Medical Abbreviation

ACDP Stands For : Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens | Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (of the Health and Safety Executive)

ACE Stands For : acentric | acetaldehyde | acetaminophen | acetic | acetone | acute | acute care for elders | acute cerebral encephalopathy | Addenbrooke‰Ûªs Cognitive Examination | adrenal cortical extract | Advancement in Clinical Excellence | affinity electrophoresis | alternative care for the elderly | American College of Epidemiology | angiotensin-converting enzyme (CD143) | approved continuing education | Aspirin and Carotid Endarterectomy | Adverse Childhood Experiences | Alzheimers Care and Enrichment | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme | Arthritis Control Electrostimulator | adverse clinical event | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme | Antegrade Continence Enema

ACES Stands For : adverse clinical event | Cardiology Azithromycin Coronary Events Study A trial that asked whether Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is causally associated with cardiovascular disease and | Conclusion Aveloxå¨ is useful for managing acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis‰ÛÒABECB | Conclusions No link between cardiovascular disease and Chlamydia pneumoniae; azithromycin treatment doesn‰Ûªt affect morbidity or mortality | Medspeak adverse cardiac event | Microbiology Aveloxå¨ Clinical Experience Study A post-marketing study which assessed the safety and efficacy of Aveloxå¨ (moxifloxacin) a fluoroquinolone | Nutrition An acronyn for the major dietary antioxidants‰ÛÒvitamin A (and beta carotene) | Primary endpoint Composite‰ÛÒcoronary heart disease death | Autoimmune Care | Atherosclerotic Calcification Eradication Study | Atherscleroslerotic Calcification Eradication Study | Active Community Environments | Adverse Childhood Experiences Study | Affect | After Cardiac Event Support

ACEVO Stands For : Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations

ACF Stands For : aberrant crypt foci | Access Control Framework | accessory clinical findings | active case finding | acute care facility | adult care facility | anterior cervical fusion | anterior cranial fossa | Association of Charitable Foundations | Ante Cubital Fossa | African Clawed Frog | Agriculture Christian Fellowship | Animal Concerns Forum

ACG Stands For : accelerator globulin | activated charcoal granule | acycloguanosine‰ÛÒantiviral | ambulatory care group | angle closure glaucoma | aortocoronary graft | Angiocardiography | Apex Cardiogram

ACGT Stands For : Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing

ACH Stands For : achalasia | achondroplasia | ACTH | active chronic hepatitis | acute cholecystitis | allergic contact hypersensitivity | Acute Care Hospital | AcetylCHoline | AdrenoCortical Hormone

ACHC Stands For : Association of Community Health Councils | Aids Care Hampshire County | Ajo Community Health Center | Alberta Catholic Health Corporation | Annapolis Community Health Centre | Ashland Community Health Center | Aurora Community Health Center

ACHCEW Stands For : Association of Community Health Councils in England & Wales (obsolete)

ACHMS Stands For : Asian Community Mental Health Services

AChR Stands For : acetylcholine receptor

ACIE Stands For : Association of Charity Independent Examiners

ACIG Stands For : Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Information Group

ACIP Stands For : Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot study | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | Arthritis Clinical Intervention Program | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

ACIT Stands For : Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Trial | Google negative

ACL Stands For : adjective checklist Psychology | Allen cognitive levels test Psychology | alternative concentration limits Environment | aminocaprolactam | analytical chemistry lab | automated coagulation lab | A Changed Life | Anterior Clavicular Line | Anterior Cruciate Ligament | Anti-CardioLipin

ACLS Stands For : acrocallosal syndrome | Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support | Advanced Cardiac Life Support | Advanced Cardiac Life Support training course

ACM Stands For : acetaminophen (US for paracetamol) | acute cerebrospinal meningitis | adriamycin | alcoholic cardiomyopathy | alveolar capillary membrane | Arnold Chiari malformation | assessment and care management | Abnormal Chemical Material

ACME Stands For : Advisory Committee on Medical Establishment (Scotland) | Alliance for Continuing Medical Education | Angioplasty Compared to MEdicine | Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element | Anticipate Compensate Meta-cognition Error checking

ACMT Stands For : Advisory Committee on Medical Training (European) | artificial circus movement tachycardia | American College of Medical Toxicology | Auditory Continuous Memory Task

ACOG Stands For : American College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

ACOST Stands For : Advisory Committee on Science and Technology

ACP Stands For : acute cor pulmonale | adenocarcinoma of prostate | advanced care planning | alcoholic chronic pancreatitis | alternate complement pathway | American College of Pathologists | American College of Pharmacists | American College of Psychiatrists | antegrade cerebral perfusion | anterior cervical plate | anterior clinoid process | antiviral collection point | antrochoanal polyp | area contingency plan | aspirin-caffeine-phenacetin | Association for Clinical Pathologists | Asymptomatic Cardiac ischemia Pilot study | autoimmune chronic pancreatitis | Anesthesia Care Provider | Adjusted Crude Protein | asthma clinical pathway | Acid Phosphatase | Acyl Carrier Protein | Association of Circus Proprietors

ACR Stands For : abdominal compression reaction | absolute catabolic rate | acquired cellular resistance | acute cellular rejection | adenomatosis of colon and rectum | adequate clinical response | albumin/creatinine ratio | American College of Rheumatism | Association Canadienne des Radiologistes | Association for Conflict Resolution | Apyrase Conserved Region | American College of Rheumatology | Alaska Cancer Registry | Allowed Cell Rate | Asthma Clinical Research

ACRA Stands For : acetylcholine receptor antibody | Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (obsolete

ACRE Stands For : Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment Public health | Appropriateness of Coronary REvascularization Cardiology

ACRP Stands For : Association of Clinical Research Professionals | Australian Cancer Research Program

ACS Stands For : abdominal compartment syndrome | absorbable collagen sponge | acetyl CoA synthase | acrocephalosyndactyly | acute chest syndrome | acute compartment syndrome | acute confusional state | adenoma-carcinoma sequence | ambulatory care service | antireticular cytotoxic serum | aortocaval shunt | Acute Coronary Syndrome | Auto Call System | American Chemical Society | American Cancer Society | Acute Cervical Sprain | Acute Cervical Strain | Acute Coronary Syndrome | American Cancer Society | AntiCholinergic Syndrome

ACTAF Stands For : Association of Community Trusts and Foundations

ACTOBAT Stands For : Australasian Clinical Trial Of Betamethasone And Thyroid-releasing-hormone for prevention of neonatal respiratory disease

ACTR Stands For : activin receptor | Additional Cost of Teaching and Research‰ÛÒScotland

ACTS Stands For : Agency for Community Team Support | Auditory Comprehension Test for Sentences | Acute Care and Traffic Safety | Acute Cervical Trauma Syndrome

AD Stands For : abdominal diameter | abdominal discomfort | above diaphragm | accident dispensary | acetabular depth | actinomycin D | active disease | acute dermatomyositis | acute diarrhoea | acute dissection | acute dysentery | addict | addictive disorder | Addison‰Ûªs disease | adductor | adenosine deaminase | adjustment disorder | adjuvant disease | adriamycin | adult | advance directive | affective disorder | after discharge | alcohol dehydrogenase | alcohol dependence | alcohol dependent | allergic disease | alveolar duct | Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease | amiodarone | anaerobic digestion | analgesic dose | androstenedione | anisotropic disk | anterior deltoid | anterior descending | anterior digastric | anterior dorsal | anterior drawer | anterodorsal | anti-diarrhoeal | antidepressant drug | antigenic determinant | anxiety disorder | aortic dissection | arginine deaminase | arrhythmic death | arrythmogenic dose | arterial distensibility | Asperger disease | assistive device | atherogenic diet | atopic dermatitis | atopic disease | auris dextra‰ÛÒright ear | autistic disorder | autoimmune disease | autonomic dysfunction | autonomic dysreflexia | autosomal dominant | axillary dissection | axiodistal | drug addict | PCP‰ÛÒphencyclidine | Admission and Discharge | Alzheimers Disease | Amoebic Dysentery | As Directed | Anatomic Design | alcohol dependence | Alzheimers Disease | Attention defecit | right ear (Lat) | Abdominal Diaphragmatic breathing | Acute Disorder | ADenovirus | Admitting Diagnosis | Adult Disease | After Death | Alternating Days | Alzheimers Disease | Amoebic Dysentery | Aortic Diameter | Arterial Device | Attachment Device | Attention Deficit | Auditory Discrimination | Auris Dexter (Right Ear) | Auris Dextra (right ear) | Up to

ADA Stands For : alcohol dependence/abuse | antidiuretic activity | automatic data capture | Adenosine Deaminase A | Americans with Disabilities Act | Adenosine DeAminase | Anterior descending artery

ADAP Stands For : Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease-associated protein | AIDS Drug Assistance Program | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

ADASS Stands For : Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

ADC Stands For : active diffusion control | adenylate cyclase | adrenal cortex | adult day care | affective disorders clinic | agar diffusion chamber | AIDS-dementia complex | albumin | Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease centre | analogue-to-digital computer | anchorage-dependent cell | anodal duration contraction Physiology | anthracenedicarboxyaldehyde | antibody-dependent cytotoxicity | apparent diffusion coefficient | arginine decarboxylase | automatic data capture | average daily census | axiodistocervical Dentistry | Ambulance Dispatch Center

ADCAD Stands For : autosomal dominant coronary artery disease

ADCC Stands For : antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity | Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity | Antibody Dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity | Antibody-Dependant Cellular Cytoxicity | antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

ADCS Stands For : Alzheimer‰Ûªs Disease Cooperative Study | Army Dental Care System | Association of Directors of Children‰Ûªs Services | Alzheimers Disease Cooperative Study

ADCU Stands For : Anti-Drugs Co-ordination Unit

ADD Stands For : acceptable daily dose | acute diarrhoeal disorder | adductor | adenosine deaminase | anterior disc displacement | Attention Deficit Disorder | Addiction | Adduct | Adduction | Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency | Adult Deficit Disorder | Advanced Dietary Delivery | Alcohol and Drug Dependency | Anatomically Directed Design | Attention Deficit Disorder

ADE Stands For : acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | adverse drug effect | Animal Disease Eradication Division USDA | antibody-dependent enhancement Immunology | Ara C | arrhythmogenic dose of epinephrine | Adverse Drug Event | Antibody Dependent Enhancement | Adverse Drug Experience

ADEA Stands For : Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967

ADEAR Stands For : Alzheimers Disease Education And Referral Center

ADG Stands For : ambulatory diagnostic group | average daily (weight) gain | axiodistogingival‰ÛÒdentistry | ACE (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme) Dependent Gene | Atrial Diastolic Gallop | Average Daily Gain

ADGF Stands For : Adnosine deaminase-related growth factor

ADH Stands For : additional duty hours (for junior doctors) | Assistant Director of Hygiene | atypical ductal hyperplasia | Antidiuretic Hormone | Anti-Duretic Hormone | Atypical ductal hyperplasia | Adhesion | AntiDiuretic Hormone

ADI Stands For : Acne Disability Index | adoptive immunotherapy | AIDS-defining illness | allowable daily intake | Alzheimer‰Ûªs Disease International | atlantodental interval | autosomal dominant ichthyosis | Acceptable Daily Intake | Auditory Development Intervention | Assistance Dogs International