \| Primary Health Care \| Primary Health Centre \| Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma \| Pet Health Council
PHCDS PHCDS Stands For : Public Health Common Data Set	PHCN PHCN Stands For : Public Health Commissioning Network
PHCSG PHCSG Stands For : Primary Health Care Specialist Group	PHCT PHCT Stands For : primary health care team
PHD PHD Stands For : pathological habit disorder \| personal health data \| phage host defective \| PhilosophiÌ? Doctor (PhD) \| pleckstrin homology domain \| poor helpless drunk \| potentially harmful drug \| prolyl hydroxylase domain \| pulmonary heart disease \| Personal Health Decision \| Permanent Health Damage \| Personal Health Diary \| Physical Health Defined \| Potentially Heavy Drinker	PHI PHI Stands For : passive haemagglutination inhibition \| phagocytosis index \| phosphate isomerase \| primary HIV infection \| primary hyperoxaluria \| Professionalising Health Informatics \| Past History Information \| Patient Health Information \| Private Health Information \| Proctected Health Information \| penetrating head injury \| Personal Health Information \| Physically Health Impaired \| Private Health Information
PHIT PHIT Stands For : Public Health Intelligence Team	PHL PHL Stands For : permanent hearing loss \| Public Health Laboratory
PHPU PHPU Stands For : Public Health Policy Unit	PHRU PHRU Stands For : Public Health Resource Unit
PHSO PHSO Stands For : Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman	PHSS PHSS Stands For : Personal Health Summary System \| This term got 31 hits on 23102011
PI PI Stands For : pain intensity \| pancreatic insufficiency \| parallel imports \| pars intermedia \| Pearl Index \| perfusion imaging \| peripheral iridectomy \| phosphatidyl inositol \| physically impaired \| physiologic index \| pituitary \| plaque inhibition \| poison ivy \| post implantation \| post infection \| post inoculation \| post irradiation \| post ischaemic \| primary infection \| prognostic index \| proliferation index \| pulmonary index \| pulmonary infarction \| pulse inversion \| Protease Inhibitor \| Propidium Iodide \| Penile Implant \| Perpetual Idiosy \| Personal Injury	PIAG PIAG Stands For : Public Involvement Action Group \| Patient Information Advisory Group
PIB PIB Stands For : partial ileal byposs \| Permanent Injury Benefit \| polyhedral inclusion body \| Pain In the Backside	PICS PICS Stands For : Prescribing Information and Communications System (PICS) \| Patient Informatics Consult Service
PICS XX PICS XX Stands For : Pacing in Cardiomyopathy Study	PICU PICU Stands For : paediatric intensive care unit \| psychiatric intensive care unit \| pulmonary intensive care unit \| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit \| Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit \| Prenatal Intensive Care Unit
PID PID Stands For : pain intensity differences \| patient identification \| patient identifier \| person identifiable data \| personally identifiable data \| primary immune deficiency \| proliferative intraocular disorder \| Pelvic inflammatory disease \| Primary immune deficiencies \| primary immunodeficiency disease \| Pelvic inflammatory disease \| Poughkeepsie Inflamatory Disease \| Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc	PIL PIL Stands For : patient information leaflet \| pegylated immunoliposome \| person information leaflet \| Pilula (pill)
PIN PIN Stands For : patient identification number \| patient information network \| penile intraepithelial neoplasia \| Physician Identification Number \| posterior interosseous nerve \| prior identification notice \| protein inhibitor of NOS \| Public Information Network \| This term had 13 hits on 23102011 \| Provider Identification Number \| Pain In The Neck \| Prostate Intraepithelial Neoplasia	PIP PIP Stands For : phosphatidylinositol phosphate \| physician incentive plan \| pipericillin \| piperidin \| positive inspiratory pressure \| postinflammatory polyposis \| practice incentive payment \| primary injury prevention \| Productivity Improvement Programme \| proximal interphalangeal (joint) \| Psychotic Inpatient Profile \| Public Information Programme \| Pharmaceutical Interface Product \| Prescription Information Package \| Project Investigator Patient \| Proximal Inter Phalanx \| Peak Inspiratory Pressure \| Personal Insulin Pump \| Poly Implants Protheses \| Present Illness Pro
PLAB part 1 XX PLAB part 1 XX Stands For : Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board	PLAB part 2 XX PLAB part 2 XX Stands For : Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board
PLCV PLCV Stands For : procedures of limited clinical value	PLD PLD Stands For : partial lipodystrophy \| people with learning disabilities \| percutaneous lumbar discectomy \| phospholipase D \| platelet defect \| polycystic liver disease \| posterior latissimus dorsi
PLE PLE Stands For : panlobular emphysema \| parietal lobe epilepsy \| polymorphous light eruption \| pronounced life extinct \| protein-losing enteropathy \| Protein Losing Enteropathy	PLIMS PLIMS Stands For : Pathology Laboratory Information System
PLP PLP Stands For : palatal lift prosthesis \| parathyroid hormone-like peptide \| partial laryngopharyngectomy \| personal learning plan \| phantom limb pain \| phospholipid \| proteolipid \| PTH-like peptide \| Personal Limitation Point	PLT PLT Stands For : partial liver transplantation \| Past life/lives therapy \| primed lymphocyte test \| protected learning time \| protein loading test \| platelet \| Platelets
PM PM Stands For : papillary muscle \| partial mastectomy \| partial meniscectomy \| partial mole \| particular matter \| pectoralis major \| perinatal mortality \| plasma membrane \| point mutation \| polarising microscopy \| poor metaboliser \| porokeratosis of Mibelli \| posterior malleolus \| posterior maxillary \| posterior mesencephalon \| posterior mitral \| posteromedial \| postmenopausal \| Practice Manager \| premotor \| psoas major \| pterygoid muscle \| pulmonary macrophage \| purulent meningitis \| pyloromyotomy \| Preventive Medicine \| Progress Monitor \| petit mal (form of epil	PMA PMA Stands For : Pre-Market Approval Application \| pre-motor area (brain) \| progressive muscular atrophy \| Para Methoxy Amphetamine \| Positive Mental Attitude \| Progressive Muscular Atrophy
PMC PMC Stands For : postmarketing commitment \| Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy \| PRE-MOTOR CORTEX \| premotor cortex \| percutaneous microwave coagulation \| Pre-Menstrual Cycle	PMCPA PMCPA Stands For : Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority
PMETB XX PMETB XX Stands For : Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB)	PMI PMI Stands For : Pain Management Inventory \| painless myocardial ischaemia \| panoramic mandibular index \| Patient Master Index \| patient medication instruction \| Physician Manager Institute \| post mortem interval \| posterior myocardial infarction \| present medical illness \| previous medical illness \| prior myocardial infarction \| private medical insurance \| Permanent Medical Impairment \| point of maximum impulse \| Past medical illness \| Point of Maximal Impulse \| Point Of Maximum Impact \| Point of maximum impulse (on chest examination)
PMLD PMLD Stands For : Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties	PMQ PMQ Stands For : Pain Medicine Questionnaire \| primary medical qualifications
PMR PMR Stands For : paper medical record \| papillary muscle rupture \| peak metabolic rate \| percutaneous myocardial revascularisation \| physical medicine and rehabilitation \| pollutant mass rate \| polymorphic reticulosis \| postmarketing requirement \| prior medical record \| profoundly mentally retarded \| progressive muscle relaxation British \| proportionate mortality ratio \| psychomotor retardation \| patient movement request \| Perinatal Mortality Rate \| Polymyalgia Rheumatica \| Professional Medical Representatives \| Partial Metabolic Response \| Polymyalgia Rheumatica \| Post-M	PMS PMS Stands For : physiologic monitoring system \| plasmid maintenance sequence \| poor miserable soul \| postmarketing surveillance \| postmeiotic segregation \| postmitochondrial supernatant \| Pravastatin Multinational Study \| premenstrual syndrome \| primary medical services \| Personal Medical Services \| Pre-Menstral Stress \| Preventive Medicine Services \| Phenazine Methosulphate \| post-menopausal syndrome/symptoms \| Pharyngeal Mucosal Space \| Pre-Menstral Syndrome \| Pre-Menstrual Syndrome \| Psychotic Mood Shift \| Psychotic Mood Swings \| Puffy Mid Section
PND PND Stands For : Purulent Nasal Discharge \| Partial Neck Dissection \| Post-Natal Day \| Pre-Natal Diagnosis \| Post-Nasal Drip \| Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorder \| Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea \| Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction \| Post-Nasal Drip \| Post-Natal Depression	POC POC Stands For : persistent organohalogen compound \| postoperative care \| primary olfactory cortex \| progestin-only oral contaceptive \| proof of concept (!) \| Plan Of Care \| Point Of Care \| Products Of Conception \| Pain On Contact \| Primary Olfactory Complex \| progestin-only contraceptive \| Previously Owned Cat
POCA POCA Stands For : plan of corrective action \| prednisone \| Protection of Children Act 1999	POCT POCT Stands For : point-of-care testing
PODS PODS Stands For : Pharmacy \| postoperative days \| potential organ donors \| Probability Of Death Score \| Positive Outcomes Dont Stress	POLG POLG Stands For : polymerase gamma
POM POM Stands For : pain on motion \| Pommy \| preoptic medial nucleus \| proopiomelanotropin \| purulent otitis media \| Prescription-Only Medicine	POMR POMR Stands For : problem-oriented medical record \| Pproblem Orientated Medical Record \| Problem Orientated Medical Record \| Problem Orientated Medical Records \| Problem Oriented Medical Record \| Problem Oriented Medical Records
POPPs POPPs Stands For : Partnership for Older People Projects	POPUMET XX POPUMET XX Stands For : Protection of Persons Undergoing Medical Examinations or Treatment
POU POU Stands For : placenta \| pulmonary oncology unit	PoVA PoVA Stands For : Protection of Vulnerable Adults (from abuse)
PP PP Stands For : palpable purpura \| pancreatic polypeptide \| pancreatic pseudocyst \| paradoxical pulse \| patient pathway \| peak pressure \| pentose phosphate \| perfusion pressure \| periodic paralysis \| Peyer‰Ûªs patch \| phenylpyruvate \| pin prick \| placenta praevia \| plasmapheresis \| plaster of Paris \| polypeptide \| portal pressure \| post prandial \| posterior parietal \| posterior pituitary \| postpartum period \| precocious puberty \| prepubertal \| primary provider \| private patient \| private practice \| promoter protein \| Prospective Payment \| protein phosphatase \| p	PPA PPA Stands For : palpation \| participating provider agreement \| Pathology Practice Association \| phenylpyruvic acid \| Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent \| plasminogen proactivator \| posterior pulmonary artery \| postpartum amenorrhoea \| preferred provider arrangement \| Prescription Pricing Authority \| price per accession \| primary peritoneal adenocarcinoma \| primary progressive aphasia \| pure pulmonary atresia \| per Prokura \| Phenylpropanolamine Hydrochloride \| People Protecting Animals \| Puppy Protection Act
PPD PPD Stands For : peak particle diameter \| periodontal pocket depth \| pigmented purpuric dermatosis*** \| post psychotic depression \| postpartum depression \| Prescription Pricing Division \| primary progressive dementia \| postpartum day \| Psycho Physical Development \| Purified Protein Derivative \| persistent post-traumatic distress \| post-partum day \| Post-Partum Depression \| purified protein derivative \| Packs Per Day \| Permanent Partial Disability \| Post Partum Depression \| purified protein derivative (TB test)	PPG PPG Stands For : peak pressure gradient \| portal pressure gradient \| post-prandial glycaemia \| Practitioners Performance Group \| principal police grant (!) \| pterygopalatine ganglion \| pylorus-preserving gastrectomy \| This term had 47 hits on 23102011 \| Postprandial glucose
PPI PPI Stands For : paired pulse inhibition \| partial permanent impairment \| Partnerhip for Policy Implementation \| peptidyl prolyl isomerase \| phosphoinositide \| portal perfusion index \| postpartum interval \| preproinsulin \| protein-protein interaction \| purified porcine insulin \| Patient and Public Involvement \| Patient Public Involvement \| Patients Perspective of Illness \| Pea Protein Isolate \| protein-pump inhibitor \| Proton Pump Inhibitor \| psychophysiological interaction \| Proton Pump Inhibitior	PPIF PPIF Stands For : patient and public involvement forum (Local Involvement Network)
PPR PPR Stands For : paired pulse ratio \| papulopustular rosacea \| parapyramidal region \| patient-provider relationship \| Pharmaceutical Price Regulation \| Physician Payment Reform \| progressive pigmentary retinopathy \| proximal promoter region \| PTHrP receptor \| Putative Promoter Region	PPRD PPRD Stands For : programme for provisionally registered doctors \| This term got 56 hits on 23102011
PPRS PPRS Stands For : Pharmaceutical Prices Regulation Scheme	PPS PPS Stands For : parapharyngeal space \| Parliamentary Private Secretary (!) \| pepsin A \| peripheral pulmonary stenosis \| Personal Preference Scale \| plasminogen-plasmin system \| post-polio syndrome \| postpartum sterilisation \| postperfusion syndrome \| postpericardiotomy syndrome \| postpump syndrome \| progressive pneumonia of sheep \| Paradoxical Parasympathetic Syndrome \| Post Polio Syndrome \| Preferred Provider Services \| Purely Panic Stricken
PPV PPV Stands For : parapox virus \| paroxysmal positional vertigo \| pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine \| positive pressure ventilation \| post payment verification \| Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (replaced by the term PPSV23) \| Pars Plana Vitrectomy	PR PR Stands For : P receptor \| pagetoid reticulosis \| palindromic rheumatoid arthritis \| pars recta \| partial resection \| partial response \| penicillin resistant \| performance ratings \| perfusion rate \| peripheral resistance \| pharmaceutical representative \| phenol red \| phosphorylation rate \| photoreactive repair \| photoreceptor \| physical rehabilitation \| pityriasis rosea \| placental retention \| polymorphic reticulosis \| polymyalgia rheumatica \| poor responder \| post resuscitation \| pregnancy rate \| prevalence rate \| primary response \| primitive reflexes \| producti
PRB PRB Stands For : pay review body \| percutaneous renal biopsy \| pharmaceutical resources branch \| phosphorylation of retinoblastoma	PRCC PRCC Stands For : Principles and rules for co-operation and competition
PRD PRD Stands For : Performance Review and Development \| positive regulatory domain \| proline-rich domain	PRDI PRDI Stands For : positive regulatory domain I element
PREPP PREPP Stands For : Post Registration Education and Preparation for Practice \| This term got 33 hits on 23102011	PRF PRF Stands For : Platelet-rich fibrin
PRHO XX PRHO XX Stands For : Preregistration house officer (PRHO)	PRIMAP PRIMAP Stands For : Patient Records and Information Management
PRIMIS+ XX PRIMIS+ XX Stands For : Primary Care Information Services (PRIMIS+)	PRINCE XX PRINCE XX Stands For : PRojects IN Controlled Environments
PRO PRO Stands For : patient-reported outcome \| patients‰Ûª rights organisation \| peer review organisation \| peer-review organisation \| physician review organisation \| professional review organisation \| proflavin \| progesterone \| proline \| prolyl \| pronation \| propranolol \| protein \| Prophylactic	PROM PROM Stands For : Patient Reported Outcome Measures \| premature rupture of membranes \| Passive Range Of Motion \| Premature Rupture Of the Membranes
PROMETHEUS PROMETHEUS Stands For : Provider payment Reform for Outcomes	PRP PRP Stands For : PACAP-related peptide \| penicillase-resistant penicillin \| penicillin-resistant pneumococci \| performance-related pay \| physiologic rest position \| pityriasis rubra pilaris \| platelet-rich plasma \| pre-registration period \| pre-RNA processing \| primary Raynaud phenomenon \| primer recognition protein \| proline-rich protein \| psychotic reaction profile \| pulmonary rehabilitation programme \| Platelet Rich Plasma \| Polyribosyl Ribitol Phosphate \| Precursor Rna Processing \| Prion Related Protein \| pan-retinal photocoagulation \| Polyribosylribitol Phosphate Pol
PRU PRU Stands For : peripheral resistance unit \| physicians‰Ûª response unit \| Police Resources Unit (!) of the Home Office \| This term got 86 hits on 23102011	PRUH PRUH Stands For : Princess Royal University Hospital
PS PS Stands For : pain score \| Palmaz-Schatz \| pap smear \| papillary serous \| papulosquamous \| paradoxical sleep \| paraffin section \| parasympathetic \| partial saturation \| partial seizure \| passive smoking \| pathological stage \| patient survey \| peak systolic \| performance score \| performance status \| personal service personality scale \| Pharmaceutical Services \| phosphatidyl serine \| photosensitive \| photosynthesis \| physiologic saline \| phytosterol \| pituitary stalk \| plastic surgery \| population spike \| Porter-Silber \| postmaturity syndrome \| presenting symptom	PSA PSA Stands For : posterior septal artery \| posterior spinal artery \| Pre-Scheduled Appointment \| Procedural Sedation and Analgesia \| Professional Services Agreement \| Prostate-Specific Antigen \| Public Sector Agreement \| Protein Specific Antigen \| Prostate-Specific Antigen \| Prostate-Specific Antigen \| Persistent Sciatic Artery \| Pressure Sensitive Adhesive \| Progressive Spinal Ataxia \| Prolonged Sleep Apnea \| Prostate-Specific Antigen \| Psoriasis Symptom Assessment \| PSoriatic Arthritis \| Poor Stray Animal \| Poultry Science Association
PSC PSC Stands For : Pediatric Symptom Checklist \| peptide-sensitive channel \| peripheral stem cell \| Pharmaceutical Services Committee \| posterior semicircular canal \| posterior subcapsular cataract \| Postmarket Strategies Committee \| Primary Service Coordinator \| primary synovial chondromatosis \| primitive stem cells \| prospective studies collaboration \| public sector comparator \| Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center \| Posterior subcapsular cataract \| Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis	PSD PSD Stands For : pancreas-sparing duodenectomy \| patient services department \| pilonidal sinus disease \| placental sulphatase deficiency \| polysystemic dysautonomia \| post-stroke depression \| posterior sagittal diameter \| protein sequence database \| psychosomatic disease \| Protein S Deficiency \| Post Stroke Depression \| Pesticides Safety Directorate
PSIS PSIS Stands For : Personal Spine Information Service \| plastic surgery information system \| posterosuperior iliac spine \| Posterior Inferior Iliac Spine	PsLCV PsLCV Stands For : Procedures of Limited Clinical Value
PSM PSM Stands For : palmitoyl sphingomyelin \| pansystolic murmur \| patient self-management \| positive surgical margins \| postsurgical mediastinitis \| Practice Support Model \| presystolic murmur \| problem solving method \| Professions Supplementary to Medicine \| prostate-specific membrane antigen	PSNC PSNC Stands For : Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
PSS PSS Stands For : painful shoulder syndrome \| Panic Symptom Scale \| patient scheduling system \| Performance Status Scale \| personal social services \| physiologic saline solution \| Poisoning Severity Score \| portosystemic shunt \| primary SjÌ¦gren syndrome \| professional stress scale \| psoriasis severity scale \| Psychiatric Status Schedule \| psychosocial short stature \| PTSD Symptom Scale \| perceived stress scale \| Progressive Systemic Sclerosis	PSUMP PSUMP Stands For : prostatic stromal proliferation of uncertain malignant potential
PT PT Stands For : pain threshold \| parathyroid \| paroxysmal tachycardia \| part-time \| patellar tendon \| performance test \| pertussis toxin \| phototherapy \| phototoxicity \| popliteal tendon \| portal tract \| posterior tibial \| pretectal \| prior treatment \| proficiency testing \| propylthiouracil \| pulmonary tuberculosis \| pulp testing \| pyramidal tract \| Peptidyl Transfer \| Prothrombin time \| partial tonsillectomy \| percutaneous tracheotomy \| Physical Therapy \| physiotherapy \| preferred term \| Pain and Torture \| Patient \| Pencil Test \| Permanent and Total \| Physical	PTCA PTCA Stands For : percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography \| Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiograph \| Percutaneous Transhepatic CholAngiogram \| Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
PTE PTE Stands For : percutaneous transcatheter embolisation \| post transplant erythrocytosis \| post traumatic epilepsy \| proximal tubular epithelium \| pulmonary thromboembolism \| post-traumatic epilepsy	PTL PTL Stands For : pancreatic triglyceride lipase \| patient targeting list \| patient tracking list \| peripheral T cell lymphoma \| preterm labour \| primary thyroid lymphoma \| This term got 45 hits on 23102011 \| Pre Term Labor \| Purple Tailed Lizard
PTS PTS Stands For : patient transport services \| Pediatric Trauma Score \| peptide transport system \| post thrombotic syndrome \| post-traumatic syringomyelia \| prior to surgery \| patients \| post-thrombotic syndrome \| Patient Transport Service \| positive threshold shift \| Post Traumatic Stress	PUN PUN Stands For : patient unmet needs \| plasma urea nitrogen
PVL PVL Stands For : Panton-Valentine leukocidin \| Peri -Ventricular Leukomalacia	PwSI PwSI Stands For : Practitioner with Special Interest (GP with special interest)
PYA PYA Stands For : Penultimate Year Assessment	q q Stands For : long arm of a chromosome \| quintal \| Quinacrine \| Every two hours \| Quaque ( Each or Every) \| Queasy \| quaque - every
QA QA Stands For : quality accounts \| quarternary amine \| quinolinic acid \| Quick Acting	QAA QAA Stands For : Quality Assurance Authority \| Quality Assessment Agency (for higher education)
QAFP QAFP Stands For : Quality Assurance of the Foundation Programme	QALY QALY Stands For : quality-adjusted life year \| quality-adjusted life years \| Quality Adjusted Life Year
QARC QARC Stands For : Quality Assurance Reference Centre	QAT QAT Stands For : quality assessment team
QC QC Stands For : Queen‰Ûªs Counsel	QEHB QEHB Stands For : Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham
QEII QEII Stands For : Queen Elizabeth Hospital	QIPP QIPP Stands For : Quality
QMAES QMAES Stands For : Quarterly Monitoring Accident and Emergency Services	QMAS QMAS Stands For : Quality Management and Analysis subsystem \| The latter term got 28 hits on 23102011
QMAS XX QMAS XX Stands For : Quality Management and Analysis system	QOF target XX QOF target XX Stands For : Quality and Outcomes Framework target (QOF target)
QOF XX QOF XX Stands For : Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)	QPC QPC Stands For : Quality and Productivity Challenge \| quality of patient care
QPDT QPDT Stands For : Quality and Practice Development Team	QR QR Stands For : quercetin \| quick release (!) \| quiet room \| quieting response \| quinone reductase
QSS(C) QSS(C) Stands For : Quality Safety and Standards (Committee)	QUANGO XX QUANGO XX Stands For : quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation (quango)
R&M R&M Stands For : routine and manual	R&S R&S Stands For : recruitment and selection
RA RA Stands For : radial \| radial artery \| radioactive \| radioactivity \| radioassay \| radiographic absorptiometry \| radionuclide angiography \| ragweed antigen \| receptor antagonist \| rectus abdominis \| refractory anaemia \| refractory ascites \| regional anaesthesia \| regression analysis \| renal agenesis \| renal artery \| research associate \| respiratory arrest \| retinoic acid \| revenue account (!) \| right anterior \| right atrial \| rotational atherectomy \| rounded atelectasis \| route of administration \| Room Air \| rheumatoid arthrisi \| Rheumatoid Arthritis \| right arm	RAB RAB Stands For : recombinant antibody \| Resource Accounting and Budgeting \| Resource Accounting Body \| risk assessment battery
RAc RAc Stands For : Registered Acupuncturist \| Recovery Audit Contractor	RACI RACI Stands For : Responsible
RACPC RACPC Stands For : rapid access chest pain clinic	RAE RAE Stands For : reactive angioendotheliomatosis \| Retinol Activity Equivalents \| Right Atrial Enlargement
RAG RAG Stands For : Red Amber Green (traffic light) \| Research Allocation Group \| risk assessment in genetics \| This term got 6 hits on 23102011 and is thus unlikely to be in active use \| Recombination Activating Gene \| Retinal Ablation Gene	RAG rating system RAG rating system Stands For : Red Amber Green rating system (Traffic light rating system)
RAGE RAGE Stands For : Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure \| Rating scale for Aggressive Behaviour in the Elderly \| receptor for advanced glycosylation end products \| Random Activation Gene Expression \| Receptor For Advanced Glycation End	RAHSC RAHSC Stands For : Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children \| Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children
RAP RAP Stands For : rapid assessment procedure \| rapid atrial pacing \| referrals \| regression associated protein \| remedial action plan \| Research Applications Program \| RNA-III Activating Protein \| Regression-Associated Protein \| Reinforcing AIDS Prevention \| Renal Artery Pressure \| Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation \| Right Atrial Pressure	RARP RARP Stands For : resource allocation resource paper \| This term got 1 (!) hit on 23102011 It seems inconceivable that it would be in active use
RAS RAS Stands For : recurrent aphthous stomatitis \| Registered Addiction Specialist \| respiratory assessment service \| retinoic acid syndrome \| Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus \| rotational atherectomy system \| Renin-Angiotensin System \| Retrovirus Associated Sequences \| renal artery stenosis \| Redirecting Antibody Specificity \| Renal Artery Stenosis \| Reticular Activating System \| Reticular Activation System	RASP RASP Stands For : resource allocation and service planning
RAT RAT Stands For : radiation therapy \| recombinant human antithrombin \| Remuneration And Terms (of service committee) \| rheumatoid arthritis test \| right atrial tachycardia \| Radical Anxiety Termination \| Right Animal Treatment	RAWP RAWP Stands For : Resource Allocation Working Party
RBAC RBAC Stands For : role-based access control	RCA RCA Stands For : radiofrequency catheter ablation \| random case analysis \| red cell agglutination \| red cell aggregate \| renal carcinoma \| renal cell adenoma \| renal concentrating ability \| replication-competent adenovirus \| residual cortical activity \| right carotid artery \| right coronary angiography \| root canal anterior Dentistry \| rotational coronary atherectomy \| Royal College of Anaesthetists \| Ricinus Communis Agglutinin \| Ricinus Communis Agglutinin \| Right Coronary Artery
RCAP RCAP Stands For : Remedial Clinical Action Plan	RCC RCC Stands For : rape crisis centre \| Rathke cleft cyst \| red cell cast \| regional cancer centre \| Registered Clinical Counsellor \| right common carotid \| Rural Community Council \| Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center \| Red blood Cell Count \| Red Cell Concentrate \| renal cell cancer \| Rotterdam Coronary Calcification Study \| Renal Cell Carcinoma
RCDM RCDM Stands For : Royal Centre for Defence Medicine	RCH RCH Stands For : registered care home \| renal compensatory hypertrophy \| reproductive and child health \| residential care home \| right cerebral hemisphere \| Royal Children‰Ûªs Hospital (Aus) \| Rockville City Hospital
RCM RCM Stands For : radiocontrast medium \| rapid culture method \| red cell mass \| reflectance confocal microscopy \| restrictive cardiomyopathy \| Right Costal Margin	RCN RCN Stands For : radiocontrast nephropathy \| renal cortical necrosis \| right caudate nucleus \| Royal College of Nurses
RCoA RCoA Stands For : Royal College of Anaesthetists	RCOG RCOG Stands For : Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
RCOphth RCOphth Stands For : Royal College of Ophthalmologists	RCP RCP Stands For : reactive C protein \| red cell protoporphyrin \| regional cerebral perfusion \| Research Capability Programme \| retrograde cerebellar perfusion \| revised class play \| Regional Collection Plan \| Registry of Comparative Pathology (defunct)
RCPath RCPath Stands For : Royal College of Pathologists	RCPCH RCPCH Stands For : Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
RCPE RCPE Stands For : Royal College of Physicians of England	RCPsych RCPsych Stands For : Royal College of Psychiatrists
RCR RCR Stands For : renal clearance rate \| replication-competent retrovirus \| respiratory control ratio \| rolling circle replication	RCRIM RCRIM Stands For : Regulated Clinical Research and Information Management
RCS RCS Stands For : READ classification system Informatics \| recombinant congenic species \| red cell suspension \| repeat caesarean section \| reticulum cell sarcoma \| Retirement Confidence Survey \| Royal College of Surgeons	RCSE RCSE Stands For : Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
RCSLT RCSLT Stands For : Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists	RCT RCT Stands For : radiochemotherapy \| radionuclide computed tomography \| randomised clinical trial \| randomised controlled trial \| RCT Abbreviation for: \| reciprocal chromosomal translocation \| renal cell tumour \| respiratory compensation threshold \| retention control training \| retrograde conduction time \| root canal therapy \| rotator cuff tear \| ruptured chordae tendineae \| Randomized Controlled Trial \| Relative Contrast Test \| Root Canal Treatment \| Randomized Controlled Trial \| rotator cuff tear \| Randomized Controlled Trial \| Randomized Controlled Trial \| Rectum Crac
RDA RDA Stands For : recently detoxified alcoholic \| research and development agreement \| rural development area \| recommended daily amount \| Recommended Daily Allowance \| recommended daily amount \| Recommended Dietary Allowance \| Riding for the Disabled Association	RDO RDO Stands For : regional development organisation \| RNA-DNA oligonucleotide
RDPGPE RDPGPE Stands For : Regional Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education	RDT RDT Stands For : Registered Drama Therapist \| Retinal Damage Threshold
RDU RDU Stands For : regional dialysis unit	RDUK RDUK Stands For : Rare Disease UK
REA REA Stands For : radioenzyme assay \| rapid environmental assessment \| rapid epidemiologic assessment \| Regional Education Adviser \| restriction enzyme analysis \| Restriction Endonuclease Analysis \| reactive arthritis	REACH REACH Stands For : Regional Education About Choices in Health \| Rehabilitation Among women with Coronary Heart Disease \| Research and Educational for Children in Asthma \| Research on Endothelin Antagonism in Chronic Heart Failure \| Resource utilization in Congestive Heart Failure \| Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer‰Ûªs Caregiver Health \| Retired Executives Action Clearing House \| There were no hits on 23102011 for this term \| Reaching Euglycemia And Comprehensive Health
REC REC Stands For : Racial Equality Council \| receptor \| recombination \| Reforming Emergency Care \| renal epithelial cell \| research ethics committee \| respiratory epithelial cell \| Rear End Collision \| Receive \| Recommend \| Recurrent	REF REF Stands For : regional ejection fraction \| renal erythropoietic factor (erythropoeitin) \| restriction endonuclease fingerprinting \| restriction endonuclease fragments \| Relative Exposure Factor
RES RES Stands For : Race Equality Scheme \| radionuclide esophageal scintigraphy \| reduced emissions scenario (!) \| regional economic strategy (!) \| Reproducibility Echocardiography Study \| research \| resident \| restriction endonuclease \| ReticuloEndothelial System \| Reticuloendothelial Sysem	RESG RESG Stands For : Race Equality Steering Group
RFA RFA Stands For : radiofrequency ablation \| reasons for assessment \| restriction fragment analysis \| RF ablation \| right femoral artery \| risk factor of atherosclerosis \| Radio Frequency Ablation \| Radiation Field Analyser \| right forearm \| Right forearm	RfAS RfAS Stands For : Requirements for Accreditation Scheme \| This term got 3 hits on 23102011
RFC RFC Stands For : radiofrequency catheter \| radiofrequency coagulation \| radiofrequency current \| rosette-forming cell \| Residual Functional Capacity	RFID RFID Stands For : radiofrequency identification \| Radio Frequency IDentification
RFN RFN Stands For : Registered Fever Nurse \| retrofacial nucleus \| riboflavin	RFR RFR Stands For : rapid fluid resuscitation \| relapse-free rate \| renal functional reserve \| request for resources
RFUCMS RFUCMS Stands For : Royal Free and University College Medical School	RGN RGN Stands For : Registered General Nurse (First level nurse)
RHA RHA Stands For : recombinant human albumin \| right hepatic artery \| The RHAs were abolished‰ÛÒalong with Family Health Services Authorities and the District Health Authorities‰ÛÒin 1995 \| RHeumatoid Arthritis	RHB RHB Stands For : reduced haemoglobin \| regional health board (obsolete) \| right heart bypass
RICS RICS Stands For : radioimmunoconjugates \| rehabilitation and intermediate care service \| Research Informatics Consult Service	RID RID Stands For : radial immunodiffusion \| radioimmunodetection \| Regional Implementation Directors \| remission-inducing drug \| restless \| Restless Irritable And Discontent \| Ruptured intervertebral disc
RIDDOR RIDDOR Stands For : Reporting of Injuries	RIG RIG Stands For : rabies immunoglobulin \| reimbursement grant \| Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy
RIMA RIMA Stands For : reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type A	RIPA RIPA Stands For : Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 \| Royal Institute of Public Administration
RIPH RIPH Stands For : Royal Institute of Public Health(it merged with the Royal Society of Health in 2008 to become the Royal Society for Public Health)	RIPHH RIPHH Stands For : Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
RITA XX RITA XX Stands For : Record of Individual Training Assessment	RM RM Stands For : radiation monitoring \| radiation myelopathy \| radical mastectomy \| radical mastoidectomy \| radon monitor \| random migration \| range of movement \| red meat \| red muscle \| reduction mammaplasty \| reference material \| regional metastases \| rehabilitation medicine \| Reichert‰Ûªs membrane \| Reiki Master \| repeated miscarriage \| respiratory movement \| respiratory muscle \| resting metabolism \| rhabdomyolysis \| Royal Marsden \| ruptured membrane \| Rotation Measure \| Registered Midwife \| rhabdomyolysis \| Redemptive Movement
RMI RMI Stands For : recent myocardial infarction \| reperfused myocardial infarction \| Resource Management Initiative \| Risk of Malignancy Index \| Rapid Migraine Initiator	RMO RMO Stands For : Regional Medical Officer \| Responsible Medical Officer \| Resident Medical Officer \| Rocky Mountain Orthodontics
RMSG RMSG Stands For : Risk Management Steering Group	RMT RMT Stands For : Registered Music Therapist \| Rehab Management Toolkit \| Registered Massage Therapist (Canada) \| Recovered Memory Therapy
RN RN Stands For : radical nephrectomy \| radionuclide \| ranitidine \| rebound nystagmus \| red nucleus \| reflux nephropathy \| regenerative nodule \| rehabilitation nurse \| rheumatoid nodule \| Remarkable Nurses \| Registered Nurse \| Rattus Norvegicus	RNCC RNCC Stands For : registered nursing care contribution
RNID RNID Stands For : Royal National Institute for the Deaf (later Royal National Institute for Deaf People	RNMH RNMH Stands For : Registered Nurse for the Mentally Handicapped (obsolete title)
RO RO Stands For : radiation oncologist \| reactive oxygen \| reflux oesophagitis \| relative odds \| renal oncocytoma \| renal osteodystrophy \| revenue out turn (!) \| Regional Office \| Radon Occurrence \| Reproductive Organ \| Routine order \| Rule Out	ROCR SC ROCR SC Stands For : Review of Central Returns Steering Committee
ROE ROE Stands For : Regional Office for Europe \| right otitis externa	ROHFT ROHFT Stands For : Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust
ROI ROI Stands For : range of interest \| reactive oxygen intermediate \| Release Of Information	ROSE XX ROSE XX Stands For : Refugees and Overseas health professionals
RPGD RPGD Stands For : Regional Postgraduate Dean	RPST RPST Stands For : Risk Pooling Scheme for Trusts
RPT RPT Stands For : Registered Phlebotomy Technician \| Registered Physical Therapist \| Registered Play Therapist \| renal parenchymal thickness \| renal proximal tubule \| Relapse Prevention Therapy \| Registered Pharmacy Technician	RPU RPU Stands For : Regional Policy Unit
RRASOR RRASOR Stands For : Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offense Recidivism	RRL RRL Stands For : Revenue Resource Limit \| righting reflex latency
RRSO RRSO Stands For : Risk reducing salpingo-ooporectomy	RRT RRT Stands For : radical radiation therapy \| recommended replacement time \| regimen-related toxicity \| Regional Resource Team \| Registered Respiratory Therapist \| reverse transcriptase \| Renal Replacement Therapy
RSCN RSCN Stands For : Registered Sick Children‰Ûªs Nurse (obsolete title)	RSH RSH Stands For : rectus sheath haematoma \| right heart failure \| Royal Society of Health (Royal Society of Public Health) \| RiverSide HealthCare Home
RSI RSI Stands For : repetitive strain injury \| Rush Sexual Inventory \| Repeated Strain Injury \| Rapid sequence induction anesthesia \| Rapid Sequence Intubation \| Repetitive Stress Injury	RSM RSM Stands For : recurrent spontaneous miscarriage \| restriction site mutation \| Regulator of Secondary Metabolites \| Royal Society of Medicine
RSV RSV Stands For : right saphenous vein \| right sinus of Valsalva \| right subclavian vein \| Research and Supply Vessel \| respiratory syncytial virus \| Respiratory Syncytial Virus \| Robertson Selection Value \| Rous Sarcoma Virus	RTI RTI Stands For : reproductive tract infection \| reverse transcriptase inhibitor \| road traffic incident \| routine task inventory \| Rapid Tube Input \| Reproductive Tract Infection \| Respiratory Tract Infection \| Respiratory Tract Infections
RTT RTT Stands For : Referral to treatment \| Randomly Thought Thoughts \| Resources Treatment And Training	RtTT RtTT Stands For : Referral to Treatment Target
s s Stands For : atto- \| Sedate \| Stable \| Specimen \| Sensory \| Sick \| Sinister \| Sleep \| Squint \| Stumble \| Snail	S4BH S4BH Stands For : Standards for Better Health
SAC SAC Stands For : seasonal acute conjunctivitis \| serous adenocarcinoma \| Sexual Addiction and Compulsion \| Specialty Advisory Committee \| splinting for acute closure \| standardised assessment of concussion \| stoma appliance customisation \| substance abuse counsellor \| Sacral \| Shortarm Cast \| Scottish Agricultural Colleges	SAD SAD Stands For : Single Anomalous Dispersion \| Sinoaortic denervation or deafferentiation \| Subacromial decompression \| ugar-acetone-diacetic acid test \| Seasonal Affective Disorder \| Source-Axis Distance \| Seasonal Affected Disorder \| Seasonal Affective Disorder \| Seasonal Allergy Distress \| Simple Anxiety Defect \| Situational Affected Depression \| Social Anxiety Disorder \| Stoupa Addiction Disorder \| Stress \| Swinford Anxiety Disorder
SAD missing block SAD missing block Stands For : Self-assessment depression‰ÛÒscale	SADR SADR Stands For : serious adverse drug reaction \| Standard Ambulatory Data Record
SaFF SaFF Stands For : Service and Financial Framework	SAG SAG Stands For : sagittal \| senescence-associated gene \| Standards Assurance Group \| statoacoustic ganglion \| Swiss agammaglobulinaemia \| Senescence Associated Gene
SAGNIS SAGNIS Stands For : Strategic Advisory Group for Nursing Information Systems	SAHC SAHC Stands For : Scottish Association of Health Councils
SAHEM SAHEM Stands For : self-applied health enhancement method	SALD SALD Stands For : serum aldolase \| Services For Adults with Learning Disabilities
SALT SALT Stands For : serum alanine aminotransferase \| skin-associated lymphoid tissue \| speech and language therapist \| Swedish Aspirin Low-dose Trial	SANDO SANDO Stands For : sensory ataxia neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoplegia
SAP SAP Stands For : saponin \| saporin \| saposin \| secreted acid phosphatase \| secreted aspartic protease \| sensory action potential \| serum alkaline phosphatase \| Single Assessment Process \| situs ambiguus with polysplenia \| SLAM-associated protein \| slow action potential \| spontaneous action potential \| stable angina pectoris \| standardised assessment of personality \| Staphylococcus aureus protease \| steroidogenesis activator polypeptide \| surfactant associated protein \| symptom-associated probability \| systolic arterial pressure \| Sensitive To Antimicrobial Peptides \| Sla	SAPHE SAPHE Stands For : Self Assessment in Professional and Higher Education (obsolete
SAQ SAQ Stands For : safety attitudes questionnaire \| saquinavir \| self-appraisal questionnaire \| Supplementary Application Questionnaire \| Supplementary Additional Questionnaire	SAR SAR Stands For : sarcoidosis \| sarcoma \| sarcosine \| seasonal allergic rhinitis \| secondary attack rate \| sinoatrial rate \| slowly adapting receptor \| specific absorption rates \| standardised access ratio \| staphylococcal accessory regulator \| subjective analysis return \| survival after recurrence \| suspected adverse reaction \| systemic anaphylactic reaction \| Systemic Affect Rating \| Scatter-Air Ratio \| Sodium Absorption Ratio \| Sodium Adsorption Ratio \| Specific Absorption Rate
SARM SARM Stands For : selective androgen receptor modulator	SARP SARP Stands For : Sexual Assault Response Policy \| Sexual Attitude Reassessment Process \| Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program \| Secreted Apoptosis-Related Protein
SAS SAS Stands For : sarcoma-amplified sequence \| saturated ammonium sulphate \| Scottish Ambulance Service \| serrated adenoma \| severe aortic stenosis \| short aorta syndrome \| Sklar Aphasia Scale \| sleep apnoea syndrome \| staff and associate specialists \| staff grade and associate specialist doctor \| standard accounting system \| Supplier Attachment Scheme \| Short Arm Splint \| Short Attention Span \| Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis	SAS doctor SAS doctor Stands For : Abbreviation for:
SAU SAU Stands For : statistical analysis unit \| surgical admission unit	SAZ SAZ Stands For : Sport Action Zone \| sulfasalazine \| Swiss Air-Ambulance
SBCH SBCH Stands For : South Birmingham Community Health	SBIC SBIC Stands For : South Birmingham Independent Commissioners
SBPO SBPO Stands For : South Birmingham Provider Organisation	SBPS SBPS Stands For : South Birmingham Provider Services
SC SC Stands For : sarcomatoid carcinoma \| satellite cells \| Schwann cell \| scintigraphy \| sclerosing cholangitis \| sebaceous carcinoma \| secondary care \| secretory carcinoma \| secretory component \| semicircular canal \| seroconversion \| serum cholesterol \| serum complement \| serum concentration \| serum creatinine \| sex chromatin \| Sezary cell \| short chain \| sickle cell \| sigmoid colon \| single copy \| small cell \| smoking cessation \| Snellen chart \| social care \| sodium citrate spinal canal \| specialist care \| specialty clinic \| spinal cord \| spindle cell \| squamo	SC&H SC&H Stands For : Social Care and Health
SCAE SCAE Stands For : spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy	SCAG SCAG Stands For : NHS Security and Confidentiality Advisory Group
SCCAG SCCAG Stands For : Southern Combined Clinical Advisory Group	SCEP SCEP Stands For : Supply Chain Excellence ProgrammeSee National Generics Programme
SCG SCG Stands For : specialised commissioning group \| standards consulting group \| strategic commissioning group \| superior cervical ganglion \| superior cervical ganglionectomy \| This term got 27 hits on 23102011 and is thus unlikely to be widely used	SCHIN SCHIN Stands For : Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle
SCM SCM Stands For : secretory cell metaplasia \| Specialist in Community Medicine \| spleen conditioned medium \| spondylotic cervical myelopathy \| squamous cell metaplasia \| steatocystoma multiplex \| sternocleidomastoid \| subcutaneous mastectomy \| Supportive Care Manager \| SternoCleidomastoid-Muscle \| Solid Color Mare	SCMO SCMO Stands For : Senior Clinical Medical Officer
SCoPME SCoPME Stands For : Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical (and Dental) Education	SCoRPME SCoRPME Stands For : Standing Committee on Regional Postgraduate Medical Education \| This term got 3 hits on 23102011
SCPMDE SCPMDE Stands For : Scottish Council For Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education	SCR SCR Stands For : serious case review \| short consensus repeat \| sister chromatic recombination \| social care region \| summary care record \| This term got 76 hits on 23102011 and thus may not be in common use \| Sustainable Cell Rate \| Sustain Cell Rate \| Serum Creatinine
SCT SCT Stands For : sacrococcygeal teratoma \| salmon calcitonin \| sentence completion test \| sentence comprehension test \| Sertoli cell tumour \| sickle cell trait \| Society of County Treasurers (!) \| solid and cystic tumour \| specialised commissioning team \| spinal cord transection \| spinal cord trauma \| spinocerebellar tract \| spiral CT (computed tomography) \| stair climbing test \| stem cell transplantation \| sugar-coated tablet \| supervised community treatment \| Sussex Community Trust \| sickle cell trait \| Stem Cell Transplant \| Static Contraction Training	SCT(WM) SCT(WM) Stands For : Specialised Commissioning Team (West Midlands)
SDCP SDCP Stands For : Site Development Control Plan	SDS SDS Stands For : same day surgery \| Schedule for Deficit Syndrome \| school dental services \| self-rated depression scale \| sensory deprivation syndrome \| Sheehan Disability Scale \| Shy-Drager syndrome \| Social Desirability Scale \| sodium dodecyl sulphonate \| specific diagnostic service \| Spine Directory Service \| standard deviation score \| Symptom Distress Scale \| Same Day Surgical \| Sequence Detection System \| Sudden death syndrome
SDS Bureau Service SDS Bureau Service Stands For : Spine Directory Service Bureau Service	SDTM SDTM Stands For : Study Data Tabulation Mode
SDV SDV Stands For : source document verification \| Single- Dose Vial	SE SE Stands For : sensory epithelium \| serine esterase \| serum \| sexually experienced \| sheep erythrocyte \| side effect \| sleep efficiency \| social exclusion \| socioeconomic \| Starr-Edwards \| Stress Echocardiography \| Solo Exons \| Sperm Extract \| Solvent Extraction \| Sub-clinical Encephalopathy \| Spin Echo \| Spongiform Encephalopathy \| Squamous Epithelium \| Status Epilepticus \| Sub-Epidermal
SERC XX SERC XX Stands For : Science & Engineering Research Council	SES SES Stands For : self esteem scale \| Single Equality Scheme \| sirolimus-eluting stent \| Society of Eye Surgeons \| socioeconomic status \| soluble E selectin \| staphylococcal enterotoxin \| subendothelial space \| Sanitarium Epidemic Station \| Sanitarium Epidemic Station \| Swinging Eye Syndrome
SFBH SFBH Stands For : Standards for Better Health	SFI SFI Stands For : sciatic function index \| Self-report Family Inventory \| sexual function index \| social function index \| social fund inspector \| sporadic fatal insomnia \| standing financial instructions
SGR SGR Stands For : skin galvanic response \| Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists \| Stanford Genomic Resources \| Surgeon Generals Report	SGUMDER SGUMDER Stands For : Standing Group on Undergraduate Medical and Dental Education and Research
SHA SHA Stands For : severe haemophilia A \| Socialist Health Association (!) \| Southern hybridisation analysis \| special health authority \| sperm head anomalies \| standard hash algorithm \| staphylococcal hemagglutinating antibody \| strategic health authority \| strategic hospital alliance \| Shampoo	SHACE SHACE Stands For : Strategic Health Authority Chief Executives
SHACIOs SHACIOs Stands For : Strategic Health Authority Chief Information Officer \| With 43 hits on 25102011	SHAPE SHAPE Stands For : Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation \| Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education
SHARE SHARE Stands For : Scottish Health Authorities Revenue Equalisation \| Spine Hand Arm Rehabilitation Ergonomics	SHARP SHARP Stands For : Sexual Health Attitude Restructuring Process \| Safety And Health Achievement Recognition Program \| Scottish Heart And Arterial Risk Prevention
SHAS SHAS Stands For : Scottish Health Advisory Service (now	SHEN SHEN Stands For : Specific Human Energy Nexus
SHEPS SHEPS Stands For : Society of Health Education and Promotion Specialists	SHFLD SHFLD Stands For : split hand/foot malformation with long bone deficiency
SHFM SHFM Stands For : split hand/foot malformation	SHIFT SHIFT Stands For : substitution of hospital and other institutional-focused technology \| This acronym appears in Tony White‰Ûªs NHS Jargon Explained; there were 6 hits for this term on 20102011
SHIP SHIP Stands For : Self-Help Intervention Project \| sexual health in practice \| SH2-containing inositol phosphatase \| Small Hospital Improvement Program \| src homology 2-containing inositol phosphatase \| STD/HIV Intervention Program \| Supplemental Health Insurance Plan \| Senior Health Insurance Program	SHMO SHMO Stands For : Senior Hospital Medical Officer \| social health maintenance organisation
SHO SHO Stands For : A junior doctor in the pre Modernising Medical Careers era (pre-2007) of training in the UK \| secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy \| senior house officer (SHO) \| Stryker Howmedica Osteonics	SHOT SHOT Stands For : serious hazards of transfusion \| Sheffield Obesity Trial \| Severe Hazards Of Transfusion \| Stock Horse Of Texas
SHOW SHOW Stands For : Scotland‰Ûªs Health on the Web \| Scottish Health On The Web	SHRINE SHRINE Stands For : Strategic Human Resources Information Network \| This term got 15 hits on 20102011
SHRUGS XX SHRUGS XX Stands For : Scottish Health Resource Utilisation Groups	SHTAC SHTAC Stands For : Scottish Health Technology Assessment Centre \| This was a Special Health Board established in 2000
SI SI Stands For : sagittal index \| saline infusion \| satiety index \| self-inflicted \| sensitivity index \| serious illness \| serious injury \| seriously ill \| serum iron \| severity index \| sexual intercourse \| sexually inexperienced \| shock index \| signal intensity \| silent infarction \| silent ischaemia \| silver \| Singh Index \| sinus irregularities \| situs inversus \| smoking index \| snoring index \| social interaction \| spinal injury \| stratum intermedium \| stress incontinence \| stroke index \| Structured Interview \| suicidal ideation \| superior/inferior \| survival i	SIA SIA Stands For : sequence independent amplification \| sequential injection technique \| serum inhibitory activity \| serum-in-agar \| sialic acid \| slide immunoenzymatic assay \| small intestine atresia \| sperm-immobilising activity \| Spinal Injuries Association \| stress-induced analgesia \| stretch-induced arrhythmia \| Structured Intermittent Auscultation \| subacute infectious arthritis \| Subintimal angioplasty \| Survivors of Incest Anonymous \| Spectrophotometric Intracutaneous Analysis
SIC SIC Stands For : self intermittent catheterisation \| serum insulin concentration \| soluble immune complex \| specific inhalation challenge \| State Insurance Commission \| Statement of Internal Control \| Self-Intermittent Catheterization \| Scan Inverse Complementary \| Streptococcal Inhibitor of Complement	SIFTR XX SIFTR XX Stands For : Service Increment for Teaching and Research (SIfTR)
SIG SIG Stands For : solution integration group \| systems integration group \| signal \| Surface ImmunoGlobulin \| write on label	SIGN XX SIGN XX Stands For : Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SIMS SIMS Stands For : Serious Incident Management System \| Standardised Incident Management System \| Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptoms \| This term had 4 hits on 19102011 \| Societal Institute of the Mathematical Sciences	SING SING Stands For : Sexuality Issues Network Group \| This term had 29 hits on 25102011 \| Solar plexus
SIRI SIRI Stands For : safety information resources on the internet \| serious incident requiring investigation \| Suicide Intervention Response Inventory	SIRO SIRO Stands For : Senior Information Risk Owner
SIRT SIRT Stands For : selective internal radiation therapy \| service issues resolution team \| This term got 3 (!) hits on 10112011	SIS SIS Stands For : selective identification system \| Senior Intelligence Service \| signal intelligence service \| software intensive system \| special information system \| special intelligence support \| statistical information system \| strategic intelligence system \| supplier information system \| supplies information service \| Surgical Information Systems \| This term got 9 hits on 20102011 (with the added keyword NHS) \| Self Injury Support \| Susceptible Infective Susceptible
SISTC SISTC Stands For : Selection into Surgical Training Centres \| This term had 4 hits on 19102011	SITF SITF Stands For : Social Investment Task Force (final report
SLA SLA Stands For : slide latex agglutination \| somatomedin-like activity \| surfactant-like activity	SLE SLE Stands For : seizure-like events \| Service Line Economics \| slit lamp examination \| St Louis encephalitis \| stress life event \| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus \| systemic lupus erythematosis \| St Louis Encephalitis \| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus \| Systolic Linear Exponentiator
SLI SLI Stands For : secretin-like immunoreactivity \| selective lymphoid irradiation \| serotonin-like immunoreactivity \| somatostatin-like immunoreactivity \| specific learning incident \| splenic localisation index \| Sporadic Language Impairment	SLIPS SLIPS Stands For : Note This term had 47 hits on 19102011 It was the title of a course from the Royal College of Surgery \| Safety and Leadership for Interventional Procedures and Surgery
SLR SLR Stands For : Service Line Reporting \| short latency response \| Shwartzman local reaction \| straight leg raise \| subthalamic locomotor region \| Straight Leg Raising	SLS SLS Stands For : Selected List Scheme \| Sodium Lauryl Sulfate \| StreptoLysin S \| Severed Life Support \| Short Leg Splint \| Stagnant Loop Syndrome \| Stein-Leventhal Syndrome
SLT SLT Stands For : Shiga-like toxin \| single lung transplantation \| smokeless tobacco \| Speech and Language Therapist \| selective laser trabeculoplasty \| Slight	SLTS SLTS Stands For : Speech and Language Therapy Service
SMA SMA Stands For : scala media area \| severe malarial anaemia \| shape memory alloys \| simultaneous multichannel autoanalyser \| smooth muscle actin \| smooth muscle antigen \| Snow Mountain Agent \| somatomedin a \| somatomedin activity \| spinal muscle atrophy \| spiral modiolar artery \| spontaneous motor activity \| Student medical assistant \| Smooth Muscle Antibody \| superior mesenteric artery \| Sensory Motor Amnesia \| Spinal Muscular Atrophy \| Superior Mesenteric Artery \| Supplementary Motor Area	SMART SMART Stands For : Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease \| Self-Measurement for Assessment of the Response to Trandolapril \| Serum Markers Acute myocardial infarction and Rapid Treatment \| Simultaneous Multiple Angle Reconstruction Technique \| Simultaneous Multislice Acquisition using Rosette Trajectories \| specific \| Supportive Medical Aid Responding (to individual needs) Team \| Sharing Medical Adherence Responsibilities Together \| Somatic Mutation And Recombination Tests \| Senior Medication Assessment Research Trial \| Semi-automated Anatomic Reporting of Trajectories \| Subc
SMAS SMAS Stands For : Substance Misuse Advisory Service (extinct) \| superficial musculo-aponeurotic system \| superior mesenteric artery syndrome \| Superficial Musculo Aponeurotic System	SMC SMC Stands For : Scottish Medicines Consortium \| skeletal muscle cell \| small marker chromosome \| somatomedin C \| standard medical care \| subjective memory complaints \| Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes \| Smooth Muscle Cell
SMDT SMDT Stands For : specialist multi-disciplinary team	SMF SMF Stands For : secondary myelofibrosis \| Social Market Foundation \| space medical facility \| static magnetic field \| substructural molecular fragment \| Standard Mammogram Form
SMI SMI Stands For : severe mental impairment \| silent myocardial infarction \| silent myocardial ischaemia \| Spanish medical Interpreter \| sperm motility index \| St Micheal Ipoh \| Sensory Motor Integration \| Seriously Mentally Ill	SMO SMO Stands For : safe motherhood officer \| second medical opinion \| site management organisation \| surveillance medical officer \| Supervising Medical Officer \| Senior Medical Officer \| Sociedad Mexicana de Ortopedia
SMP SMP Stands For : skim milk protein \| social marketing project \| standard medical practice \| strategic management plan \| submuscular plexus	SMR SMR Stands For : severe mental retardation \| sexual maturity rating \| standard metabolic rate \| standardised morbidity ratio (!) \| standardised mortality ratio \| streptomycin resistant \| submucosal resection \| Standardized Mortality Ratio \| Standard mortality ratio \| Sensory Motor Rhythm \| Submucous Resection \| Suppressed Mite Reproduction \| Suppression of Mite Reproduction
SMS SMS Stands For : Security Management Specialist \| senior medical student \| serial motor seizures \| Simvastatin Multicenter Study \| Socioeconomic Monitoring System \| solitary myofibroma of skin \| somatomedins \| Specialties Matching Service \| sphingomyelin synthase \| stiff man syndrome \| Smith-Magenis syndrome \| Smith Magenis Syndrome	SN SN Stands For : saphenous nerve \| sciatic nerve \| scrub nurse \| sebaceous nevus \| second neoplasm \| sensorineural \| sensory neurone \| sentinel (lymph) node \| seronegative \| serum neutralisation \| silver nitrate \| Sin Nombre \| sinus node \| sodium nitrate \| solitary nucleus \| spinal nerve \| splanchnic nerve \| spontaneous nystagmus \| staff nurse \| stromal nodule \| student nurse \| substantia nigra \| supernatant \| supernumerary \| suprasternal notch \| sural nerve \| sinus node \| sinus node
SNAFU SNAFU Stands For : situation normal	SNMAC SNMAC Stands For : Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee
SNMT SNMT Stands For : systematic nutritional muscle testing	SNOMED SNOMED Stands For : Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine \| Systematized NOMenclature of MEDicine
SNP SNP Stands For : School Nurse Practitioner \| Scottish Nationalist Party (!) \| single nucleotide polymorphism (!) \| sinonasal polyposis \| sinus node potential \| sodium nitroprusside \| synaptophysin \| Single Nucleotide Polymorphism \| Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms \| Single Nucleotide Polymorphism	SNR SNR Stands For : signal to noise ratio
SNTN SNTN Stands For : Scottish National Training Number	SO SO Stands For : salpingo-oophorectomy \| second opinion \| secondary oocyte \| shoulder orthosis \| sine oculis (gene) \| sleep onset \| sphincter of Oddi \| standing orders \| suggestive of \| superior oblique \| superior olive \| superoxide \| systolic output \| Senior Opinion \| Some Of \| Supraorbital \| Sutures Out
SOA SOA Stands For : schedule of accommodation \| secondary organic aerosol \| spinal opioid anaesthesia \| statement of accountability \| super output areas \| swelling of ankles \| Sulphate Of Ammonia \| Save Our Animals	SOAD SOAD Stands For : second opinion appointed doctor
SOAP SOAP Stands For : subjective \| systolic ophthalmic artery pressure \| Shipley Ophthalmic Assessment Programme \| Subjective Objective Assesment Plan \| Subjective	SOC SOC Stands For : scene of crime \| sense of coherence \| sequential oral contraceptive \| serum osteocalcin \| small outer capsid \| spin orbit coupling \| standard of care \| standard(s) of care \| start of care \| state of consciousness \| store-operated channel \| strategic outline case \| standard(s) of care \| Standards Of Care \| Stream Of Consciousness
SOCC SOCC Stands For : Selly Oak Commissioning Consortium	SOCITM SOCITM Stands For : Society of Information Technology Managers
SOD SOD Stands For : schedule of delegation \| segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia \| septo-optic dysplasia \| statement of deficiency \| SuperOxide Dismutase \| Septo Optic Dysplasia \| Septo Optic Dysplasia \| Sodium \| Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction \| SuperOxide Dismutase	SODoH SODoH Stands For : Scottish Department of Health
SofH SofH Stands For : Secretary of Health	SOHHD SOHHD Stands For : Scottish Office Home and Health Department (said to be extinct)
SOLIACS SOLIACS Stands For : Solian Solution in the Acute Setting	SOLMANIA SOLMANIA Stands For : Comparison of Valproate-Amisulpride and Valproate-Haloperidol in Bipolar I Patients (clinical trial)
SOMI SOMI Stands For : sterno-occipital-mandibular immobilizer \| Sternal Occipital Mandibular Immobilizer	SON SON Stands For : school of nursing \| superior ovarian nerve \| supraorbital nerve
SORAG SORAG Stands For : Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide	SOSIG SOSIG Stands For : Social Science Information Gateway
SP SP Stands For : sclerosing peritonitis \| secondary polycythaemia \| secretory piece \| seizure prone \| senile plaque \| septum pellucidum \| serine protease \| serum protein \| severe periodontitis \| sialadenoma papilliferum \| slow potential \| social phobia \| sodium pentobarbital \| soft palate \| solid phase \| soluble protein \| spastic paralysis \| spectrophotometry \| speech pathology \| sphincter preservation \| spinous process \| spontaneous pneumothorax \| spontaneous proliferation \| standard practice \| standard procedure \| standardised patient \| stationary phase \| strateg	SPA SPA Stands For : sheep pulmonary adenomatosis \| shrinking pleuritis with atelectasis \| Small Practices Association \| soluble protective antigen \| spastic ataxia \| sperm penetration assay \| sphenopalatine artery \| spinal anaesthesia \| spondyloarthropathy \| spontaneous physical activity \| spontaneous platelet aggregation \| staphylococcal protein A \| structured professional activities \| superficial palmar arch \| supporting professional activities \| suprapubic (bladder) aspiration \| surfactant protein A \| Scottish Prescribing Analysis \| Super Powerful Amphetamine
SPAIN SPAIN Stands For : Social Policy Ageing Information Network	SPC SPC Stands For : salicylamide \| salivary protein complex \| second primary cancer \| seropositive carrier \| single palmar crease \| slow potential change \| soy protein concentrate \| specialist palliative care \| spinal cord \| spleen cell \| standard platelet concentrate \| stromal precursor cells \| sulcal prefrontal cortex \| superior pharyngeal constrictor \| suprapubic catheter \| synthesising protein complex \| Standard Program Category \| Standard Plate Count \| Statistical Process Control
SPfIT SPfIT Stands For : Southern Programme for IT	SPG SPG Stands For : spastic paraplegia \| specific gravity \| sphenopalatine ganglion \| splenoportography \| systolic pressure gradient \| Security Policy Group \| Sponge \| Standardized Potency Guaranteed
SPIN SPIN Stands For : Sandwell Public Information \| Social Phobia Inventory \| speech perception in noise \| Special Pet In Need	SPL SPL Stands For : serum prolactin level \| service plan \| spiriform nucleus \| spleen \| splenectomy \| spondylolysis \| structured product label \| superior parietal lobe \| Splint \| Sub-Palpebral Lavage
SPM SPM Stands For : scapuloperoneal myopathy \| second primary malignancy \| social and preventive medicine \| Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine \| spatiotemporal population map \| spontaeous pneumomediastinum \| statistical parametric map \| synaptic plasma membrane \| synaptosomal plasma membrane \| syncytiotrophoblast plasma membranes \| Special Purpose Monitor \| spontaneous pneumomediastinum	SPMS SPMS Stands For : secondary progressive multiple sclerosis \| specialist primary medical services \| specialist provider medical services
SPP SPP Stands For : salmon pancreatic polypeptide \| Sexuality Preference Profile \| signal peptide peptidase \| skin perfusion pressure \| small plaque parapsoriasis \| suprapubic prostatectomy	SPR SPR Stands For : sarcoplasmic reticulum \| scanned projection radiography \| selective posterior rhizotomy \| skin pathergy reaction \| skin potential response \| Society for Pediatric Radiology \| solid phase radioimmunoassay \| substance P receptor \| The Society for Pediatric Radiology \| Sprain \| Spray
SPRAT SPRAT Stands For : Sheffield Peer Review Assessment Tool	SPS SPS Stands For : semipermeable surface \| simple partial seizure \| simulated patient surgery \| slow potential shift \| Social Phobia Scale \| specialised services \| standard payroll system \| standard population sample \| Suicide Probability Scale \| superior petrosal sinus \| surgical pathology staging \| systemic progressive sclerosis \| Small Polyp Stony \| Small Polyped Stony
SPT SPT Stands For : second primary tumour \| secretin-pancreozymin test \| serine palmitoyl \| single patient trial \| single primary tumour \| skin prick test \| Specialist Planning Team \| Specialist Trainee \| supportive periodontal therapy \| symptomatic palatal tremor \| skin-prick test \| Spinal Tap \| Start Puppy Training	SPV SPV Stands For : saccadic peak velocity \| sheep pox virus \| simian parvovirus \| special purpose vehicle (!) \| splenoportovenography \| statement of personal values \| stentless porcine valve \| systolic peak velocity \| systolic pressure variation
SQC SQC Stands For : service quality committee \| squamous cell \| squamous cell carcinoma	SQP SQP Stands For : squamous cell papilloma \| suitably-qualified person
SR SR Stands For : sarcoplasmic reticulum \| saturation recovery \| scavenger receptor \| Schatzki ring \| seasonal rhinitis \| secretion rate \| self reported \| self-replicating \| Society of Radiographers \| soluble receptor \| somatostatin receptor \| spacer region \| spatial resolution \| standard deviation \| startle response \| stellate reticulum \| stereotactic radiosurgery \| steroid receptor \| stimulus-response \| surface roughness \| survival rate \| suture removal \| systematic review \| Senior Registrar \| Senior Resident \| Side Rail \| Stress Relaxation \| Systemic Review \| Se	SRB SRB Stands For : sex ratio at birth \| sulphate-reducing bacteria \| Single Regeneration Budget \| Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
SRCh SRCh Stands For : State Registered Chiropodist (Podiatrist)	SRD SRD Stands For : serous retinal detachment \| service-related disability \| signal response domain \| Society for the Right to Die \| State Registered Dietician \| sustained rate duration
SRE SRE Stands For : Schedule of Recent Events \| Schedule of Recent Experience \| serum response element \| sex and relationship education \| skeletal-related event \| Society for Radiological Engineering \| spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus \| sterol regulatory element \| sterol response element \| serum response element \| Serum Responsive Element \| Skeletal Related Event	SRG SRG Stands For : Scottish Resuscitation Group \| selective recombinant genotyping \| service-related group \| specialty review group \| Stakeholders Review Group \| standard risk group \| Systems Reform Group \| Surgery
SRN SRN Stands For : salt-resistant normotensive \| superficial radial nerve \| Subretinal neovascular membrane \| Syringe	SRO SRO Stands For : Senior Responsible Owner \| shortest region of overlap \| State Review Officer \| subject-reported outcome
SRSAG SRSAG Stands For : supraregional services advisory group \| This term got 51 hits (19102011)	SS SS Stands For : safe sex \| safer sex \| salbutamol sulphate \| saline solution \| Salmonella-Shigella (agar) \| same sex \| saturation solution \| sedation score \| seizure stage \| seizure-sensitive \| selective shunt \| self service \| self stimulation \| self-selected \| sepsis syndrome \| septic shock \| serum sickness \| severity score \| SÌ©zary syndrome \| shear stress \| short stature \| sicca syndrome \| side-to-side \| sidestream smoke \| silk suture \| single stranded \| SjÌ¦gren syndrome \| skull series \| sliding scale \| social science \| Social Security (US) \| social suppor
SSAP SSAP Stands For : Statement of Standard Accounting Practice (!) \| Stage- Specific Activator Protein	SSARG SSARG Stands For : standard spending assessment reduction grant \| This term got 48 hits (25102011)
SSAT SSAT Stands For : Social Security Appeals Tribunal‰ÛÒabolished in 2008 Its functions were transferred to First Tier Tribunal	SSBBW SSBBW Stands For : super-sized big beautiful woman
SSBHM SSBHM Stands For : super-sized big handsome man	SSC SSC Stands For : Scientific and Standardization Committee \| Sector Skills Council \| shared services centre \| steady state concentration \| stromal stem cell \| student selected components \| superior semicircular canal \| systemic scleroderma \| systemic sclerosis \| Size
SSCF SSCF Stands For : Safer and Stronger Communities Fund	SSD SSD Stands For : scleroderma spectrum disorders \| segmental spinal dysgenesis \| sexual size dimorphism \| silver sulphadiazine \| single sided deafness \| single-strand damage \| Social Services Department \| speech-sound discrimination \| steroid sulphatase deficiency \| sterol-sensing domain \| succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase \| systemic scleroderma \| Source-to-Surface Distance \| subjective sleep disturbance \| Source Skin Distance
SSDP SSDP Stands For : Strategic Service Development Plan	SSfH SSfH Stands For : Secretary of State for Health
SSHA SSHA Stands For : Society of Sexual Health Advisers	SSI SSI Stands For : Scale for Suicidal Ideation \| segmental sequential irradiation \| severity score index \| single strand initiation \| Social Services Inspectorate \| somatic symptom index \| standard spending indicator \| stuttering severity instrument \| surgical site infection \| symptom severity index \| Sliding Scale Insulin \| surgical site infection \| Sore Shoulder Improved \| SSRI
SSIP SSIP Stands For : strategic service implementation plan \| This term got 11 hits on 25102011	SSIS SSIS Stands For : Social Services Information System
SSM SSM Stands For : serum-supplemented medium \| skin-sparing mastectomy \| slipped strand mispairing \| solid-supported membrane \| special study module \| system status management \| Superficial Spreading Melanoma	SSP SSP Stands For : stingent starvation protein \| sustained spike potentials \| Sub-regional Strategic Partnership \| Surgical Safety Product \| Sequence Specific PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) \| Stigma S-associated Protein \| ScintiSplenoPortography \| Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis \| Species Survival Plan
SSR SSR Stands For : secondary sex ratio \| service strategy and regulation \| signal sequence receptor \| single-strand region \| site-specific recombination \| sphincter-saving resection \| Simple Sequence Repeat \| Sympathetic skin response \| Society for the Study of Reproduction	SSRADU SSRADU Stands For : Social Services Research and Development Unit
SSRG SSRG Stands For : Social Services Research Group	SSSI SSSI Stands For : Site of Special Scientific Interest (!)
ST ST Stands For : seizure threshold \| seminiferous tubule \| semitendinosus \| sensory threshold \| Shiga toxin \| signal transduction \| sinus tachycardia \| skin temperature \| skin testing \| skinfold thickness \| slow twitch \| smokeless tobacco \| sniff test \| soft tissue \| solid tumour \| solitary tract \| stable toxin \| stage \| standard therapy \| standard treatment \| stereotypy \| sternothyroid \| sternotrachealis \| steroid therapy \| stimulation \| storage time \| strength training \| stress test \| subacute thyroiditis \| sulphathiazole \| sulphotransferase \| superior tempor	ST1 ST1 Stands For : Specialty trainee
ST2 ST2 Stands For : Specialty trainee	ST3 ST3 Stands For : Specialty trainee
STA STA Stands For : second trimester abortion \| Specialist Training Authority \| standard tube agglutination \| Staphylococcus aureus \| sulfotransferase A \| superficial temporal artery \| superior thyroid artery \| Specialist Training Authority (human	STAC STAC Stands For : Scientific and Technical Advice Cell
STAR STAR Stands For : Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement \| Short-Term Assessment and Rehabilitation team \| signal transduction and activation of RNA \| Special Targeted \| Specialty Training and Advanced Research \| staged abdominal repair \| Staphylokinase Recombinant Trial \| Start Talking About Recovery \| steroidogenic acute regulatory protein \| Systems Test for Alternative Reimbursement \| Supplemental Transport Ambulance Resource \| Support \| Study of Tamoxifen And Raloxifene \| Shock Trauma Air Rescue \| Sharing Treatment And Recovery \| Specialised Trauma Air Response \| Steps Tow	STAR PU STAR PU Stands For : Specific therapeutic group age-sex prescribing unit
StBoP StBoP Stands For : Shifting the Balance of Power	STC STC Stands For : Note Both terms are in active use; Specialty Training Committee is formally (per the GMC) preferred \| sarcomatoid thymic carcinoma \| serum total cholesterol \| shock trauma centre \| spatiotemporal convergence \| special treatment clinic \| Specialist Training Committee \| Specialty Training Committee* \| Short Term Care
STD STD Stands For : ST-segment depression \| Sexually Transmitted Disease \| Skeletal Transcript Database \| Sterilized Testing Developer \| Sexual Tension Disorder \| Sexually Transmitted Disease \| Short-Term Depression \| Skin Test Dose \| Small Testicle Disorder \| Standard \| Standing Tremor Disorder \| Sheep Transmitted Disease	STEIS STEIS Stands For : Strategic Executive Information System
STEP STEP Stands For : serial transverse enteroplasty \| Standards Enforcement in Procurement \| striatal enriched phosphatase \| Surgical Training and Education Programme (STEP course)	STG STG Stands For : Special Transitional Grant \| Short Term Goal
StHA StHA Stands For : Strategic health authority	STI STI Stands For : science and technology information \| serum trypsin inhibitor \| sexually-transmitted infection \| Sexually Transmitted Incident \| Sexually Transmitted Infection \| Structured Treatment Interruption \| sexually transmitted infection \| sexually transmitted infection(s) \| sexually-transmitted infection \| soft-tissue infection(s) \| Severe Thumb Injury \| Sexually Transmitted Infection \| Signal Transduction Inhibitor \| Soft Tissue Injury \| Structured Treatment Interruptions \| Systolic Time Interval
STIR STIR Stands For : Short TI Inversion Recovery \| Short T Inversion Recovery	STKH STKH Stands For : stakeholder
STR STR Stands For : scotopic threshold response \| seven transmembrane receptor \| short tandem repeat \| single twitch response \| soluble transferrin receptor \| Specialty Registrar (StR) \| Structured Training Report \| subtotal resection \| superior temporal region \| supratrigeminal region \| systolic time ratio \| Special Tube Request \| Short Tandem Repeats \| Straight \| Strain \| Strength	STRAP STRAP Stands For : Specialty Training Assessment Process
STRW STRW Stands For : Support	STSS STSS Stands For : short term support services \| staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome \| streptococcal toxic shock syndrome \| streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
SU SU Stands For : secretory unit \| single unit \| solar urticaria \| substance use \| sulphonylurea \| Stroke Unit	SUDI SUDI Stands For : sudden unexplained death in infancy/an infant
SUI SUI Stands For : serious untoward incident (serious incident requiring investigation) \| simple user interface \| stress urinary incontinence \| suicide \| Specific Uptake Inhibitor	SURE SURE Stands For : Service User Research Enterprise
SUS SUS Stands For : Secondary Uses Service (Programme) \| Society of University Surgeons \| solitary ulcer syndrome \| stained urinary sediment \| Suspension	SUS programme SUS programme Stands For : Secondary Users Service Programme
SVA SVA Stands For : sagittal vertical access \| selective vagotomy and antrectomy \| sinus of Valsalva aneurysm \| subtotal villous atrophy \| Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults \| Selective Visceral Angiography \| Shell Vial Assay \| Serrano Village Association \| SupraVentricular Arrhythmia \| Singapore Veterinary Association	SWAG SWAG Stands For : Specialist Workforce Advisory Group \| stupid wild-ass guess
SWAT SWAT Stands For : SWitching to Abilify Trial \| Sit \| Special Well Armed Team \| Straight White Attractive Teeth \| Stress	SWBHT SWBHT Stands For : Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust
SWG SWG Stands For : Service Working Group \| Settlement Working Group \| Specialty Working Group	SWOT SWOT Stands For : Strengths \| Sydney Welcome Orientation and Transition
SWSHA SWSHA Stands For : South West Strategic Health Authority	T T Stands For : Tesla \| test/control \| transitional care \| treated/control \| Tuberculosis \| Thymine \| Tired \| Tuberculosis \| Tamer
T two star T two star Stands For : T2*	T&CS T&CS Stands For : terms and conditions of service
T&O T&O Stands For : trauma and orthopaedics	T&R T&R Stands For : Treat and Release \| Tenderness and rebound
T/C T/C Stands For : table of contents	T1-12 T1-12 Stands For : Bones in the thoracic spine (upper back)
T2MD T2MD Stands For : Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	TA TA Stands For : Technology appraisalsor \| Applanation tonometry \| Tenth Amphetamine \| Traffic Accident
TAB TAB Stands For : team assessment of behaviour \| temporal artery biopsy \| thyroid antibodies \| total androgen block \| total autonomic block \| Type A behaviour \| Tumors \| Tablet \| Therapeutic Abortion \| Touch And Breathe \| tabella - tablet	TAC TAC Stands For : tacrolimus \| Technology Accreditation Commission \| tetracaine-adrenaline-cocaine \| therapeutically achievable concentration \| total abdominal colectomy \| total aganglionosis coli \| Trainee Advisory Committee \| transient aplastic crisis \| transplant aspiration cytology \| transverse aortic constriction \| truncus arteriosus communis \| Taxotere \| Triple Antibiotic Cream \| Tiger Authentication Committee
TACFIG TACFIG Stands For : Town And Country Issues Financial Issues Group	TAG TAG Stands For : T antigen \| Technical Appraisals Guidance \| Thalassaemia Action Group \| tumour antigen \| TriAcylGlycerol \| Topical Antimicrobial Gel \| Taxon Advisory Group
TALOBIA TALOBIA Stands For : Theres a lot of it about	TALOIA TALOIA Stands For : there‰Ûªs a lot of it about (!)
TAP TAP Stands For : T cell activating protein \| Thouless-Anderson-Palmer \| tocopherol-associated protein \| total alkaline phosphatase \| toxicology and applied pharmacology \| Trainee Assistant Practitioner \| Training Application Performance \| transluminal angioplasty \| transmembrane action potential \| transoesophageal atrial pacing \| transporter for antigen presenting \| transvaginal amniotic puncture \| tricuspid angiplasty \| trypsinogen activation peptide \| Tip Associated Protein \| Toxicological Agent Protective \| Transporter for Antigen Processing \| Twin Affinity Purification	TATT TATT Stands For : tattoo \| Tired All the Time \| tired all the time (!)
TB TB Stands For : taste buds \| Taussig-Bing \| temporal bone \| term birth \| terminal bronchiole \| theobromine \| thiabendazole \| toluidine blue \| total bilirubin \| total biomass \| total buffer \| trabecular bone \| tracheobronchial \| trypan blue \| Tuberculosisor Training Board \| tumour bank \| tumour-bearing \| Tuberculosis \| Thymol Blue \| tuberculosis \| Tissue Bank \| Total body \| Tuberculosis \| Thoroughbred	TBA TBA Stands For : tert butyl alcohol \| testosterone-binding activity \| to be admitted \| To Be Announced or Arranged \| total bile acids \| trabecular bone area \| tracheobronchial amyloidosis \| traditional birth attendant \| transluminal balloon angioplasty \| trypsin-binding activity \| Traditional Birth Attendent \| Trained Birth Assistant \| To Be Arranged \| Thoroughbred Breeders Association \| Tropical Biology Association
TBF TBF Stands For : Total Body Failure \| Total body fat	TBG TBG Stands For : Thyroxine binding globulin capacity \| Thyroid Binding Globulin
TC TC Stands For : T cell \| T cytotoxic \| tacrolimus \| talocalcaneal \| taurocholate \| teratocarcinoma \| terminal cancer \| Tertiary Careor \| tetracycline \| tetrahedral complex \| theca cell \| thymocyte \| thyrocalcitonin \| thyroid carcinoma \| tobacco control \| tongue carcinoma \| tonic clonic \| tonic contraction \| total colectomy \| total coliform \| total communication \| Total Communicationor \| Town Councilor \| transcobalamin \| transhepatic cholangiography \| transitional carcinoma \| transitional care \| transplant centre \| trauma centre \| treatment centre \| trichilemmal	TCA TCA Stands For : trichloroacetic acidor \| TriCyclic Antidepressants \| Tricyclic Anti-Depressant \| trichloroacetic acid \| Tricyclic Antidepressant \| Transient Cerebral Accident (mini-stroke)
TCBL TCBL Stands For : temporary capital borrowing limit \| Temporary Capital Borrowing Limit (part of capital control framework)	TCI TCI Stands For : target-controlled infusion \| to come in (!) \| total cerebral ischaemia \| transient cerebral ischaemia \| transient cognitive impairment \| Therapeutic Crisis Intervention \| to come in (for appt) \| Transient Cerebral Ischemia \| Thermal Comfort Inventory \| to come in \| Transient Cerebral Ischemia
TCP TCP Stands For : thalamocortical projection \| therapeutic class profile \| total circulating protein \| Total Commissioning Pilot \| Total Commissioning Project \| tricalcium phosphate \| tropical calcific pancreatitis \| Trivalent Chromium Pretreatment \| Tumor Control Probability \| ThromboCytoPenia \| Tablet	TCR TCR Stands For : Teenage Conception Rate \| T Cell Receptor \| T Cell Receptor \| T Cell Receptor
TCS TCS Stands For : terms and conditions of service \| tethered cord syndrome \| tonic-clonic seizure \| topical corticosteroids \| tracheal cartilaginous sleeve \| Transforming Community Services	TDB TDB Stands For : toxicology databank \| Tracking Database
TDHC TDHC Stands For : The Doctors Healthcare Company \| The Doctors Healthcare Company‰ÛÒsubsumed by Sonic Healthcare Ltd in 2002	TDS TDS Stands For : ter die sumendum - Three Times Daily \| Ter Die Sumendus (three times a day) \| Three Times Daily \| travelers diarrhea sequelae \| Total Dissolved Solids \| Ter Die Sumendum (three times a day)
TEACCH TEACCH Stands For : Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children	TEACCH XX TEACCH XX Stands For : Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children
TEC TEC Stands For : thiotepa \| thromboembolic complications \| thymic epithelial cell \| thyroid epithelial cell \| total eosinophil count \| tracheal epithelial cells \| Training and Enterprise Council (extinct) \| Training and Enterprise Council (now abolished) \| Transluminal Endarterectomy Catheter \| Tubular Epithelial Cell	TED TED Stands For : Training \| thrombo embolism deterrent \| Tending To Emotional Disorders \| Thrombo Embolism Deterrent \| Thyroid Eye Disease \| Total Effective Dose
TEETH TEETH Stands For : tried everything else \| tried everything else	TEL TEL Stands For : telencephalon \| There were 33 hits for this term on 25102011 \| translocation E26 leukaemia \| Trust Executive Letter
TELCO TELCO Stands For : The East London Communities Organisation	TENS TENS Stands For : transcutaneous electro-nerve stimulator An electronic pain relief machine \| Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation \| Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation \| Trans-Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome \| Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
TENYAS TENYAS Stands For : Tees	TERN TERN Stands For : Trans European Road Network
TERS TERS Stands For : Testing Environments and Related Services	TFT TFT Stands For : Thin Film DisplayTG Triglycerides \| Tectonic Fallopian Tunnel \| Thyroid Function Test
THUNDERBURDS THUNDERBURDS Stands For : The High User Number Delivering Early Referrals By Urgent Right Direction System \| There were 3 hits for this term on 25102011 It is probably retired	TIA TIA Stands For : temporary injury allowance \| thrombosis-inducing activity \| total intestinal aganglionosis \| trabecular iris angle \| Traffic Impact Assessment \| transient ischaemic attack \| Transient Ischaemic Attackor \| trypsin inhibitor activity \| tumour-induced angiogenesis \| Transient Ischemic Attack \| transient ischemic attack \| Transient Ischemic Attack \| Trouble In Arteries
TICK TICK Stands For : Teamwork	TICS TICS Stands For : Trafford Integrated Care Services \| Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
TID TID Stands For : Three Times Daily \| Ter In Die (Three times a day) \| Ter In Die \| Three Times A Day \| Ter In Die (Three times a day)	TIE TIE Stands For : TGF-beta inhibitory element \| transient ischaemic episode \| translation inhibitory element \| Toxicity Identification Evaluation \| Treatment Information Exchange
TIP TIP Stands For : Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack \| terminal interphalangeal \| translation-inhibiting protein \| Trauma Intervention Program \| Thylakoid Insertion Protein \| Treatment Improvement Protocol	TIS TIS Stands For : Technical Information Services \| Technical Informations Services \| tetracycline-induced steatosis \| titanium interbody spacer \| totally implantable system \| toxic infectious shock \| triage illness scale \| trypsin-insoluble segment
TLA TLA Stands For : theta-like activity \| thymus leukaemia antigen \| time-limited admission \| translumbar aortogram \| translumbar aortography \| transluminal angioplasty \| tumescent local anaesthesia	TLC TLC Stands For : Tender loving care - what you need when the doctors have finished with you \| Tender Loving Care \| Theraputic Living Center \| Total Luxury Care \| Thin-Layer Chromatography \| Tender Loving Care \| Tumescent Liposuction Contouring \| Tender Loving Care \| Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes \| Total Leg Control \| Total Lung Capacity \| Total Lymphocyte Count \| Three Legged Cat \| Tiger Loving Care
TLOC TLOC Stands For : Total Loss Of Consciousness	TMB TMB Stands For : theoretical mechanistic biochemistry \| too many birthdays (!) \| transient monocular blindness
TME TME Stands For : Total Managed Expenditure \| transmissible mink encephalopathy \| true metabolisable energy \| Trust Management Executive \| Total Mesorectal Excision	TMG TMG Stands For : thymoglobulin \| toxic multinodular goitre \| transitional management group \| trimethylguanosine \| Thiazolylmethylguanidine
TMI TMI Stands For : Triage of Minor Illness	TMJ TMJ Stands For : TemporoMandibular Joints Disorder \| Temporo-Mandibular Joint \| temporomandibular joint \| Temporo-Mandibular Joint
TMS TMS Stands For : tandem mass spectrometry \| telemetry monitoring service \| thallium myocardial scintigraphy \| total motile sperm \| trace mineral salt \| Transaction Messaging Service \| Treasury Management Strategy \| trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole \| Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome \| Tension Myositis Syndrome \| Touch Massage Stroke \| Transcortical Macrocephalic Sensing \| Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	TMT TMT Stands For : Trust Management Team \| Trail Making Test \| Tarso- Metatarsal joint
TNF TNF Stands For : Tumour Necrosis Factor \| Tumor Necrosis Factor \| tumor-necrosis factor \| TUMOR NECROSING FACTOR \| Tumor Necrosis Factor	TOD TOD Stands For : target organ damage \| target organ disease \| took own discharge \| total optical density \| Time of Death
TOE TOE Stands For : tender on examination \| transoesophageal echocardiography \| TransOesophageal Echocardiogram	TOP TOP Stands For : Termination of pregnancyor Topically \| Termination of pregnancy \| Theory Of Practice \| Termination Of Pregnancy \| Topically \| Topical
TOPS TOPS Stands For : Termination of Pregnancy Service \| tuberculosis outreach and prevention service \| Teenage Oncology Patient Support	TOPSS TOPSS Stands For : Training Organisation for Personal Social Services
TORCH TORCH Stands For : Treatment Outreach and Rehabilitation Service \| Toxoplasmosis Other Rubella Cytomegalovirus And Herpes	TP TP Stands For : tea polyphenols \| teenage pregnancy \| telepathology \| temperature and pressure \| temporal peak \| temporal pole \| temporoparietal \| tender point \| tension pneumothorax \| tensor palati \| term pregnancy \| terminal phalanx \| terminal phase \| testosterone propionate \| theta pattern \| ThinPrep \| thiopental \| thrombocytopaenia \| thrombocytopaenic purpura \| thromboplastin \| thymic peptide \| thymidine phosphorylase \| tibialis posterior \| tinea pedis \| tissue pressure adjective \| tongue protrusion \| topotecan \| torsades de pointes \| torus palatinus \| total
TPAS TPAS Stands For : Tenants Participation Advisory Service	TPB TPB Stands For : Transformation Programme Board \| Theory of Planned Behavior
TPC TPC Stands For : Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinator \| thyroid papillary carcinoma \| time to peak contrast \| total patient care \| total plasma catecholamines \| total plasma cholesterol \| total protein content \| touch preparation cytology \| treatment planning conference \| Total Psoriasis Cure	TPD TPD Stands For : Therapeutic Products Directorate (Canada) \| threatened preterm delivery \| tidal peritoneal dialysis \| Training Programme Director \| tropical pancreatic diabetes \| temperature-programmed desorption \| Temporary Partial Disability \| Total and Permanent Disability
TPE TPE Stands For : Therapeutic Plasma Exchange \| Tuberculous Pleural Effusion	TPIT TPIT Stands For : trigger point injection therapy
TPN TPN Stands For : triphosphopyridine nucleotide \| Total Parenteral Nutrition \| Total Parenteral Nutrition \| Total Parenteral Nutrition	TPP TPP Stands For : third-party processor \| total plasma protein \| total purchasing project \| Total Purchasing Projector \| Transport Policies & Programmesor \| Trust Patient Panel \| Thiamine PyroPhosphate \| Ternary Pulse Position
TPPE TPPE Stands For : Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Executive \| This term got 6 hits on 10112011	TPQ TPQ Stands For : Three-dimensional Personality Questionnaire \| Threshold Planning Quanity \| Tox Poacher Quest
TPR TPR Stands For : Temperature \| Tubular phosphate reabsorption \| Tissue-Phantom Ratio \| TEMPERATURE \| Temperature Pulse Respiration \| Temperature \| Total Peripheral Resistance	TPT TPT Stands For : Teenage Pregnancy Team \| Thrombosis Prevention Trial \| tibialis posterior tendon \| time-to-peak tension \| topotecan \| triphalangeal thumb \| triphenyltin
TPU TPU Stands For : Teenage Pregnancy Unit \| tissue perfusion unit	TR TR Stands For : repetition time \| Technical Release (term used by Audit Commission) \| Taste Receptor \| Temperature \| Tincture \| Trace \| Trauma \| tumor response
TRALI TRALI Stands For : Transfusion related Acute Lung Injury	TraMS TraMS Stands For : Training Messaging Service
TRBL TRBL Stands For : Temporary Revenue Borrowing Limit (part of capital control framework) \| Temporary Revenue-Borrowing Limit	TRC TRC Stands For : tanned red cells \| total renin concentration \| Training Resource Centre \| transplant-related complications
TRIP TRIP Stands For : Transforming the Radiological imaging Process \| TAR RNA Interacting Protein \| Travel-Related Immunization Program \| turning research into practice	TRIPS TRIPS Stands For : Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRO TRO Stands For : thyroid-related orbitopathy \| time ran out \| Time Ran Outor \| Traffic Regulation Order \| transtrochanteric rotational osteotomy \| To Rule Out \| To return to office	TRP TRP Stands For : Trust Recovery Plan \| Transient Receptor Potential \| Transient Receptor Potential \| Tumor Repressor Protein
TRS TRS Stands For : Trust Reconfiguration Strategy \| Treatment Recovery System \| Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia	TRUD TRUD Stands For : Technology Reference data Update Distribution
TRUD Service TRUD Service Stands For : Terminology Reference-data Update Distribution Service	TSC TSC Stands For : Technical Sub-Committeeor \| technical subcommittee \| tethered spinal cord \| thiazide-sensitive cotransporter \| thymic stromal cells \| total serum cholesterol \| total symptom complex \| Transforming Social Care \| trauma symptom checklist \| Tuberous sclerosis complex \| Thermal Shock Chamber \| Triage Station Controller \| Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
TSE TSE Stands For : testicular self-examination \| total skin examination \| tESTICULAR SELF-EXAM \| TESTICULAR SELF-EXAMINATION \| Testicular Self Examination \| Transcutaneous Spinal Electroanalgesia \| Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy	TSG TSG Stands For : Technical Specification Group \| Terminology Steering Group \| The Surgeon General (US) \| Transition Steering Group \| Transport Supplementary Grant \| tumour suppressor gene \| tumour-specific glycoprotein \| Tumor Suppressor Gene
TSO TSO Stands For : The Stationery Office (formerly Her Majestys Stationery Office) \| The Stationery Office‰ÛÒformerly \| transient spastic occlusion	TSP TSP Stands For : thermosensitive period \| total serum protein \| total sleep period \| Training Support Programme \| transcription start point \| tropical spastic paraparesis \| Truncated Signal Peptide \| Total Suspended Particulate \| TeaSPoon (5 mL) \| Thoracic SPine \| Team Sick Puppy
TSS TSS Stands For : Total Standard Spending \| transphenoidal surgery \| tropical splenomegaly syndrome \| Therapeutic Staff Support \| Transcription Start Site \| toxic shock syndrome \| Therapeutic Staff Support \| Toxic Shock Syndrome	TSST TSST Stands For : Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin
TSSU TSSU Stands For : Theatre Sterile Supplies Unit	TTA TTA Stands For : tablets to take away \| Teacher Training Agencyor To Take Away \| tetanus toxoid antigen \| total toe arthroplasty \| transtibial amputation \| transtracheal aspiration
TTBT TTBT Stands For : Towards the Best Together	TTFO TTFO Stands For : Told to F%$# Off
TTO TTO Stands For : To take home - 5 days supply of medication \| TransTracheal Oxygen	TTPO TTPO Stands For : Told to Piss Off \| Tone Temperature and Pulse OK
TTS TTS Stands For : Trust Transformation Strategy \| Transdermal Therapeutic System \| Tumour Targeted Superantigens \| Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome \| Transdermal Therapeutic Safety	TTT TTT Stands For : train the trainers \| Transpupillary ThermoTheraphy \| Twin to Twin Transfusion \| Tibial Tubercle Transfer \| Tibial Tendon Transfer \| tripartite tricarboxylate transporters \| The Tortoise Trust
TTWA TTWA Stands For : Travel To Work Area	TUBE TUBE Stands For : Totally Unnecessary Breast Examination
TUBS TUBS Stands For : Traumatic Unilateral lesion with Bankart lesion and usually requiring surgery	TUC TUC Stands For : Trades Union Congress \| transurethral coagulation \| Time Of Useful Consciousness
TUPE TUPE Stands For : Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) \| Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981	TV TV Stands For : Transfer Value \| Total Vagotomy \| Truncal Vagotomy \| Total Volume \| Target Volume \| Tumor Volume \| Tinea Versicolor \| Total Volume \| Trans-Vaginal \| Trichomonas Vaginalis \| Tricuspid Valve
TVD TVD Stands For : Total Virus Defense \| Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia	TVF TVF Stands For : Team \| The Viral Factory \| The Viral Factory
TWES TWES Stands For : Training and Work Experience Scheme	TWES Permit TWES Permit Stands For : Training Work Experience Scheme Permit
TWG TWG Stands For : total weight gain	TWOC TWOC Stands For : Taking Without Consent (of cars) \| Trial WithOut Catheter A patient who has been catheterised because he or she (but usually he) cannot pass urine \| Trial WithOut Catheter
Txp Txp Stands For : Transport	U&E U&E Stands For : Urea & Electrolytes - blood test
UA UA Stands For : Unitary Authority (Unitary Council) \| Ultrasonic Arteriography \| Unitary Authority \| Upper Airway \| Uterine Activity \| UrinAlysis \| Urinary Albumin \| UrinAnalysis \| Umbilical Artery \| under anesthesia \| Unicystic Ameloblastoma \| Unstable Angina \| Upper Arm \| Uric Acid \| Urinalysis \| Uterine Artery \| Uterine Aspiration	UAP UAP Stands For : unified assessment process \| unstable angina pectoris \| urban air particles \| urinary acid phosphatase \| urinary alkaline phosphatase \| Ubiquitin Associated Protein
UASC UASC Stands For : Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children \| unaccompanied asylum-seeking children	UASSG UASSG Stands For : Unlinked Anonymous Surveys Steering Group
UB UB Stands For : ultimobranchial body \| umbilical blood \| unbound bilirubin \| unconjugated bilirubin \| Unemployment Benefit (JSA‰ÛÒjob seekers‰Ûª allowance) \| Unemployment Benefit (now JSA) \| Unna boot \| upper back \| ureteric bud \| urinary bladder	UBC UBC Stands For : ubiquitin C \| ubiquitin-conjugating \| unilateral breast cancer \| United Birmingham Consortium \| urinary bladder cancer \| Ustilago Bypass of Cyclase
UBHT UBHT Stands For : United Bristol Healthcare Trust	UBRN UBRN Stands For : Unique Booking Reference Number
UC UC Stands For : unitary council \| Urgent Care \| University of California \| Usual Conditions \| ulcerative colitis \| Ulcerative colitis \| Unassisted Childbirth \| Unchanged \| Unconscious \| Uterine Contractions	UCA UCA Stands For : Urgent Care Administrator \| User Created Animal
UCAS UCAS Stands For : Universities College Admission Service	UCAS XX UCAS XX Stands For : Universities and Colleges Admission Service
UCC UCC Stands For : University College Corkor Urgent Care Centre \| Urgent Care Center \| urgent care clinic	UCCT UCCT Stands For : Urgent Care Call Taker
UCH UCH Stands For : ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase \| University College Hospital \| University College of Hammersmith \| University of Chicago Hospital \| University of Colorado Hospital	UCL UCL Stands For : unilateral cleft lip \| University College of London \| upper collateral ligament \| Ulnar Collateral Ligament
UCLH UCLH Stands For : University College London Hospitals	UCRG UCRG Stands For : User and Carer Reference Group
UCS UCS Stands For : Urgent Care Strategy \| Unconditioned stimulus \| Unconscious	UDA UDA Stands For : undecanoic acid \| Unit of Dental Activity
UDC UDC Stands For : Urban District Council (obsolete except in Ireland) now replaced by MBCsor Urban Development Corporation \| usual diseases of childhood	UECA UECA Stands For : Urgent & Emergency Care Assessment
UEMS UEMS Stands For : EUROPEAN UNION OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS	UGM UGM Stands For : Unit General Manager
UHB UHB Stands For : University Hospitals Birmingham \| upstream homology box \| University Hospital Birmingham \| University Hospital of Brooklyn	UHBFT UHBFT Stands For : University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust \| University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust
UHBT UHBT Stands For : University Hospital Birmingham Trust	UICC UICC Stands For : Union Internationale Contre le Cancer \| Union Internationale Contre le Cancer - International Union Against Cancer
UK ADCU UK ADCU Stands For : UK Anti-Drugs Coordination Unit	UK AN UK AN Stands For : UK Advocacy Network
UK BA UK BA Stands For : UK Border Agency	UK CAT (picture) XX UK CAT (picture) XX Stands For : United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test
UK CC UK CC Stands For : United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing	UK CEA XX UK CEA XX Stands For : UK Conference of Postgraduate Education Advisers in General Practice
UK CHHO UK CHHO Stands For : UK Clearing House on Health Outcomes (in operation from 1992 to 1996)	UK CHIP UK CHIP Stands For : UK Council for Health Informatics Professions
UK CRC UK CRC Stands For : UK Clinical Research Collaboration	UK CRN UK CRN Stands For : UK Clinical Research Network
UK ECA UK ECA Stands For : UK Ethics Committee Authority	UK FPO XX UK FPO XX Stands For : UK Foundation Programme Office
UK HfaN UK HfaN Stands For : UK Health for all Network	UK OLN UK OLN Stands For : UK Office for Library and Information Networking
UK PHA UK PHA Stands For : UK Public Health Association	UK TC UK TC Stands For : UK Terminology Centre
UK TSSA UK TSSA Stands For : United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority	UK XIRA UK XIRA Stands For : UK Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority (extinct as of 2006)
UKADCU UKADCU Stands For : UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordination Unit (formerly Drugs Co-ordination Unit)	UKAN UKAN Stands For : United Kingdom Advocacy Network
UKCC UKCC Stands For : United Kingdom Central Council \| United Kingdom Cochrane Centre \| United Kingdom Central Council (for nursing	UKDIPG UKDIPG Stands For : United Kingdom Drug Information Pharmacists Group
UKHFAN UKHFAN Stands For : United Kingdom Health for All Network	UKOLN UKOLN Stands For : The UK Office for Library and Information Networking
UKPHA UKPHA Stands For : United Kingdom Public Health Alliance	UKPHLS UKPHLS Stands For : UK Public Health Link System
UKTSSA UKTSSA Stands For : United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority	ULC ULC Stands For : unit labour cost \| Unit Labour Cost - Staff cost required to provide a given unit of activity
ULF ULF Stands For : Union Learning Fund	ULTRA ULTRA Stands For : Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority \| Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority (obs)
UMIST UMIST Stands For : University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (obs)	UNHS UNHS Stands For : Universal Neonatal Health Screening
UNICEF UNICEF Stands For : United Nations Childrens Fund	UNISON UNISON Stands For : Trades Union for public sector workers
UPA UPA Stands For : Underpriviledged Area - a measure of deprivation 0 is the mean for England \| underprivileged area \| Urokinase Plasminogen Activator	URAS URAS Stands For : unilateral renal artery stenosis \| Universal Resource Allocation System
URC URC Stands For : Urban Regeneration Companyor \| Utilization Review Committee	URG URG Stands For : Use of Resources Group \| Urgent
URL URL Stands For : Universal/Uniform Resource locator \| upper range limit \| upper rate limit \| upper reference limit	URTT URTT Stands For : Urgent Referral to Treatment
US US Stands For : Ultra sound \| UltraSound \| Unit Standard \| UltaSound \| UltraSound \| Unconditioned Stimulus \| Uterine Suspension	USS USS Stands For : universal spine system \| Upshaw-Schulman syndrome \| uptake signal sequence \| ureterosigmoidostomy \| ultrasound scan
UST UST Stands For : user site testing \| Unresolved Sexual Tension	UTD UTD Stands For : Unit Training Director
UTF UTF Stands For : Urban Task Force \| Undifferentiated embryonic cell Transcription Factor	UTG UTG Stands For : Most of the hits are pre-Modernising Medical Careers (2007) UTG may be equivalent to the current run-through training schemes \| Unified Training Grade
UV UV Stands For : ultra violetor \| Ultra Vires \| Ultraviolet \| Urinary Volume	VA VA Stands For : valproic acid \| vanillic acid \| variant angina \| vascular access \| vasodilating agent \| vasospastic angina \| ventricular aneurysm \| ventricular arrhythmia \| Veteran‰Ûªs Administration \| voluntary action \| voluntary aided \| Vote Account \| visual acuity \| Vacuum aspiration \| Ventriculo Atrial \| Vertebral Artery \| Visual Acuity \| Volume Of Alveolar
VAD VAD Stands For : Ventricular Assist Device \| Ventricular Access Device \| Vertebral Artery Dissection \| Vitamin A Deficiency	VAERS VAERS Stands For : Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
VAM VAM Stands For : Voluntary Action Manchester - gives advice \| Vesicle Arbuscular Mycorrhizae \| Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae \| Virtual Anesthesia Machine	VAMP VAMP Stands For : A GP information system supplier group \| Note This term and appears in White‰Ûªs NHS Jargon Explained With 28 (!) hits (18102011) \| Vesicle Associated Membrane Protein
VB VB Stands For : vacuum biopsy \| venous blood \| vertebral body \| vinblastine \| voided bladder \| Vaginal Backwash \| Vitamin B	VBAC VBAC Stands For : vaginal birth after caesarean \| Vaginal Birth After Ceasarean \| Vaginal Birth After Cesarean \| Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
VBS VBS Stands For : Vetting & Barring Scheme	VC VC Stands For : valid completer \| variable coefficient \| variable cost \| varicocoele \| vena cava \| ventilatory capacity \| vinyl chloride \| visual cortex \| vitamin C \| voluntary controlled \| Voluntary-Controlledor Variable Cost \| Ventricular Contraction \| Verbal Complex \| Vital Capacity \| Vocal Cord
VCC VCC Stands For : Violent Crime Coordinator \| Vista Community Clinic	VCFR VCFR Stands For : Voluntary Community First Responder
VCO VCO Stands For : vena cava occlusion \| voluntary and community organisations	VCO(s) VCO(s) Stands For : Voluntary and Community Organisation(s)
VCPPIH VCPPIH Stands For : Voice: Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health	VCS VCS Stands For : vascular closure system \| Voluntary and Community Sector \| Veterinary Cancer Society \| Veterinary Cancer Society
VCT VCT Stands For : venous clotting time \| villous cytotrophoblast \| voluntary (HIV) counselling and testing \| Voluntary Competitive Tendering \| Voluntary Counselling and Testing	VD VD Stands For : Venereal disease - now usually called STD \| Vaccine Dependent \| Venereal Disease \| Venereal Disease \| Vaginal Discharge \| Venereal Disease \| Venous Dilation \| Ventrodorsal \| Visual Discrimination
VDRFAMP VDRFAMP Stands For : Note This term and the abbreviation appears in White‰Ûªs NHS Jargon Explained With 2 (!) hits (18102011) \| Vascular Disease Risk Factor Assessment and Management Process	VENC VENC Stands For : velocity encoding
VESA VESA Stands For : Video Electronic Standard Association \| Very Early Surgical Abortion \| Very Early Surgical Abortion	VFMU VFMU Stands For : value for money unit
VHI VHI Stands For : voluntary health insurance \| Voluntary Health Insurance (Ireland) \| Veterinary Heart Institute \| Veterinary Heart Institute	VHIU VHIU Stands For : very high intensity user
VIAN VIAN Stands For : Voices for Improvement Action Network	VLCAD VLCAD Stands For : Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase \| Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
VMA VMA Stands For : vanilmandelic acid \| Vanillylmandelic Acid \| VanillylMandelic Acid \| Vacuolar Membrane Arc \| Vitesse Maximale AÌ©robie	VOCOSE VOCOSE Stands For : Note This term appears in White‰Ûªs NHS Jargon Explained With 25 hits (25102011) \| Voluntary
VPC VPC Stands For : Ventricular Premature Contraction \| Vein Pressure Controller \| Vein Pressure Converter \| Ventricular premature contractions \| Vision Plus Comfort \| Veterinary Products Committee (of Veterinary Medicines Directorate)	VPE VPE Stands For : Virtual Private Exchange \| Virtual Private Exchange (type of internal telephone network)
VPG VPG Stands For : Vulnerable People & Groups \| Veterinary Policy Group (of BVA)	VPX VPX Stands For : Virtual Private Exchange
VRAG VRAG Stands For : Violence Risk Appraisal Guide	VRSA VRSA Stands For : Vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus \| Vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) infection \| Vancomycin Resistant Staph Aureus
VS VS Stands For : vaccine serotype \| vagal stimulation \| vaginal stimulation \| vaginal swab \| vegetative state \| ventilatory support \| ventricular septum \| vestibular schwannoma \| Veterinary Surgeon \| vibration sense \| vibration syndrome \| viridans streptococci \| vital sign \| voluntary sterilisation \| Vesicular Sounds \| Vital Signs \| Venusian Slug	VSA VSA Stands For : vasospastic angina \| Vital Signs Absentor Volatile Substance Abuse \| Vital Sign‰ÛÒNational Operating Framework targets \| volatile substance abuse \| Vital Signs Absent
VSB VSB Stands For : Veterinary Surgeons Board \| Vital Sign‰ÛÒNational priorities for local action \| Veterinary Surgeons Board (Hong Kong)	VSC VSC Stands For : ventral spinal cord \| Vital Sign‰ÛÒTargets for local action \| Voluntary Service Co-ordinator \| voluntary service coordinator \| voluntary surgical contraception \| Vertebral Subluxation Complex
VSF VSF Stands For : Voluntary Sector Forum	VSNAG VSNAG Stands For : Voluntary Sector National Advisory Group
VSNTO VSNTO Stands For : Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation	VSO VSO Stands For : Voluntary Sector Option \| Voluntary Sector Option (New Deal)or Voluntary Service Overseas \| voluntary sector organisation \| voluntary service organisation \| Voluntary Services Overseas \| Voluntary Service Overseas
VSPG VSPG Stands For : Voluntary Sector Policy and Grants	VSpR VSpR Stands For : Visiting Specialist Registrar (not quite
VTE VTE Stands For : ventricular tachycardic event \| venous thromboembolic events \| venous thromboembolism \| Venous ThromboEmbolism	VTN VTN Stands For : Vaccine Trials Network \| Visiting Training Number \| Visiting Training Number (VTN) \| vitronectin
VTR VTR Stands For : variable tandem repeat \| vertical transmission rate \| vesicular transport system \| Vocational Training Record	VZV VZV Stands For : Varicella-Zoster Virus \| Varicella Zoster Virus \| Varicella Zoster Virus
W3C Guidelines W3C Guidelines Stands For : World Wide Web Consortium Guidelines	WAA WAA Stands For : Working Age Agency
WADEM WADEM Stands For : World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine	WAG WAG Stands For : Welsh Assembly Governmentor
WAHAT WAHAT Stands For : Given the paucity of hits‰ÛÒ58 on 25102011 \| Welsh Association of Health Authorities and Trusts	WAIS WAIS Stands For : Given the paucity of hits‰ÛÒ8 on 19102011 \| Workplace Advocacy Information System \| Wechslers Adult Intelligence Scale
WAP WAP Stands For : Welfare Advice Partnership	WAST WAST Stands For : Westcountry Ambulance Services NHS Trust
WAT WAT Stands For : work adjustment training \| Workforce Action Team	WBA WBA Stands For : western blot analysis \| whole body autoradiography \| workplace based assessment
WBC WBC Stands For : White Blood Corpuscle or leukocyte \| White Blood Cells \| White Blood Cell \| White Blood Cell \| White Blood Cell count \| White Blood Cell \| White Blood Cell count	WCA WCA Stands For : Waste Collection Authority
WCC WCC Stands For : white collar complex \| World Class Commissioning \| White Cell Count \| World Cornea Congress	WCCC WCCC Stands For : Wales Civil Contingencies Committee
WCF WCF Stands For : Weighted Capitation Formula	WCH WCH Stands For : Wales Centre for Health \| West Cornwall Hospital \| white coate hypertension \| Women‰Ûªs and Children‰Ûªs Hospital \| Women‰Ûªs College Hospital \| Washington County Hospital \| Winnipeg Childrens Hospital \| Womens and Childrens Hospital \| Wood County Hospital
WCT WCT Stands For : Weighted Capitation Targets \| Wilson Central Terminal	WCVA WCVA Stands For : Wales Council for Voluntary Action \| World Congress of Veterinary Anesthesia
WD WD Stands For : Warm/Dry \| Wilson disease \| wrist disarticulation \| Well Developed \| Wilson Disease \| Wound \| Water Dragon	WDC WDC Stands For : Warwick Diabetes Centre \| weighted diagnostic cover \| Workforce Development Confederation
WDGH WDGH Stands For : West Dorset General Hospitals	WDS WDS Stands For : watery diarrhoea syndrome \| Welsh Demographic Services
WeBNF WeBNF Stands For : Web accessible BNF \| web-based BNF‰ÛÒBritish National Formulary	WECIL WECIL Stands For : West of England Centre for Independent Living
WEEER WEEER Stands For : Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Regulations	WEETU WEETU Stands For : Womens Employment Enterprise and Training Unit
WEHCT WEHCT Stands For : Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	WEN WEN Stands For : Womens Environment Network
WEP WEP Stands For : West of England Partnership	WEST WEST Stands For : Western European Stent Trial \| Winter and Emergency Services Team \| Womens Estrogen for Stroke Trial
WEWG WEWG Stands For : Wales Emergencies Working Group	WF WF Stands For : walking frame \| warfarin \| Weil-Felix \| wheat flour \| white finger \| Willebrand factor \| Work Foundation \| Work Foundation (formerly Industrial Society) \| Working Formulation \| Wound Fluid \| Wedge Factor \| Well Formed \| White Female \| With Food
WFP WFP Stands For : Working for Patients \| World Federation of Parasitologists	WFTC WFTC Stands For : Working Families Tax Credit now replaced by Tax Credits
WGLGFS WGLGFS Stands For : Working Group on Local Government Financial Statistics (pronounced wugfluss)	WGSMT WGSMT Stands For : Working Group on Specialist Medical Training
WHCSA WHCSA Stands For : Welsh Health Common Services Agency (obsolete) Now part of Welsh Health Estates \| Welsh Health Common Services Agency; extinct	WHDI WHDI Stands For : This term got 20 hits on 25102011 It seems reasonable to assume this body is defunct \| Welsh Health Development International
WHE WHE Stands For : Welsh Health Estate \| Welsh Health EstatesWHO World Health Organisation	WHH WHH Stands For : West Heath Hospital \| Humpback Whale \| Welsh Hedgehog Hospital
WHIM WHIM Stands For : warts	WHIN WHIN Stands For : Womens Health Information Service \| Western Healthcare Improvement Network \| Wisconsin Health Information Network
WHP WHP Stands For : Working Hours Policy \| Whirlpool \| Working Hunter Pony	WIC WIC Stands For : Walk In Centre \| walk-in centre \| women
WIGS WIGS Stands For : Women in Grey Suits \| women in grey suits (!)	WIH WIH Stands For : war is hell \| Work in Hand \| Western Isles Hospital
WIMS WIMS Stands For : Works Information Management Scheme	WIS WIS Stands For : Waiting-room Information Service
WIsH WIsH Stands For : Welsh Innovations in Healthcare	WIST WIST Stands For : Women in Surgical Training Scheme
WIST Scheme WIST Scheme Stands For : Women In Surgical Training Scheme	WLBP WLBP Stands For : Work ‰ÛÒ Life Balance Policy
WLGA WLGA Stands For : Welsh Local Government Association	WM WM Stands For : WaldenstrÌ¦m macroglobulinaemia \| ward manager \| Western medicine \| wet mount \| white matter \| white muscle \| whole milk \| working memory \| workload measure \| Workload Measure (eg OBD \| White Mouse \| white male \| Waldenstroms Macroglobulinaemia \| White Male
WMA WMA Stands For : warm moist air \| Wall Motion Abnormality	WMAS WMAS Stands For : West Midland Ambulance Service \| West Midlands Ambulance Service
WMCIU WMCIU Stands For : West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit	WMEF WMEF Stands For : Welsh Media Emergency Forum
WMHTAC WMHTAC Stands For : West Midlands Health Technology Advisory Committee \| West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration \| With 7 hits on 31102011	WMPHO WMPHO Stands For : West Midlands Public Health Observatory
WMPI WMPI Stands For : West Midlands Perinatal Institute	WMQO WMQO Stands For : One would think that it should be WMQO‰Û?but it‰Ûªs not \| West Midlands Quality Observatory
WMQRS WMQRS Stands For : West Midlands Quality Review Service	WMRC WMRC Stands For : West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre
WMSCG WMSCG Stands For : West Midlands Specialist Commissioning Group \| West Midlands Strategic Commissioning Group	WMSCT WMSCT Stands For : West Midlands Specialist Commissioning Team \| West Midlands Strategic Commissioning Team
WMSSA WMSSA Stands For : West Midlands Specialist Services Agency	WNAB WNAB Stands For : Workforce Numbers Advisory Board
WNC WNC Stands For : well-nourished child \| Womens National Commission \| Women‰Ûªs National Commission \| Website Nature Center	WNF WNF Stands For : well-nourished female \| Working Neighbourhood Fund \| West Nile Fever
WO WO Stands For : week of \| weeks old \| Welsh office \| wife of \| Wound Ostomy	WoCPCT WoCPCT Stands For : West of Cornwall Primary Care Trust
WONCA WONCA Stands For : World Organisation of National Colleges Academies (and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians; the short form is World Organization of Family Doctors) \| World Organisation of National Colleges Academies and academic associations of general practitioners / family physicians	WP WP Stands For : weakly positive \| wedge pressure \| Weibel-Pelade body \| window period \| workplace \| Wet Pack \| WhirlPool
WPA WPA Stands For : Western Provident Association \| World Psychiatric Association \| Western Psychological Association	WPBA WPBA Stands For : workplace based assessment
WPD WPD Stands For : Warm	WPI WPI Stands For : Wales Programme for Improvement \| Wellness Prevention Intervention \| Wisconsin Pain Initiative
WRA WRA Stands For : Waste Regulation Authority (now part of the Environment Agency)	WRC WRC Stands For : Womens Resource Centre \| Women‰Ûªs Resource Centre \| Working Retriever Central
WRL WRL Stands For : Weighted Road Length (part of SSA)	WRT WRT Stands For : with regard to \| with relation to \| with respect to \| Workforce Review Team \| Wildlife Rehabilitation Today
WRVS WRVS Stands For : Women‰Ûªs Royal Voluntary Service	WSD WSD Stands For : Work System Demonstrator
WTC WTC Stands For : Working Tax Credit \| Wound Treatment Center	WTD WTD Stands For : Working Time Directive \| Working Time Directivewte Whole Time Equivalent
WTEP WTEP Stands For : whole time equivalent post \| Whole Time Equivalent Posts	WTI WTI Stands For : Waiting Time Initiative \| wall thickening index \| Working Toward Independence
WTR WTR Stands For : waist-to-thigh ratio \| Working Time Regulations \| Water \| Water	WU WU Stands For : Women‰Ûªs Unit
WWTH WWTH Stands For : Walking Way to Health	WWW WWW Stands For : World-Wide Web
# # Stands For : Bone Fracture \| Fracture	2HPP 2HPP Stands For : 2 Hour PostPrandial
4WK 4WK Stands For : Four-Week Checkup	A&E A&E Stands For : Accident & Emergency \| Accident & Emergency (UK) \| accident and emergency
A-V A-V Stands For : ArterioVenous	A-VO2 A-VO2 Stands For : ArterioVenous Oxygen
ATS ATS Stands For : anti-tetanus serum	A/OX A/OX Stands For : Alert and Oriented Times 3
AAAASF AAAASF Stands For : American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities \| American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities	AAD AAD Stands For : Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea \| Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
AAHC AAHC Stands For : African American Health Coalition \| American Accreditation Healthcare Commission \| Australian Animal Health Council	AAMAP AAMAP Stands For : AIDS Agency Management Assistance Project
AAMC AAMC Stands For : Anne Arundel Medical Center	AAMRO AAMRO Stands For : American Association For Medical Review Officers \| American Association Of Medical Review Officers
AAMX AAMX Stands For : AcetoAcet M Xylidide \| Aceto Acet M Xylidine	AANP AANP Stands For : American Academy of Nurse Practitioners \| Alberta Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (renamed CNDA August 1st
AAPP AAPP Stands For : All Alaska Pediatric Partnership	AAPPO AAPPO Stands For : American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
AARC AARC Stands For : Alberta Association of Rehabilitation Centres	AART AART Stands For : Anticipation Availability Responsiveness and Transitions
AASM AASM Stands For : American Academy of Sleep Medicine	AAT AAT Stands For : Activities As Tolerated \| Alpha1-AntiTrypsin \| Activities As Tolerated \| Animal- Assisted Therapy
AATD AATD Stands For : Association Of Agencies For Treatment And Development \| Alpha Anti Trypsin Deficiency	AATS AATS Stands For : Air Ambulance Transfer System \| Animal- Assisted Therapy Services \| Automated Animal Tracking System
AAU AAU Stands For : Acute Assessment Unit	AAV AAV Stands For : Adeno Associated Virus \| Adeno Associated Virus \| Adeno Associated Virus \| Association of Avian Veterinarians
AAWC AAWC Stands For : Armenian American Wellness Center \| Automobile Accident With Casualties	ABA ABA Stands For : Arrived By Ambulance \| Applied Behavior Analysis \| American Board of Anesthesiology \| Applied Behavioral Analysis
ABBI ABBI Stands For : Acute Breast Biopsy Instrumentation \| Acute Breast Biopsy Instrumentation	ABEP ABEP Stands For : Accreditation Body Evaluation Program \| Auditory Brainstem-- Evoked Potential
ABHR ABHR Stands For : Alcohol-Based Hand Rub	ABIP ABIP Stands For : Acquired Brain Injury Program
ABMC ABMC Stands For : Alexian Brothers Medical Center	ABMS ABMS Stands For : American Board of Medical Specialties
ABMT ABMT Stands For : Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation \| Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation \| Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation	ABPI ABPI Stands For : Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry \| Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry \| Ankle Brachial Pressure Index \| Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
ABPM ABPM Stands For : Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring	ABPN ABPN Stands For : American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
ABT ABT Stands For : Anti-Biotic Therapy \| Applied Biological Technology	ABX ABX Stands For : AntiBiotics
ACBT ACBT Stands For : Active Cycle of Breathing Technique	ACCI ACCI Stands For : Addenbrookes Centre For Clinical Investigation
ACDS ACDS Stands For : Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialists \| Australian Centre for Diabetes Strategy \| Acetyl Coenzyme-A Decarboxylase Synthase \| Acetyl Coenzyme-A Decarboxylase Synthase	ACEP ACEP Stands For : Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program \| American College of Emergency Physicians
ACFP ACFP Stands For : Anterior Cervical Fusion And Plating \| Anterior Cervical Fusion and Plate \| Animal Confinement Facilities Plan	ACHA ACHA Stands For : Accrediation Complaince of Hospitals in America
ACHP ACHP Stands For : Alliance Of Community Health Plans	ACHS ACHS Stands For : Ammonoosuc Community Health Services
ACIC ACIC Stands For : Assessment of Chronic Illness Care	ACIS ACIS Stands For : Automated Cellular Imaging System
ACMC ACMC Stands For : Alameda County Medical Center \| Atlantic City Medical Center	ACMS ACMS Stands For : Alachua County Medical Society \| Allegheny County Medical Society \| Alternative Care Management System \| Animal Cruelty Must Stop
ACN ACN Stands For : Associated and Comprehensive Neurotherapy	ACO ACO Stands For : Accountable Care Organization \| Action Cancer Ontario (French title of Cancer Care Ontario) \| Alert
ACOP ACOP Stands For : Approved Codes Of Practice	ACoRN ACoRN Stands For : Acute Care of at Risk Newborn \| Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network
ACPE ACPE Stands For : Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education \| American College of Physician Executives	ACRB ACRB Stands For : American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board
ACRH ACRH Stands For : Acupuncture Center for Reproductive Health	ACRM ACRM Stands For : Advanced Center for Rehabilitation Medicine \| Anaesthesia Crisis Resource Management
ACSC ACSC Stands For : Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions	ACT ACT Stands For : Abuse Counseling and Treatment \| Appointment Change and Termination \| Activated Clotting Time \| Alcor Cryotransport Technician \| Active Motion \| Adaptive Control of Thought \| AntiCoagulant Therapy \| airway clearance therapy \| American College of Theriogenologists
ACTFAST ACTFAST Stands For : Agent Characteristics	ACTT ACTT Stands For : Assertive Community Treatment Team
ACU ACU Stands For : Ambulatory Care Unit \| Annihilation Cell Units \| Acupuncture	ACWH ACWH Stands For : Aspen Center for Womens Health

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