Medical Dictionary
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AA Alcoholics Anonymous
AAA Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
AAD American Association of Dermatology
AAOS American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
ABG Arterial Blood Gases
ABMT Autologous bone marrow transplantation
ABVD Doxorubicin bleomycin vinblastine dacarbazine
a.c. before food, from Latin, ante cibum
ACE Angiotensin converting enzyme
ACEI Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians
ACL Anterior cruciate ligament
ACOG American College of Obstetics and Gynecology
ACS American Cancer Society
ACS American College of Surgeons
ACTH Adrenocorticoid hormone
ADA American Dental Association
ADA American Diabetes Association
ADA Adenosine deaminase
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADH Antidiuretic hormone
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AF Atrial fibrillation
AFO Ankle-foot orthosis
AFP Alpha-fetoprotein
AHF Antihemophilic factor
AHG Antihemophilic globulin AGD Academy of General Dentistry
AHA American Heart Association
AI Artificial insemination
AICD Automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator
AID Artificial insemination by donor
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIH Artificial insemination by husband
ALG Antilymphocytic globulin
ALL Acute lymphocytic leukemia
ALPS Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALS Advanced Life Support
ALT Alanine transferase
AMA Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies
AMA American Medical Association
AMA Australian Medical Association
AMC Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
AML Acute myelocytic leukemia
AMP Adenosine monophosphate
AMS Acute mountain sickness
AMS Atypical measles syndrome
ANA Anti-nuclear antibodies
ANCA Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
ANF Atrial natriuretic factor
ANF Antinatriuretic factor
ANP Antinatriuretic peptide
ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide
ANUG Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
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