acronyms for diseases and disorders
320 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm | |
AAS | Aarskog–Scott syndrome | |
ABCD syndrome [black lock] | albinism | |
ACC | Agenesis of the corpus callosum | |
ACS | Acute coronary syndrome | |
ACTH deficiency | Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency | |
AD | Alzheimer's Disease | |
AD | Attachment disorder | |
ADD | Attention deficit disorder | |
ADD-RT | Attention deficit disorder – residual type | |
ADEM | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | |
ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | |
AGS | Aicardi–Goutieres syndrome | |
AHC | Alternating hemiplegia of childhood | |
AIP | Acute intermittent porphyria | |
ALA DD | Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) | |
ALI | Acute lung injury | |
ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
AMD | Age-related macular degeneration | |
AOS | Apraxia of speech | |
APA | Aldosterone-producing adenoma | |
APS | Antiphospholipid syndrome | |
ARBD | Alcohol-related birth defects | |
ARD | Adult Refsum disease | |
ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome | |
ARND | Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder | |
AS | Ankylosing spondylitis | |
AS | Asperger syndrome | |
ASDs | Autism spectrum disorders | |
A-T | Ataxia-telangiectasia | |
AVMs | Arteriovenous malformations | |
BBS | Bashful bladder syndrome (see Paruresis) | |
BD | Binswanger's disease | |
BEB | Benign essential blepharospasm | |
BEH | Behaviorally/emotionally handicapped | |
BH | Behaviorally handicapped | |
BMD | Becker's muscular dystrophy | |
BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia | |
BS | Bloom's syndrome | |
BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | |
BSS | Brown–Sequard syndrome | |
BV | Bacterial vaginosis | |
CACH | Central nervous system hypomyelination | |
CAD | Coronary artery disease | |
CADASIL | Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy | |
CAPD | Central auditory processing disorder | |
CCD | Considerable conduct disorder | |
CCHF | Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever | |
CCHS | Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome | |
CCM | Cerebral cavernous malformation |