Medical Abbreviations

APO Stands For : abductor pollicis obliquus | adriamycin | adverse pregnancy outcome | apolipoprotein | apomorphine | autonomous period of operation | autonomous provider organisation | Acute Pulmonary Oedema.

APROP Stands For : Action for the Proper Regulation of Private Hospitals.

APSE Stands For : Association for Public Service Excellence.

AQ Stands For : Advancing Quality | Aggression Questionnaire aqueous | Aphasia Quotient | Attribution Questionnaire | Awareness Questionnaire | Aqueous | Autism Quotient | Water | Aqueaous solution (with water) | Animal Quotient.

AQH Stands For : aqueous humour | Association for Quality in Healthcare.

AQMAR Stands For : Assuring the Quality of Medical Appraisal for Revalidation.

AQMLM Stands For : Association for Quality Management in Laboratory Medicine.

AQS Stands For : additional qualifying symptoms | air quality standard | anthraquinones.

ARC Stands For : absolute reticulocyte count | Accreditation Review Committee | Accreditation Review Council | Addiction Research Center | Ageing Research Centre | AIDS-related complex | AIDS-related condition | Annual Report on Carcinogens | Application Review Committee | Arthritis and Rheumatism Council | Arthritis Rehabilitation Center | Australian Resuscitation Council | Accessible | Annual Rate of Change | Antigen Responsive Cell | Access Respite Care | Aerobic Respiration Control | Age-Related Cataract | Aggregation of Red Cells | AIDS Related Complex | Atypical Reparative Changes.

ARCP Stands For : Annual Review of Competence Progression.

ARF Stands For : ADP-ribosylation factor | ambulance report form | Annual Retention Fee | Addiction Research Foundation | Adp Ribosylation Factor | acute rheumatic fever | Acute Renal Failure | Acute Respiratory Failure | Acute Rheumatic Fever | Animal Research Foundation.

ARG Stands For : Academic Review Group | amphiregulin | arginine | autoradiography | Ancestral Recombination Graph.

ARHAI Stands For : Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections.

ARI Stands For : Aberdeen (Scotland) Royal Infirmary | Aberdeen (Scotland) Royal Infirmary | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | Acute Respiratory Infection | alcohol-related incidents | Anxiety Reaction | Alpaca Registry.

ARIF Stands For : Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility.

ARM Stands For : age-related maculopathy | anaesthesia-resistant memory | anorectal malformation | anorectal manometry | Association of Radical Midwives | ATP regulatory module | All Range Movement | Anxiety Reaction | Artificial Rupture of Membranes.

ARMA Stands For : American Reiki Masters Association.

ARMUG XX Stands For : Airborne Radioactivity Monitoring Users Group.

arPEO Stands For : autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia.

ARSAC Stands For : Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee.

ARSH Stands For : Association of Royal Society of Health.

ART Stands For : Achilles reflex test | acoustic reflex threshold | analysis-reporting tool | androgen replacement therapy | antiretroviral therapy | artificial reproduction technique | assisted reproduction technique | atraumatic restorative technique | atrial reentrant tachycardia | Active Release Technique | Androgen Replacement Therapy | Anti-Retroviral Therapy | Assisted Reproductive Technology | Advanced Reproductive Technology | Assisted Reproductive Technologies | Assisted Reproductive Technology | Advanced Release Technology | Advanced Reproductive Technologies | Achilles Reflex Time | Adaptive RadioTherapy | Anti Retroviral Treatment | antiretroviral therapy | Adaptive Radiation Therapy | Analyze | Achilles tendon Reflex Test | Adrenaline Response Training | Anti-Retroviral Therapy | ARTery | Articulation | ARTificial | assisted reproductive technologies | Assisted Reproductive Technology | Assume Room Temperature | Anti-Retroviral Therapy | antiretroviral therapy | ARTery.

ARVAC Stands For : Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector.

AS Stands For : accessory spleen | acoustic schwannoma | anionic surfactant | anovulatory syndrome | anterior scalene | anteroseptal | antisense | antiserum | asbestos | Ascaris suum | ascorbic acid | assisted suicide | atherosclerosis | atrial septum | attempted suicide | audiogenic seizure | audiovisual stimulation | Absence of Seizures | Active Surveillance | Adult Services | Ambulatory Surgery | Anabolic Steroid | Associate Specialist | Allele-Specific oligonucleotide | Asparagine Synthetase | Androgen Suppression | ankylosing spondylitis | left ear [Lat] | Adeno-Squamous carcinoma | AngioSarcoma | Absence of Seizures | Acoustic Stimulation | Acute Stress | Adams-Stokes syndrome | Alport Syndrome | Anal Sphincter | Ankylosing Spondylitis | Aortic Stenosis | ArterioSclerosis | AScending aorta | Aseptic Meningitis | Asperger Syndrome | Astigmatism | Auris Sinistra (left Ear) | Anabolic Steroid | Atropine Sulphate.

ASA Stands For : acetylsalicylic acid | Adams-Stokes attack | alcohol septal ablation | Ambulance Service Association | American Society of Andrology | American Surgical Association | anterior septal artery | anterior spinal artery | antisperm antibody | atrial septal aneurysm | American Society of Anesthesiologists | Anti-Squalene Antibodies | AcetylSalicylic Acid (Aspirin) | ArgininoSuccinic Acidemia.

ASAP Stands For : Antioxidant Supplementation in Atherosclerosis | apparatus for sensing accuracy of position | Areawide Stroke Awareness Program | Assaulted Staff Action Program | atypical small acinar proliferation | Automated Structural Analysis of Proteins | Army Substance Abuse Program.

ASB Stands For : anencephaly-spina bifida | antisocial behaviour | arylsulphatase B | asymptomatic bacteriuria | American Society for Biotechnology | Anti-Social Behaviour | American SaddleBred | Australian Stud Book.

ASBAH Stands For : Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.

ASBO Stands For : Anti-social behaviour order (ASBO).

ASBO XX Stands For : adhesive small bowel obstruction.

ASC Stands For : Action for Sick Children | active symptom control | acute suppurative cholangitis | adenosquamous carcinoma | anterior subcapsular cataract | antibody-secreting cell | arylsulphatase C | ascorbic acid | Asthma Symptom Checklist | asymptomatic carrier | Australian Society of Cytology | autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis | Ambulatory Surgical Center | Altered State of Consciousness | Ambulatory Surgery Center | Anterior Subcapsular | Arteriosclerosis | Ascending.

ASCC Stands For : Additional Supply Capability and Capacity | adenosquamous cell carcinoma | allergen-specific conjunctival challenge.

ASCLA Stands For : Apprenticeships Skills Children and Learning Act 2009.

ASCT Stands For : allogeneic stem cell transplantation | American Society for Cytotechnology | Asylum Seeker Co-ordination Team | autologous stem cell transplantation | Autologous Stem Cell Transplant.

ASD Stands For : acute stress disorder | adaptive seating device | adult Still‰Ûªs disease | aldosterone secretion defect | Alzheimer‰Ûªs senile dementia | androstenedione | arthroscopic subacromial decompression | autosensitisation spongiotic dermatitis | acute stress disorder | Autism Spectrum Disorder | autism spectrum disorders | Academic Skills Disorder | Advanced Senility Disease | Anterior Segment Dysgenesis | Atrial Septal Defect | Autism Spectrum Disorder | Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Action for Singapore Dogs.

ASEC Stands For : Associate Specialist Education Committee.

ASGBI Stands For : Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.

ASH Stands For : abdominal supracervical hysterectomy | aldosterone-stimulating hormone | American Society of Hematology | Advanced Species Of Human | American Society for Hematology | Abnormality of Skin and Hair | Asymmetrical Septal Hypertrophy | Australian Society of Herpetologists.

ASIM Stands For : American Society of Internal Medicine.

ASIT Stands For : Association of Surgeons In Training.

ASMC Stands For : Arthritis Self-Management Course | area support medical company.

ASME Stands For : Association for the Study of Medical Education.

ASPFA Stands For : Asylum Seekers and People From Abroad.

ASPIRE Stands For : Action to Support Practices Implementing Research Evidence | Aspirin to Prevent Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism (Study).

ASPIRE XX Stands For : Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events.

ASSIST Stands For : Association for Information Management & Technology Staff in the NHS.

ASTC Stands For : Associate Specialist Training Committee.

ASTRO-PU Stands For : Age.

ASW Stands For : Approved Social Worker.

ASWCS Stands For : Avon.