| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&A | Anesthesia & Analgesia | In English | → Anesthesiology |
| A2F | Alternat Bi-Fréquence | In French | → Telecommunications → Traumatology |
| AA | Anesthesiologist Assistant | In English | → Anesthesiology |
| AAA | Age Anaesthesia Association (https://www.ageanaesthesia.com/) | In English | → Associations → Anesthesiology → Gerontology → United Kingdom |
| AAA | Anesthesia Administration Assembly | In English | → Anesthesiology |
| AAAA | American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (www.anesthetist.org) | In English | → Academies → Anesthesiology → United States |
| AAAASF | American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAAD | Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Plastic surgery |
| AAAM | Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine | In English | → Associations |
| AACD | American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AACN | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses | In English | → Associations → Traumatology → United States |
| AACS | American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery | In English | → Academies → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AAD | American Academy of Denturity | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AADE | American Association of Dental Editors | In English | → Associations → Graphic industries, printing, publishing → Dentistry → United States |
| AADE | American Association of Dental Examiners (www.aadexam.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AADGP | American Academy of Dental Group Practice | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AADH | American Academy of Dental Hygiene | In English | → Academies → Personal health and hygiene → Dentistry → United States |
| AADPA | American Academy of Dental Practice Administration | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AADR | American Association for Dental Research (http://ww.aadronline.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AADS | American Association of Dental Schools | In English | → Associations → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Dentistry → United States |
| AADSAS | Associated American Dental Schools Application Service | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Dentistry → United States |
| AADW | American Association of Dental Webmasters | In English | → Associations → Internet → Dentistry → United States |
| AAE | American Association of Endodontists (www.aae.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAEBO | Association des Anciens Élèves de Bloc Opératoire | In English | → Associations |
| AAED | American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AAEM | American Academy of Emergency Medicine (www.aaem.org) | In English | → Academies → Traumatology → United States |
| AAETS | American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress | In English | → Academies → Traumatology → United States |
| AAFO | American Association for Functional Orthodontics (www.aafo.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAFP | American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics (www.fixedprosthodontics.org) | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AAFPRS | American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (www.aafprs.org) | In English | → Academies → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AAFS | Academy of Ambulatory Foot Surgery | In English | → Academies |
| AAGBI | Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (http://https://anaesthetists.org/) | In English | → Associations → 61789 → United Kingdom |
| AAGO | American Academy of Gnathologic Orthopedics | In English | → Academies → United States |
| AAGS | Alberta Association of General Surgeons | In English | → Associations → Canada |
| AAHD | American Association of Hospital Dentists | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAHKS | American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAHS | American Association for Hand Surgery (www.handsurgery.org) | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAID | American Academy of Implant Dentistry (www.aaid-implant.org) | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AAIP | American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AAMP | American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AANA | American Association of Nurse Anesthetists | In English | → Associations → Anesthesiology → United States |
| AANOS | American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons | In English | → Academies → Neurology → United States |
| AANS | American Association of Neurological Surgeons | In English | → Associations → Neurology → United States |
| AAO | Alberta Association of Optometrists | In English | → Associations → Ophthalmology → Canada |
| AAO | American Academy of Optometry (www.aaopt.org) | In English | → Academies → Ophthalmology → United States |
| AAO | American Association of Orthodontists | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAO-HNS | American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | In English | → Academies → United States |
| AAOF | American Association of Orthodontists Foundation | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAOMS | American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAOP | American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (www.oandp.org) | In English | → Academies → United States |
| AAOPAC | American Association of Orthodontists Political Action Committee | In English | → Associations → Politics → United States |
| AAOS | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | In English | → Academies → United States |
| AAOT | Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología | In Spanish | → Associations → Argentina |
| AAP | American Academy of Periodontology (www.perio.org) | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → United States |
| AAPD | American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (www.aapd.org) | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Pediatry → United States |
| AAPD | Asian Academy of Preventive Dentistry | In English | → Academies → Personal health and hygiene → Dentistry |
| AAPDF | American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Pediatry → United States |
| AAPHD | American Association of Public Health Dentistry (www.aaphd.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAPOS | American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | In English | → Associations → Ophthalmology → Pediatry → United States |
| AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org) | In English | → Associations → Medicine → United States |
| AARD | American Academy of Restorative Dentistry | In English | → Academies → Dentistry → Plastic surgery → United States |
| AAS | Association for Academic Surgery | In English | → Associations |
| AAS | Australian Association of Surgeons | In English | → Associations → Australia |
| AASCIN | American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses | In English | → Associations → Neurology → Traumatology → United States |
| AASCIPSW | American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers | In English | → Associations → Neurology → Traumatology → United States |
| AAST | American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (www.aast.org) | In English | → Associations → Traumatology → United States |
| AATS | American Association for Thoracic Surgery (www.aats.org) | In English | → Associations → Chest diseases → United States |
| AAWD | American Association of Women Dentists (www.aawd.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| AAWM | American Academy of Wound Management (www.aawm.org) | In English | → Academies → Traumatology → United States |
| ABA | American Board of Anesthesiology (www.theaba.org) | In English | → Associations → Anesthesiology → United States |
| ABC | American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ABCPD | Alliance for Best Clinical Practices in Dentistry | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry |
| ABCRS | American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (www.abcrs.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ABDPH | American Board of Dental Public Health | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → United States |
| ABE | American Board of Endodontics | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → United States |
| ABEM | American Board of Emergency Medicine (www.abem.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Traumatology → United States |
| ABFO | American Board of Forensic Odontology (www.abfo.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → Criminology → United States |
| ABI | Auditory Brainstem Implant | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| ABISAR | Association Bisontine des Infirmières Spécialisées en Anesthésie Réanimation | In French | → Associations → Anesthesiology |
| ABJS | Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons | In English | → Associations |
| ABNS | American Board of Neurological Surgery (www.abns.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Traumatology → Neurology → United States |
| ABO | American Board of Ophthalmology (www.abop.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Ophthalmology → United States |
| ABO | American Board of Orthodontics (www.americanboardortho.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → United States |
| ABPNS | American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery (www.abpns.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Pediatry → United States |
| ABPS | American Board of Plastic Surgery | In English | → Organizations and associations → Plastic surgery → United States |
| ABS | American Board of Surgery (www.absurgery.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ABTS | American Board of Thoracic Surgery (www.abts.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ACGQ | Association des Chirurgiens Généraux du Québec | In French | → Associations → Canada |
| ACO | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Chirurgische Onkologie | In German | → Associations → Oncology |
| AcOdS | Acta Odontologica Scandinavica | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| AcOrS | Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ACR | Arrêt Cardio-Respiratoire | In French | → Traumatology |
| ACVA | American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine → Anesthesiology → United States |
| ACVO | American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine → Ophthalmology → United States |
| ACVS | American College of Veterinary Surgeons (www.acvs.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine → United States |
| ADA | American Dental Association (www.ada.org) | In English | → Associations → Dentistry → United States |
| ADARPEF | Association Des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Pédiatriques d'Expression Française | In French | → Associations → Anesthesiology → Pediatry |
| ADESA | American Dental Education Association | In English | → Associations → Education → Dentistry |
| ADF | Association Dentaire Française (www.adf.asso.fr) | In French | → Associations → Dentistry → France |
| AFAR | Annales Françaises d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Anesthesiology → France |
| AFCPSAM | Attestation de Formation Complémentaire aux Premiers Secours Avec Matériels | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| AFCPSR | Attestation de Formation Complémentaire aux Premiers Secours Sur la Route | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| AFME | Association Française des Médecins Esthéticiens (www.afme.org) | In English | → Associations → Plastic surgery → France |
| AFPS | Attestation au Formation de Premier Secours | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| AGAI | Anesthesia and Intensive Care Association | In English | → Associations → Anesthesiology → Traumatology |
| AGN | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Notfallmedizin | In German | → Associations → Traumatology |
| ALO | Association Luxembourgeoise des Orthophonistes (www.alo.lu) | In French | → Associations → Luxembourg |
| ALRF | Anesthésie locorégionale francophone | In French | → Anesthesiology |
| AMD | Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration | In German | → Ophthalmology |
| AMDF | American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org) | In English | → Foundations → Ophthalmology → United States |
| AMIC | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Minimal Invasive Chirurgie | In German | → Associations |
| ANVC | Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Contactlensspecialisten (www.ango.nl) | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Ophthalmology → Netherlands |
| AOSSM | American Orthopeadic Society of Sports Medicine | In English | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises → United States |
| APAM | Association pour les Personnes Aveugles et Malvoyantes (http://apam.qelios.net) | In French | → Associations → Ophthalmology |
| AQDM | Association Québécoise de la Dégénérescence Maculaire | In French | → Associations → Ophthalmology → Canada |
| AR | Ambulance de Réanimation | In French | → Traumatology |
| AR | Antenne de Réanimation | In French | → Traumatology |
| ARVO | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology | In English | → Associations → Ophthalmology |
| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists | In English | → Organizations and associations → Anesthesiology → United States |
| ASSO | Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology | In English | → Organizations and associations → Oncology → Austria |
| ASVO | American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (www.asvo.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Ophthalmology → Veterinary medicine → United States |
| AVA | Association of Veterinary Anesthetists (www.ava.eu.com) | In English | → Associations → Veterinary medicine → Anesthesiology |
| AVDC | American Veterinary Dental College (www.avdc.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → Veterinary medicine → United States |
| AVP | Accident sur Voie Publique | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety → Traumatology |
| BAAC | Bulletin d'Analyse des Accidents Corporels (de la circulation) | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Traumatology → Accidents, risks, safety → Transport and postal services |
| BAHA | Bone Anchored Hearing Aid | In English | |
| BCLS | Base Cardiac Life Support | In English | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| BDL | Bile Duct Ligation | In English | → 6163 |
| BFY | Banque Française des Yeux (www.bfy.asso.fr) | In French | → Associations → Ophthalmology → France |
| BG | Blessé Grave | In French | → Traumatology |
| BL | Blessé Léger | In French | → Traumatology |
| BNIS | Brevet National d'Instructeur de Secourisme | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| BNMPS | Brevet National de Moniteur de Premiers Secours | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| BNSSA | Brevet National de Secours Subaquatique | In French | → Education → Traumatology |
| BÖC | Berufsverband österreichischer Chirurgen (www.chirurgie.or.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Austria |
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | In English | → Cardiology |
| CARUM | Club des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Urgentistes Militaires | In French | → Organizations and associations → Anesthesiology |
| CAS | Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière | In French | → Pathology → Ophthalmology → Immunology and allergy |
| CASDIS | Conseil d'Administration du Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours | In French | → Regional administration → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| CBDL | Common Bile Duct Ligation | In English | → 6163 |
| CEAR | Cellule Assistance Respiratoire | In French | → Traumatology |
| CERF | Canine Eye Registration Foundation | In English | → Foundations → Ophthalmology → Veterinary medicine |
| CESO | Centro de Estudios Superiores de Ortodoncia | In Spanish | → Dentistry |
| CFAPSE | Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours en Équipe | In French | → Education → Medicine → Traumatology → France |
| CFAPSR | Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours Routiers | In French | → Education → Medicine → Traumatology → France |
| CFAR | Collège Français des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs | In French | → Organizations and associations → Anesthesiology → France |
| CHAR | Club d'Histoire de l'Anesthésie-Réanimation | In French | → Anesthesiology → History |
| CHIR | Chirurgie, Informatique et Robotique | In French | → Computer science → Mechanical engineering → Electronics |
| CHNO | Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie (www.quinze-vingts.fr) | In French | → Ophthalmology → France |
| CMDR | Colegiul Medicilor Dentisti din România | In Romanian | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → Romania |
| CNS | Congress of Neurological Surgeons (www.neurosurgeon.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularization | In English | → Pathology → Ophthalmology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularisation | In English | → Pathology → Ophthalmology |
| CODIS | Centre Opérationnel Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours | In French | → Regional administration → Firefighting → Traumatology → France |
| COS | Commandant des Opérations de Secours | In French | → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| COSSIM | Centre Opérationnel des Services de Secours et d'Incendie de Marseille | In French | → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| CRCHM | Centre de Recherches Chirurgicales Henri Mondor | In French | |
| CRFAM | Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle pour Aveugles et Malvoyants | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| CUMP | Cellule d'Urgence Médicale Psychologique | In French | → Traumatology → Psychology |
| DAC | Détachement d'Appui Chirurgical | In French | → Traumatology |
| DAE | Défibrillateur Automatisé Externe | In French | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| DAI | Death from Accidental Injury | In English | → Pathology → Traumatology |
| DAMHo | Détachement d'Appui Médical et d'Hospitalisation | In French | → Traumatology |
| DDSIS | Direction Départementale des Services d'Incendie et de Secours | In French | → Regional administration → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| DEI | Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org) | In English | → Ophthalmology |
| DICA | Détachement d'Intervention de Catastrophe Aéromobile | In French | → Traumatology |
| DIVI | Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (www.divi-org.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Traumatology → Germany |
| DME | Diabetic Macular Edema | In English | → Ophthalmology → Physiology |
| DMLA | Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l'Âge | In French | → Pathology → Ophthalmology |
| DOS | Directeur des Opérations de Secours | In French | → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| DSA | Défibrillateur Semi-Automatique | In French | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| DSI | Directeur des Secours Incendie | In French | → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| DSM | Directeur des Secours Médicaux | In French | → Traumatology |
| DTH | Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity | In English | → Pathology → Ophthalmology |
| EAFPS | European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery | In German | → Academies → Plastic surgery → Europe |
| EARSS | Early Albumin Resuscitation during Septic Shock | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| EBMT | European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation | In English | → Organizations and associations → Blood and circulatory system |
| ER | Emergency Room | In English | → Traumatology |
| ERAS | Enhaced Recovery After Surgery | In English | |
| ESAO | European Society for Artificial Organs (https://www.esao.org/) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Biotechnology → Pathology → Europe |
| ESCRIM | Elément de Sécurité Civile Rapide d'Intervention Médicale | In French | → Traumatology |
| ESLAS | European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery (www.eslas.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Plastic surgery → Europe |
| ESSKA | European Society for Sports traumtology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy | In English | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises |
| ESTS | European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (www.ests.org) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Chest diseases |
| EURO-CIU | European Association of Cochlear Implant Users | In English | → Associations |
| EVER | European Association for Vision and Eye Research (www.ever.be) | In English | → Associations → Ophthalmology → Europe |
| FDI | Fédération Dentaire Internationale (www.fdiworldental.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry |
| FESNCE | Federazione Europea della Società Nazionali di Chirurgia Estetica = FESNCE | Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Chirurgie Esthétique | In French = NYPERL | New York State Public Employees and Retirees Long Term Care Insurance | In English |
In Italian | → Organizations and associations → Plastic surgery → Europe |
| FESNCE | Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Chirurgie Esthétique = NYPERL (look above) |
In French | → Organizations and associations → Plastic surgery → Europe |
| FFS | Facial Feminization Surgery | In English | → Plastic surgery |
| FNOMCeO | Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri (www.fnomceo.it) | In Italian | → Organizations and associations → Dentistry → Italia |
| FSO | Forfait de Salle d'Opération | In French | |
| FV | Fibrillation Ventriculaire | In French | → Cardiology → Traumatology |
| HAR | Hyperacute rejection | In English | → Immunology and allergy |
| HIFU | High Intensity Focused Ultrasound | In English | |
| IADE | Infirmièr(e)-Anesthésiste Diplômé(e) d'État | In French | → Anesthesiology |
| IC | Intensive Care | In English | → Traumatology |
| ICE | In Case of Emergency | In English | → Telecommunications → Traumatology |
| ICORD | International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Traumatology |
| IGOST | Interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Schmerztherapie | In German | → Organizations and associations |