| a-MT |
Alpha-methyltyrosine |
| 2,4-DP |
2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionic acid |
| 201 | Designation of file for military personnel record |
| 483 | FDA form used as a written notice of deficiencies found |
| 3M | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company |
| 4-POBN | a-(4-pyridyl 1-oxide-N-tert.-butylnitrone |
| 5-HIAA | 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid |
| 7-ACA | 7-aminocephalosporanic acid |
| A | Absorbance (especially with subscripted wavelength) |
| A/G | Albumin/Globulin |
| A | Adenine |
| A | Alanine (amino acid) |
| A/UX | Version of Unix for Apple Macintosh computer |
| A/D | Analog to Digital |
| a. a. O. | am angegebenen Ort |
| a. F. | alter Fassung |
| a.A. | anderer Ansicht |
| A2LA | = AALA |
| AA | The Aluminum Association |
| AA | Atomic Absorption (spectrometry) |
| AA | Anti-aircraft |
| AAA | Agricultural Adjustment Act (USA, 1930s) |
| AAA | AntiAircraft Artillery |
| AAA | Acetoacetanilide |
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAAV | Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle |
| AAB | American Association of Bioanalysts |
| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
| AACC | also A2C2:originally American Ass'n. for Cntamination Control |
| AACC | American Association of Cereal Chemists |
| AACC | American Association of Clinical Chemistry |
| AACC | now a magazine about contamination control |
| AACP | American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy |
| AAG | Antiaircraft gun |
| AAGR | Average Annual Growth Rate |
| AAK | Applique Armor Kit(US) |
| AALA | American Association for Laboratory Accreditation |
| AALC | American Association for Laboratory Laboratory Animal Care |
| AAM | American Academy of Microbiology |
| AAMA | American Automobile Manufacturers Association |
| AAMI | Ass'n. for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
| AAO | Acetaldoxime |
| AAPS | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists |
| AASHTO | Am. Ass'n. of State Hwy. and Transportation Officials |
| AATU | Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit |
| AAUP | American Association of University Professors |
| AAUW | American Association of University Women |
| AAV | Assault Amphibian Vehicle |
| AAVPT | American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology (+?) |
| Ab | Antibody |
| ABA | 2-cis-4-trans-abscisic acid |
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| ABC | American Broadcasting Company (network) (usually ABC) |
| ABC | Atomic, Biological, Chemical (warfare) |
| ABC | Association of Biotechnology Companies |
| ABEP | Auditory Brain stem Evoked Potentials |
| ABFO | American Board of Forensic Odontology |
| ABG | Arterial blood gas(es) |
| ABL | 2-acetylbutyrolactone |
| ABO | (indicates blood groups A, B, O) |
| ABPI | Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
| ABS | American Biological Safety Association |
| ABSA | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (polymer) |
| ABTS | 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), diammonium salt |
| Abu | 2-aminobutyric acid |
| AC | US military symbol for Hydrogen cyanide (chemical warfare agent) |
| AC/DC | Indicates appliance operating on either AC or DC |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| AC/DC | (obsolete slang)Bisexual |
| Ac | Acetyl- group in organic chemistry; possibly acetate |
| ACAC | 2,4-pentanedione(acetylacetone) |
| ACC | American Chemistry Council |
| ACCA | Air Conditioning Contractors of America |
| ACCS | Advanced communications control system (US) |
| ACCS | Airborne command and control system (US) |
| ACCV | Armored Cavalry Cannon Vehicle |
| ACD | Automatic call distribution |
| ACE | Armored Combat Earthmover |
| ACE | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme |
| ACEC | Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi |
| ACES | 2-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)amino]ethanesufonic acid(buffer) |
| ACGA | American Corn Growers Association |
| ACGIH | American Council of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists |
| AChE | AcetylCholine Esterase |
| ACI | American Concrete Institute |
| ACI | Alloy Casting Institute |
| ACIL | American Council of Independent Laboratories |
| ACLOS | Automatic-to-command line of light |
| AcMNPV | Autographica californica multiply enveloped nuclear polyhedrosis virus |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| ACP | Automatic Colt Pistol (actually semi-automatic) |
| ACPA | American Crop Protection Association |
| ACPE | American Council on Pharmaceutical Education |
| ACRO | Association of Clinical Research Organizations |
| ACRV | Armored command and reconnaisance vehicle |
| ACS | American Cancer Society |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| ACT | Advance corporation tax |
| ACTH | AdrenoCorticoTropic Hormone |
| ACV | Armored cannon vehicle |
| ACVT | Armored combat vehicle technology program |
| ADA | Adenosine deaminase |
| ADA | Americans for Democratic Action |
| ADA | American Dental Association |
| ADA | American Dietetic Association |
| Ada | Adamantylalanine |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADA | N-[2-acetamido]-2-iminodiacetic acid (buffer) |
| ADA | American Dairy Association |
| ADAM | Area denial artillery munition |
| ADAMS | Air defense advanced mobile system |
| ADATS | Air defense anti-tank system |
| ADD | Attention deficit disorder |
| ADEA | Army development and employment agency |
| ADF | Automatic direction finding |
| ADG | Average Daily Gain (weight) |
| ADH | AntiDiuretic Hormone |
| ADH | Alcohol DeHydrogenase |
| ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| ADI | Acceptable Daily Intake |
| ADI | Australian Defense Industries |
| ADL | Activity (activities) of daily living |
| ADM | Archer Daniels Midland (company) |
| ADME | Abosorption,distribution,metabolism,excretion |
| ADN | Ammonium Dinitramide (explosive, rocket oxidizer) |
| ADNR | Reglement pour le transport de matieres dangereuses sur le Rhin |
| ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
| ADR | American Depositary Receipt (for ownership of non-US corporate stock) |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Report |
| ADR | European agreement concerning carriage of dangerous goods by road |
| ADR | Accord europeen relatif au transport international des marchandises |
| ADROIT | Adverse Drug Reaction On-line Information Tracking (UK) |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AE | Adverse Effect |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| AERS | Adverse Events Reporting System(US FDA) |
| AES | Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| AES | Auger Electron Spectrometry |
| AEV | Armored engineer vehicle |
| AEX | Anion exchange |
| AF | AutoFocus |
| AfA | Abschreibung Fuer Abnutzung(depreciation) |
| AFAFP | Amnionic Fluid Alpha-FetoProtein |
| AFAP | Artillery-fired atomic projectile |
| AFARV | Armored forward area rearm vehicle |
| AFAS | Advanced Field Artillery System |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFB | Acid-Fast Bacilli |
| AFD | Automatic feeding device (artillery) |
| AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (US) |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy (Microscope) |
| AFP | Alpha-FetoProtein |
| AFPE | American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education |
| AFS | American Field Service |
| AFS | Amperes full-scale |
| AFSV | Armored fire support vehicle |
| AFV | Armored Fighting Vehicle (i. e., a tank) |
| Ag | Antigen |
| AGA | American Gas Association |
| AGL | Above ground level |
| AGLS | Automatic gun laying system (British) |
| AHT | AntiHyaluronidase Titer |
| AIA | American Institute of Architects |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (IAS + ARS) |
| AIC | American Institute of Chemists |
| AIChE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AIDS | Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome |
| AIFS | Advanced indirect fire system |
| AIFV | Armored infantry fighting vehicle |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| AINS | Anti-inflammatoire non-stroden |
| AIPO | African Intellectual Property Organization |
| AIPS | Advanced integrated propulsion system |
| AISC | American Institute of Steel Construction |
| AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute |
| AIT | AutoIgnition Temperature |
| AIX | IBM version of Unix for personal computers |
| AK | Avtomat Kalashnikov (Soviet 'assault rifle') |
| AKW | Allradbetriebenes Kraftfahrzeug(?) |
| AL | Abteilungsleiter; Division Manager |
| Ala | Alanine |
| ALA | AminoLevulinic Acid |
| ALAAVS |
Advanced light armored amphibious vehicle system |
| ALABC | Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium |
| ALAT | ALanine AminoTransferase |
| ALF | American Liver Foundation |
| ALF | Animal Liberation Front |
| ALL | Airborne Laser Laboratory (US) |
| ALP | Alkaline Phosphatase |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) |
| ALT | ALanine aminoTransferase |
| AM | Amplitude Modulation |
| AM | Before Noon |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| AMCA | Air Movement and Control Association, Inc. |
| AMDS | Antimissile discarding sabot |
| AMF | Amphibische Mehrzweckfahrzeug |
| AMG | Arzneimittelgesetz / Medicinal Products Act |
| AML | Automitrailleuse legere |
| AMP | Adenosine MonoPhosphate (= adenylic acid) |
| AMPSO | 3-[(1,1-dimethyl-2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid |
| AMR | Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance |
| AMS | Aerospace Material Specifications (SAE) |
| AMS | American Medical Systems, Inc. |
| AMU | Advanced (or Army) Marksmanship Unit |
| AMV | Avian myeloblastosis virus |
| AMX | Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux |
| AN | Ammonium Nitrate |
| ANA | AntiNuclear Antibody |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| ANFO | Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil (explosive) |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ANWR | Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (Alaska) |
| AO | Active Oxygen content of peroxides |
| AOAC | Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
| AOC | Assimilable Organic Carbon |
| AOCS | American Oil Chemists Society |
| AOI | Arab Organization for Industrialization |
| AOM | Anticorps d'origine maternelle |
| AOQL | Average outgoing quality limit |
| AOTF | Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter |
| AOX | Adsorbable organic halogen |
| Ap | Ampicillin |
| AP | Armor-piercing |
| AP | Ammonium Perchlorate(rocket oxidizer) |
| APAP | Acetaminophen (AcetylParaAminoPhenol) |
| APC | Armored Personnel Carrier |
| APC | American Plastics Council |
| APC | Aspirin, Phenacetin, Caffeine(tablets) |
| APCBC | Armor-piercing capped ballistic capped (antitank projectile) |
| APCD | Air Pollution Control District |
| APCNR | Armor-piercing composite non-rigid (antitank projectile) |
| APD | Avalanche photodiode |
| APDS | Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot (antitank projectile) |
| APE | Amphibische Pionier-Erkuindungsfahrzeug |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APFSDS | Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (antitank projectile) |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Grounds (US) |
| APH | Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| APhA | American Pharmaceutical Association |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (part of USDA) |
| API | Atmospheric pressure ionization |
| API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(s) |
| APIT | Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer (bullet) |
| APM | Advanced Power Management (computers) |
| APP | Beta-amyloid precursor protein(Alzheimer's disease) |
| APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| AQN | Anthraquinone |
| AQPO | Aquaporin-0 |
| AR | Analytical Reagent |
| AR | Army Regulations |
| ArbSchG | Arbeitsschutzgesetz; Occupational Protection Law |
| ArbSich | Arbeitssicherheit; Occupational Safety |
| ARC | Accelerating Rate Calorimetry |
| ARD | AIDS-related diarrhea |
| ARDEC | Armament Research, Development & Engineering Center (US Army) |
| ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| Arg | Arginine |
| ARIB | Aeronautical Research Institute at Braunschweig |
| ARMSCOR | Armament Manufacturing Corporation (South Africa) |
| ARP | Antiradiation (radar) projectile |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol(Internet) |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency(DOD) |
| ARS | American Rocket Society (later AIAA) |
| ARS | Acute radiation syndrome |
| ASA | Acrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (polymer) |
| ASA | Aspirin (AcetylSalicylic Acid) |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASAT | ASpartate Transaminase |
| ASB | Accounting Standards Board (UK) |
| ASBC | American Society of Biological Chemists |
| ASC | Accelerated Site Characterization (for soil contamination) |
| ASCO | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| ASE | Automated solvent extraction |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nationa |
| ASHP | American Society of Hospital Pharmacists |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit |
| ASiG | Arbeitssicherheitsgesetz; Occupational Safety Law |
| ASL | Abstand zur Siedebergangsleistung (safety margin) |
| ASM | American Society for Microbiology |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Asn | Asparagine |
| ASOT | Anti-Streptolysin O Titer |
| Asp | Aspartic acid |
| ASQ | American Society for Quality (formerly ASQC) |
| ASQC | American Society for Quality Control |
| ASSE | American Society of Safety Engineers |
| AST | ASpartate Transaminase |
| ASTA | American Spice Trade Association |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AT | Anti-tank |
| AT&T | American Telephone & Telegraph Company |
| ATACS | Army tactical communications system (US) |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection(microbiology) |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science |
| ATM | Automatic Teller Machine |
| ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| ATR | Attenuated Total Reflectance |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| AU | Absorbance unit(s) |
| AU | Astronomic unit(s) |
| AUC | Area under the (plasma time) curve |
| AUFS | Absorbance Units Full Scale (spectrophotometer sensitivity) |
| AV | ArterioVenous |
| AWACS | Airborne warning and control system (US) |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| AWI | Atemwegsinfektion |
| AWS | American Welding Society |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| Az | Aktenzeichen |
| AZT | Zidovudine (anti-retroviral agent) |
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