| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | British Journal of Dermatology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Dermatology → United Kingdom |
| BJU | British Journal of Urology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Urology → United Kingdom |
| BMR | Bactérie Multi-Résistante | In French | → Infectious diseases |
| BNDF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor | In English | → Hormones → Neurology |
| BPCO | Broncho-Pneumopathie Chronique Obstructive = COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | In English = MPOC | Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique | In French = COLD | Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease | In English = COAD | Chronisch obstruktive Atemwegserkrankung | In German = EPOC | Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica | In Spanish = BPCO | Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva | In Italian = DPOC | Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica | In Portuguese = KOAH | Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı | In Turkish |
In French | → Chest diseases |
| BPCO | Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva = COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In Italian | → Chest diseases |
| BPH | Benigne Prostata-Hyperplasie | In German | |
| BPRS | Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale | In English | → Diagnostics → Psychiatry |
| BRI | Building Related Illness | In English | → Construction |
| BSCS | Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science | In English | → Higher education, universities → Psychology → Neurology → Hungary |
| BSE | Bezinkingssnelheid van de Erythrocyten = ESR | Erythrozytensedimentationsrate | In German = ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate | In English = VES | Velocità di Eritrosedimentazione | In Italian = ENG | Eritrocitų Nusėdimo Greitis | In Lithuanian = СОЭ | Скорость оседания эритроцитов | In Russian = EÇS | Eritrositlərin Çökmə Sürəti | In Azerbaijani = ΤΚΕ | Ταχύτητα Καθιζήσεως Ερυθρών | In Greek = SE | Sedimentacija Eritrocita | In Serbo-Croatian = SE | Sedimentacija Eritrocita | In Serbian = ШОЕ | Швидкість Осідання Еритроцитів | In Ukrainian |
In Dutch | → Blood and circulatory system → Diagnostics |
| BSI | Behavioural Science Institute | In English | → Research institutes → Psychology → Social sciences → Neurology |
| BSSM | British Society for Sexual Medicine (www.bssm.org.uk) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Sexual problems → Urology → Gynaecology, obstetrics → United Kingdom |
| BVC | Brain Volume Change | In English | → Neurology |
| BvU | Berufsverband der österreichischen Urologen (www.urologisch.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Urology → Austria |
| CA | Cancer Antigen | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Oncology |
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | In English | → Cardiology → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Detection | In English | → Diagnostics → Computer-based techniques |
| CAN | Canadian Arthritis Network (www.arthritisnetwork.ca) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Canada |
| CAPA | Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (www.arthritispatient.ca) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Canada |
| CAPS | Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome | In English | → Physiology |
| CARA | Chronische Aspecifieke Respiratoire Aandoeningen | In Dutch | |
| CARIM | CArdiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (www.carim.unimaas.nl) | In English | → Research institutes → Cardiology → Netherlands |
| CAS | Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière | In French | → Ophthalmology → Immunology and allergy |
| CBDL | Common Bile Duct Ligation | In English | → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology → 6163 |
| CBF | Cerebral Blood Flow | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Neurology |
| CCAIMT | Common Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness (www.rsna.org) | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| CCLIN | Centre de Coordination de la Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CCMH | Concentration Corpusculaire Moyenne en Hémoglobine = MCHC | Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration | In English = CHCM | Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média | In Portuguese |
In French | → Diagnostics → Blood and circulatory system → Proteins |
| CDAPH | Commission des Droits et de l'Autonomie des Personnes Handicapées | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| CDT | Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento | In Spanish | → Diagnostics → Medicine |
| CDU | Clinical Decision Unit | In English | → Medicine → 61608 |
| CEA | Carcino-Embryonales Antigen | In German | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Oncology |
| CECOG | Central European Cooperative Oncology Group | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| CED | Chronisch-entzündliche Darmerkrankung | In German | |
| CEREDIH | CEntre de REférence des Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires | In French | → Immunology and allergy |
| CFMN | Centre de Fabrication Mécanique pour la Neurophysiologie | In French | → Research institutes → Mechanical engineering → Physiology → Neurology |
| CFMT | Cambridge Face Memory Test | In English | → Neurology |
| CGFL | Centre Georges-François Leclerc | In French | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| CH&D | Center for Hearing and Deafness | In English | → Research institutes |
| CHADD | Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | In English | → Psychology → Psychiatry |
| CHARMS | Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System | In English | → Knowledge management → Blood and circulatory system → Canada |
| CHAVI | Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology | In English | → Research institutes → Immunology and allergy → Infectious diseases |
| CHB | Centre Hépato-Biliaire | In French | → 6163 |
| CHC | Carcinome hépatocellulaire | In French | → Oncology |
| CHCM | Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média = CCMH, MCHC (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Diagnostics → Blood and circulatory system → Proteins |
| CIMT | Carotid Intima-Media Thickness | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| CINP | Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum | In Latin | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Neurology |
| CIRSE | Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe | In English | → Cardiology |
| CIS | Centre d'Information sur la Surdité | In French | → Documentation |
| CISMA | Conférence Internationale sur le Sida et les Maladies sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CJK | Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit | In German | → Neurology |
| CLARA | Cancéropôle Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (https://www.canceropole-clara.com/) | In French | → Oncology → France |
| CLCC | Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer | In French | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| CLIN | Comité de Lutte contre l'Infection Nosocomiale | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CLIN | Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CMV | Cytomegalie-Virus | In German | → Virology → Infectious diseases |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus | In German | → Virology → Infectious diseases |
| CNI | Centre National de l'Influenza | In French | → Research institutes → Infectious diseases |
| CNIC | Centre de Neurosciences Intégratives et Cognitives (www.cnic.u-bordeaux1.fr) | In French | → Research institutes → Neurology |
| CNIC | Computational Neurobiology and Imaging Center | In English | → Research institutes → Neurology → Diagnostics |
| CNPAS | Congenital Nasal Piriform Aperture Stenosis | In English | → Pediatry |
| CNPSSA | Comité National pour la Promotion Sociale des Aveugles et Amblyopes (www.cnpsaa.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CNS | Central Nervous System | In English | → Biological sciences → Anatomy → Neurology |
| CNS | Conseil National du Sida (www.cns.sante.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases → France |
| CNS | Congress of Neurological Surgeons (www.neurosurgeon.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| CNS | Cognitive Neuroscience Society (www.cogneurosociety.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Artificial intelligence → Psychology → Neurology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularization | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularisation | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| CO | Cardiac Output | In English | → Cardiology → Blood and circulatory system |
| COAD | Chronisch obstruktive Atemwegserkrankung = BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In German | → Chest diseases |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease = BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In English | → Chest diseases |
| COP | Centre Opérationnel Pandémie | In French | → Public health and hygiene → Infectious diseases |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease = BPCO, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In English | → Chest diseases |
| CP | Chronische Polyarthritis | In German | → 6167 |
| CPB | Cardiopulmonary bypass | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| CPCSS | Chiang mai Psychiatric Care-giving Skill Scale | In English | → Psychiatry |
| CPCSS | Carolina Prostate Cancer Screening Study | In English | → Oncology → United States |
| CPT | Capacité Pulmonaire Totale | In French | → Chest diseases |
| CRACMO | Centre de Référence des Affections Chroniques et Malformatives de l’Oesophage | In French | → Chest diseases |
| CRAT | Centre de Référence sur les Agents Tératogènes | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology → Oncology |
| CRCIL | Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire INSERM-Lariboisière | In French | → Research institutes → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| CRIVE | Centre de Référence pour les Infections Virales Émergentes | In French | → Research institutes → Virology → Infectious diseases |
| CRT | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy | In English | → Cardiology |
| CRTH | Centre Régional de Traitement de l'Hémophilie | In French | |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid | In English | → Anatomy → Physiology → Neurology |
| CSIPMH | Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health | In English | → Psychology → Psychiatry |
| CTD | Cumulative Trauma Disorders | In English | |
| CTG | Cardiotocographe | In French | → Diagnostics → Cardiology |
| CTINILS | Comité Technique national des Infections Nosocomiales et Infections Liées aux Soins | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CV-ATOD | Centro Virtual de Información sobre Alcohol, Tabaco y otras Drogas = VC-ATOD | Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs | In English |
In Spanish | → Libraries → Networks, communication → 6635 → 6639 |
| CVD | امراض القلب | In Arabic | → Cardiology |
| CVF | Capacité Vitale Forcée | In French | → Chest diseases |
| CVL | Capacité Vitale Lente | In French | → Chest diseases |
| CVP | Central Venous Pressure | In English | → Cardiology → Blood and circulatory system |
| CVS | Chronisch Vermoeidheidssyndroom | In Dutch | |
| DA | Douleur Abdominale | In French | |
| DAE | Défibrillateur Automatisé Externe | In French | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| DAHW | Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (www.dahw.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases → Germany |
| DAI | Death from Accidental Injury | In English | → Traumatology |
| DAVF | Dural arteriovenous fistulae = FAVD | Fistule Durale Artérioveineuse Intracrânienne | In French |
In English | → Neurology |
| DC | Débit Cardiaque | In French | → Cardiology |
| DCCT | Diabetes Control and Complications Trial | In English | → Diagnostics → Physiology |
| DCD | Developmental Coordination Disorder | In English | |
| DCTB | Dansk Center for Translationel Brystkræftforskning | In Danish | → Research institutes → Oncology → Denmark |
| DDD | Dense Deposit Disease | In English | → Physiology |
| DDD | Department of Developmental Disabilities | In English | |
| DDG | Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft (www.deutsche-diabetes-gesellschaft.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Physiology → Germany |
| DE | Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (www.epilepsie.sh) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Germany |
| DEM | Débit Expiratoire Moyen | In French | → Chest diseases |
| DEP | Débit Expiratoire de Pointe | In French | → Chest diseases |
| DGHO | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämato-Onkologie (https://www.dgho.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Oncology → Blood and circulatory system → Germany |
| DGK | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (www.dgk.org) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Cardiology → Germany |
| DGKJP | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie (www.dgkjp.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Child psychology → Psychiatry → Germany |
| DGPPN | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (www.dgppn.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Psychiatry → Psychology → Germany |
| DGSMT | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sexualmedizin und Sexualtherapie (www.dgsmt.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Urology → Gynaecology → Psychology → Germany |
| DGU | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Urology → Germany |
| DHF | Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever | In English | → Infectious diseases |
| DHS | Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen (www.dhs.de) | In German | → Germany |
| DIAID | Division of Immunology, Allergy & Infectious Diseases | In English | → Immunology and allergy → Infectious diseases |
| DIAMSS | Division des Infections Acquises en Milieu de Soins de Santé | In French | → Infectious diseases |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation | In English | → Blood and circulatory system |
| DID | Diabète insulino-dépendant = IDDM | Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus | In English = DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependente | In Portuguese = DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependiente | In Spanish |
In French | → Physiology |
| DIP | Déficit Immunitaire Primitif | In French | → Immunology and allergy |
| DIRV | Double-Inlet Right Ventricle | In English | → Anatomy → Cardiology |
| DISC | Digital Interchange Standard for Cardiology | In English | → Data → Cardiology |
| DIUE | Diplôme Inter-Universitaire d'Échographie | In French | → Higher education, universities → Diagnostics |
| DKFZ | Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (www.dkfz.de) | In German | → Research institutes → Oncology → Germany |
| DKUHD | Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases | In English | → Physiology → Blood and circulatory system |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewy Bodies | In English | → Neurology |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus | In many languages | → Physiology |
| DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependente = DID, IDDM (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Physiology |
| DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependiente = DID, IDDM (look above) |
In Spanish | → Physiology |
| DMLA | Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l'Âge | In French | → Ophthalmology |
| DNID | Diabète non insulino-dépendant | In French | |
| DP | Dermal Papilla | In English | → Anatomy → Dermatology |
| DPD | Depersonalization Disorder | In English | → Psychology → Psychiatry |
| DPDR | Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder | In English | → Psychology → Psychiatry |
| DPNP | Diabetische Polyneuropathie | In German | → Endocrinology → Neurology |
| DPOC | Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica = BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Chest diseases |
| DR | Diabetic Retinopathy | In English | |
| DRAA | Dialysis-Related Amyloid Arthropathy | In English | → Blood and circulatory system |
| DRESS | Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DSA | Défibrillateur Semi-Automatique | In French | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| DSS | Dengue Shock Syndrom | In English | → Infectious diseases |
| DTH | Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| DVT | Deutscher Fachverband für Verhaltenstherapie (www.verhaltenstherapie.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Psychology → Neurology → Germany |
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis | In English | → Blood and circulatory system |
| EACH | European Alzheimer Clearing House | In English | → Neurology |
| EADO | European Association of Dermato-Oncology (www.eado.org) | In English | → Associations → Oncology → Dermatology → Europe |
| EAU | European Assocation of Urology | In French | → Associations → Urology |
| EAU | European Association of Urology | In English | → Associations → Urology |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr-Virus | In German | → Virology → Infectious diseases |
| ECA | Ecarin Chromogenic Assay | In English | → Diagnostics → Blood and circulatory system |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram | In English | → Diagnostics |
| ECG | Electrocardiograph(y) | In English | → Diagnostics |
| ECNP | European College of Neuropsychopharmacology | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Neurology |
| EÇS | Eritrositlərin Çökmə Sürəti = BSE, ESR, VES, ENG, СОЭ, ΤΚΕ, ШОЕ (look above) |
In Azerbaijani | → Blood and circulatory system → Diagnostics |
| ECT | Elektrische Capaciteit Tomografie | In Dutch | → Diagnostics |
| EDM | Efficience et Déficience Motrices | In French | |
| EDMA | European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association | In English | → Associations → Diagnostics |
| EDÖ | Epilepsie Dachverband Österreich (www.epilepsie.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Austria |
| EDS | Établissement de Défense Sociale | In French | → Psychiatry |
| EEEE | Ελληνική Εθνική Ένωση κατά της Επιληψίας (www.epilepsy-greece.com) | In Greek | → Associations → Neurology → Greece |
| EEG | Elektro-Enzephalogramm/Elektro-Enzephalographie | In German | → Neurology |
| EEG | Electroencephalography | In English | → Neurology |
| EFR | European Federation for Colorectal Cancer | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology → 6163 |
| EFR | Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire | In French | → Diagnostics → Chest diseases |
| EFX | Épreuve Fonctionnelle à l’Exercice | In French | → Diagnostics → Chest diseases → Sport, physical exercises |
| EGL | External Genital Lesion | In English | |
| EGS | Eijkman Graduate School for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (www.eijkmanschool.org) | In English | → Research institutes → Higher education, universities → Immunology and allergy → Infectious diseases |
| EHC | European Haemophilia Consortium (www.ehc.eu) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Blood and circulatory system → Europe |
| EHD | Échelle d'Humeur Dépressive | In French | → Psychology → Neurology |
| EIM | Espace Intima Média = IMT | Intima Media Thickness | In English |
In French | → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| ELF | European Lung Foundation | In English | → Foundations → Chest diseases |
| EMG | Elektromyogramm | In German | → Cardiology |
| EMG | Electromyogram | In English | → Diagnostics → Cardiology |
| EMG | Electromyograph | In English | → Diagnostics → Cardiology |
| EMG | Electromyography | In English | → Diagnostics → Cardiology |
| EMIDA | Emerging Infectious Diseases of Animals | In English | → Infectious diseases → Agricultural sciences |
| EMN | European Myeloma Network | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| ENG | Eritrocitų Nusėdimo Greitis = BSE, ESR, VES, СОЭ, EÇS, ΤΚΕ, ШОЕ (look above) |
In Lithuanian | → Blood and circulatory system → Diagnostics |
| ENG | Electronystagnogram | In English | → Diagnostics |
| EOG | Electroculogram | In English | → Diagnostics |
| ÉOLE | Expression, Ouverture, Libération des Épileptiques | In French | → Organizations and associations → Neurology |
| EONS | European Oncology Nursing Society | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| EORTC | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| EPNS | European Paediatric Neurology Society (www.epns.info) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Pediatry |
| EPOC | Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica = BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, DPOC, KOAH (look above) |
In Spanish | → Chest diseases |
| ERS | European Respiratory Society | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| ESAO | European Society for Artificial Organs (https://www.esao.org/) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Biotechnology → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology → Europe |
| ESDA | European Sexual Dysfunction Alliance | In English | → Organizations and associations → Sexual problems → Urology → Applied sciences, technology |
| ESR | Erythrozytensedimentationsrate = BSE, VES, ENG, СОЭ, EÇS, ΤΚΕ, ШОЕ (look above) |
In German | → Blood and circulatory system → Diagnostics |
| ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate = BSE, VES, ENG, СОЭ, EÇS, ΤΚΕ, ШОЕ (look above) |
In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Diagnostics |
| ESRD | End Stage Renal Disease | In English | |
| ESSM | European Society of Sexual Medicine | In English | → Organizations and associations → Urology → Gynaecology → Psychology |
| ESST | Encéphalopathie Spongiforme Subaiguë Transmissible | In French | → Veterinary medicine |
| ESST | Encéphalopathie Subaiguë Spongiforme Transmissible | In French | |
| EST | Encéphalopathie Spongioforme Transmissible | In French | → Infectious diseases |
| ESTS | European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (www.ests.org) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Chest diseases → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |