Medical abbreviations - A

These medical, biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare acronyms, abbreviations and terms, are frequently used in medicine to boost efficiency in communication.
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AA - Alcoholics Anonymous

AAALAC - American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

AACCN - American Academy of Critical Care Nurses

AAD - American Association of Dermatology

AADGP - American Academy of Dental Group Practice

AAFP - American Academy of Family Physicians

AAIN - American Academy of Industrial Nurses

AAN - American Academy of Nursing

AAO - American Academy of Ophthalmology

AAO - American Academy of Optometry

AAOS - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics

AAPHP - American Association of Public Health Physicians

ABEM - American Boarded in Emergency Medicine

ABMS - American Boarded in Medical Specialties

ACCP - American College of Chest Physicians

ACD - Advisory Committee to the Director

ACEP - American College of Emergency Physicians

ACGME - Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

ACOG - American College of Obstetics and Gynecology

ACP - American College of Physicians

ACPM - American College of Preventive Medicine

ACR - American College of Radiologists

ACS - American Cancer Society

ACS - American College of Surgeons

ACSI - American Customer Satisfaction Index

ACWA - Administrative Careers with America

AD&D - Accidental Death and Dismemberment

ADA - American Dental Association

ADA - American Diabetes Association

ADP - Automated Data Processing

AFGE - American Federation of Government Employees

AGD - Academy of General Dentistry

AHA - American Heart Association

AI/ANO - American Indian/Alaskan Native Organization

AID - Agency for International Development

AIRIO - Agency Intramural Research Integrity Officer

AL - Annual Leave

AMA - American Medical Association

AMA - Australian Medical Association

AMHPS - Association of Minority Health Professionals Schools

ANF - Australian Nursing Federation

AO - Administrative Office/Officer

AOA - American Optometric Association

AOA - Australian Orthopaedic Association

APA - American Psychiatric Association

APAO - Asian Pacific Islander American Organization

APGAR - American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record

APHA - American Public Health Association

ARA - American Rheumatological Association

ARAC - Administrative Restructuring Advisory Committee

AREA - Academic Research Enhancement Award

ARRT - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

ASBTF - Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology and Finance

ASCEPT - Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists

ASCP - American Society for Clinical Pathology

ASCP - American Society of Consultant Pharmacists

ASDC - Administrative Skills Development Curriculum

ASH - Assistant Secretary for Health, PHS

ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

ASMI - Australian Self-Medication Industry

ASMSO - American Society of Medication Safety Officers

ASPER - Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, DHHS

ASPH - Association of Schools of Public Health

ASPS - American Society of Plastic Surgeons

ASRT - American Society of Radiologic Technologists

ASSH - American Society for Surgery of the Hand

ASTHO - Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ATM - Above The Minimum

ATPM - Association of Teachers and Preventive Medicine

ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, PHS

AWOL - Absence Without Official Leave

AWS - Alternate Work Schedule