| الاختصار |
المعنى باللغة الإنجليزية |
المعنى باللغة العربية |
| ā |
(a with a bar over it) before (from Latin ante)
artery |
شريان |
| A |
Adenosine
Apical |
أدينوزين
قمي |
| a.a. |
Of each (from Latin ana ana)
Amino acids:
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| AAA |
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (pronounced "triple-A") |
أم دم الأبهر البطني |
| AAT |
Activity as tolerated |
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| AAL |
Anterior axillary line |
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| AAOx3 |
Awake, alert, and oriented, times 3 (i.e., to person, place, and time) |
متوجه للزمان والمكان والشخص (الأشخاص) |
| A/B |
Acid-base ratio |
نسبة الحمض:الأساس |
| ab |
Abdomen
Abdominal |
بطن |
| Ab |
Antibody |
ضد |
| AB |
Abortion |
إجهاض |
| ABC |
Airway, breathing, circulation
Aspiration biopsy cytology |
مسلك هوائي، تنفس، دوران
فحص خلايا الخزعة الشفطية
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| ABCD |
Airway, breathing, circulation, disability
Asymmetry, borders, color, diameter (features on considering "Is it a malignant melanoma?")
ABCD rating (a staging system for prostate cancer) |
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ABCs
ABCDs
ABCDEs |
Airway, breathing, circulation, etc. Refers to priority of needs in emergency situations. Exact spell-out and details after "C" vary by institution, but the "ABCs" theme is recurrent. |
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| Abd |
Abdomen
Abdominal |
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| ABE |
Acute bacterial endocarditis |
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| ABG |
Arterial blood gas |
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| ABI |
Acquired brain injury
Ankle brachial pressure index |
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| ABMT |
Autologous bone marrow transplantation |
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| Abn |
Abnormal |
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| ABO |
Landsteiner's blood grouping system |
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| ABPA |
Allergic broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis |
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| ABPI |
Ankle brachial pressure index |
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| ABVD |
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (first-line treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma) |
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| ABX |
Antibiotics |
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a.c.
AC |
Before a meal (from Latin ante cibum) |
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| ACB |
Aortocoronary bypass |
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| AC&BC |
Air conduction and bone conduction, as in Weber test |
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| Acc |
Accommodation (eye) |
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| ACCU |
Acute coronary care unit |
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| ACD |
Anemia of chronic disease |
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| ACDF |
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion |
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| Ace |
Acetone |
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| ACE |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme |
إنزيم محول للأنجيوتنسين |
| ACEI |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(s) |
مثبط الإنزيم المحول للأنجيوتنسين |
| ACh |
Acetylcholine |
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| AChE |
Acetylcholine esterase |
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| ACL |
Anterior cruciate ligament |
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| ACLS |
Advanced cardiac life support |
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| ACS |
Acute coronary syndrome |
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| ACTH |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
هرمون موجه لقشر الكظر |
| ACU |
Ambulatory care unit |
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| ad. |
Right ear (from Latin auris dexter) |
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| AD |
Alzheimer's disease
Acute distress
Right ear (from Latin auris dexter) |
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| ADA |
Adenosine deaminase |
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| ADC |
AIDS dementia complex |
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| ADCC |
Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity |
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| ADD |
Attention deficit disorder |
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| ADH |
Antidiuretic hormone |
هرمون مضاد لإدرار البول |
| ADHD |
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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| ADHR |
Autosomal-dominant hypophosphatemic rickets |
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| ADLs |
Activities of daily living |
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| ad lib |
As desired (from Latin ad libitum) |
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| adm |
Admission |
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| Adn |
Adnexae (for example, adnexae of the uterus) |
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| ADP |
Adenosine diphosphate |
أدينوزين ثنائي الفوسفات |
| ad part. dolent |
To the painful parts (from Latin ad partes dolentes) |
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| ADR |
Adverse drug reaction |
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| AED |
Automated external defibrillator
Anti-epileptic drug(s) |
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| AEM |
Ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring |
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| AF |
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Amniotic fluid |
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| AFB |
Acid-fast bacilli |
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| AFib |
Atrial fibrillation |
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| AFO |
Ankle-foot orthosis |
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| AFP |
Alpha-fetoprotein |
ألفا فيتو بروتين |
| Ag |
Antigen |
مستضد |
| AGA |
Anti-gliadin antibodies
Appropriate gestational age (see birth weight) |
أضداد الغليادين |
| AGES criteria |
Age, grade, extent, size (for tumors) |
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| AGN |
Acute glomerulonephritis |
التهاب كبيبات الكلى الحاد |
| a.h. |
Every other hour (from Latin alternis horis) |
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| AHF |
Antihemophilic factor |
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| AHG |
Antihemophilic globulin |
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| AHH |
Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase |
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| AHR |
Airway hyper-reactivity |
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| AI |
Artificial insemination
Aortic insufficiency |
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| AICD |
Automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
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| AID |
Artificial insemination by donor |
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| AIDS |
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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| AIH |
Artificial insemination by husband |
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| AIHD |
Artificial insemination by pooled husband and donor semen |
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| AIPD |
Acute infectious and parasitical diseases
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
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| AIIRB |
angiotensin II receptor antagonist |
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| AIN |
Acute interstitial nephritis |
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| AIS |
Adenocarcinoma in situ |
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| aka |
Also known as |
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| AKA |
above-knee amputation
Also known as |
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| ALA |
Aminolevulinic acid |
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| Alc |
Alcohol |
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| ALG |
Antilymphocytic globulin |
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| ALI |
Acute lung injury |
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| Alk phos |
Alkaline phosphatase (sometimes abbreviated as ALP) |
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| ALL |
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Allergies |
أبيضاض الدم اللمفاوي الحاد |
| ALP |
Alkaline phosphatase (sometimes abbreviated as Alk phos) |
فوسفاتاز قلوية |
| ALPS |
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome |
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| ALS |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Advanced life support |
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| ALT |
Alanine transaminase |
ناقلة أمين الألانين |
| altern. d. |
Every other day (from Latin alterno die) |
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| AMA |
Advanced maternal age (35 years or greater)
Against medical advice
Anti-mitochondrial antibody
American Medical Association |
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| Amb |
Ambulate |
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| AMC |
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita |
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| AMI |
Acute myocardial infarction |
احتشاء العضلة القلبية الحاد |
| AML |
Acute myeloid leukemia |
أبيضاض الدم النقوي الحاد |
| AMP |
Adenosine monophosphate |
أدينوزين أحادي الفوسفات |
| Amp |
Ampule
Ampere |
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| AMPA receptor |
Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor of the brain |
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| AMS |
Acute mountain sickness
Atypical measles syndrome |
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| Amt |
Amount |
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| ANA |
Anti-nuclear antibody |
أضداد النوى |
| ANCA |
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody |
أضداد العدلات الهيولية |
| ANDI |
Aberrations of normal development and involution (of breast) |
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| ANF |
Atrial natriuretic factor |
العامل الأذيني المدر للصوديوم |
| ANP |
Atrial natriuretic peptide |
الببتيد الأذيني المدر للصوديوم |
| ANS |
Autonomic nervous system |
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| Ant |
Anterior |
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| Anti- |
Refers to an antibody to the suffixed antigen |
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| ANTR |
Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex |
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| ANUG |
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis |
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| A&O |
Aware and oriented |
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| A&Ox3 |
Alert and oriented, times 3 (to person, place, and time) |
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| A&Ox4 |
Alert and oriented, times 4 (to person, place, time, and circumstances) (often used interchangeably with A&Ox3) |
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| AODM |
Adult-onset diabetes mellitus (now called diabetes mellitus type 2) |
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| AOM |
Acute otitis media |
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| a.p. |
Before a meal (from Latin ante prandium) |
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| AP |
Alkaline phosphatase
Anteroposterior
Angina pectoris |
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| A&P |
Auscultation and percussion |
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| APACHE II |
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II |
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| APAP |
Paracetamol (aka acetaminophen) (from its chemical name, N-acetyl-para-aminophenol)
Automatic positive airway pressure |
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| APC |
Atrial premature contraction
Antigen-presenting cell
Activated protein C |
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| APD |
Adult polycystic disease
Automated peritoneal dialysis |
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| APKD |
Adult polycystic kidney disease |
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| APECED |
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy |
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| APGAR |
Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration - used to assess newborns |
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| APH |
Antepartum haemorrhage |
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| APLS |
Antiphospholipid syndrome |
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| APMPPE |
Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy |
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| applic. |
Applicandus (Latin meaning "to be applied") |
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| APR |
Abdominoperineal resection |
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| APS |
Autoimmune polyendocrine/polyglandular syndrome |
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| APSAC |
Anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex |
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| aPTT |
Activated partial thromboplastin time |
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| aq. |
Water (from Latin aqua) |
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| aq. bull. |
Boiling water (from Latin aqua bulliens) |
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| aq. calid. |
Warm or hot water (from Latin aqua calida) |
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| aq. dist. |
Distilled water (from Latin aqua distillata) |
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| aq. gel. |
Cold water (from Latin aqua gelida) |
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| AR |
Aortic regurgitation |
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| ARB |
Angiotensin II receptor antagonist |
حاصرات مستقبلات الأنجيوتنسين II |
| ARC |
AIDS-related complex |
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| ARDS |
acute respiratory distress syndrome
Adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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| ARF |
Acute renal failure |
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| Arg |
Arginine |
أرجنين |
| ARM |
Artificial rupture of membranes (also abbreviated as AROM) |
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| AROM |
Active range of motion
Artificial rupture of membranes |
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| ART |
Antiretroviral therapy
Assuming room temperature (that is, the patient has died) |
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| ARVC |
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
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| ARVD |
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia |
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| AS |
Aortic stenosis
Atherosclerosis |
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| ASA |
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) |
حمض الأسيتيل ساليسيليك |
| ASAP |
As soon as possible |
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| ASC |
Ambulatory surgery center |
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| ASCAD |
Arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease |
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| ASCUS |
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance |
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| ASCVD |
Arteriosclerotic vascular disease (arteriosclerosis) |
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| ASD |
Atrial septal defect |
عيب الحالجز الأذيني |
| ASGUS |
Atypical squamous glandular cells of undetermined significance |
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ASH
ASHD |
Arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary heart disease) |
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| ASIS |
Anterior superior iliac spine |
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| ASO |
Antistreptolysin-O |
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| ASOT |
Antistreptolysin-O titre |
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| Ass |
Assessment |
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| AST |
Aspartate transaminase |
نازعة أمين الأسبارتات |
| ASX |
Asymptomatic |
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| AT |
Antithrombin
Angiotensin |
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| ATA |
Anti-transglutaminase antibodies |
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| ATB |
Antibiotic |
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| ATCC |
American Type Culture Collection |
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| ATG |
Antithymic globulin |
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| AT-III |
Antithrombin III |
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| ATN |
Acute tubular necrosis |
نخر أنبوبي حاد |
| ATNR |
Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex |
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| ATP |
Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
Adenosine triphosphate
Anti-tachycardia pacing |
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| Atp |
Atapical |
لا نموذجي |
| ATRA |
All-trans retinoic acid |
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| ATS |
Anti-tetanus serum, that is, anti-tetanus immunoglobulins |
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| AUC |
Area under the curve (pharmacology) |
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| aur. |
Ear (from Latin auris) |
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| aur. dextro. |
To right ear (from Latin auris dextrae) |
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| aur. laev |
To left ear (from Latin auris laevae) |
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| aurist. |
Ear drops (from Latin auristillae) |
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| AV |
Arteriovenous
Atrioventricular |
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| AVM |
Arteriovenous malformation |
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| AVR |
Aortic valve replacement |
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A&W
A/W |
Alive and well |
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| Ax |
Axillary |
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| AXR |
Abdominal x-ray |
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| AZT |
Azidothymidine |
