| Abbreviation  | Importance  |
| A | Blood group A |
| a | Years (annos) |
| A | External rotation |
| A | Adriamycin |
| A | Actinomycin |
| A | Arytenoids |
| A | Adenosine |
| A | Archives |
| A. | Axis (the cylinder) and artery |
| A1, A2 | Aortic half |
| aa | Ana partes aequales |
| Aa | Majority designation of artery |
| AA | Alopecia Areata |
| AA | absolute arrhythmia |
| AA | alcoholics anonymous |
| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| a. A similar | the doctor’s orders |
| AAC | Antibiotic Colitis |
| AAF | Antiatelektasefaktor |
| AAI | Pacemaker mode |
| AAK | Breath alcohol concentration |
| AAK | Autoantibodies |
| AAM | Innate releasing mechanism |
| AAP | Pharmacies selling price |
| AAppO | Licensing Regulations for pharmacists |
| ÄAppO | Licensing Regulations for Doctors |
| AAR | Antigen-antibody reaction |
| AAS | Atomic absorption spectrometry |
| AAT | Aachener Aphasia Test |
| AAV | Adeno-associated virus |
| AAZ | Breath-hold |
| Ab | Antibiotic |
| From | Abduction |
| aB | Arterial blood |
| AB | Blood group |
| AB0 | Blood group system |
| ABA | Applied Behavior Analysis |
| ABC | Arnica - Bella Donna - Capsicum annuum |
| ABC | Airways – Breathing – Circulation |
| ABC | ATPÂ -Binding Cassette |
| abd | Abdominal |
| Abd | Abduction |
| ABDA | Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists |
| ABPM | Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring |
| Outlets of | arterial blood gas analysis |
| ABH | Blood group system |
| ABI | Auditory Brainstem Implant |
| ABI | Ankle-Brachial Index |
| Abbr | Abbreviation |
| Abl | Derivation |
| Abltg | Derivation |
| ABP | Androgen Binding Protein |
| Outlets of | Arterial blood gas analysis |
| AB0 | Blood group system |
| ABPA | Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
| ABPI | Ankle Brachial Pressure Index |
| Abl. | Derivation |
| Abr. | Curettage |
| ABR | Acute stress reaction |
| abs. | absolutely |
| ABVD | Adriamycin - bleomycin - vinblastine - dacarbazine |
| ABX-EGF | Panitumumab |
| ac | Ante CENAM |
| ac | Arteriokoronar |
| AC | Carotid artery |
| ACA | Anti-centromere antibody |
| ACA | Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans |
| acat | Acetylcysteine |
| ACB | Arteriocoronarer Bypass |
| ACC | Acetylcysteine |
| ACC | Anterior cingulate cortex |
| AcCoA | Acetyl coenzyme A |
| ACD | Acidum citrate and dextrose |
| ACD | Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia |
| ACD | Arteria coronaria dextra |
| ACE | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme |
| ACE | External carotid artery |
| ACE | Vitamin A, C and E |
| ACG | Acromioclaviculargelenk |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| AChRA | Acetylcholine receptor antibodies |
| ACI | Internal carotid artery |
| ACLA | Anti-cardiolipin antibodies |
| ACLS | Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| ACO | Zytostase with Adriamycin, Cyclophosphoamid and vincristine (Oncovin) |
| AcO | Acetato |
| acP | acid phosphatase |
| ACP | Acyl carrier protein |
| ACPA | Antibodies to citrullinated peptides / proteins |
| ACR | anti constipation regimen |
| ACS | Acute Coronarsyndrom |
| ACS | American Cancer Society |
| ACS | arteria coronaria sinistra |
| ACT | activated coagulation time |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotrophes hormone |
| ACV | Aciclovir |
| ACVB | Aortocoronary vein bypass |
| Äd | Medical service |
| AD | accessory anterior descending |
| ad | autosomal dominant |
| AD | Alzheimer dementia |
| ADA | Adenosine deaminase |
| ADC | Adenylate |
| ADC | Eye Diagnostic Center |
| ADCC | antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity |
| ADD | attention deficit disorder |
| Add | Adduction |
| Ade | Adenine |
| ADE | Antibody dependent enhancement |
| ADEM | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis |
| ADH | Antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin =) |
| ADH | Atypical ductal epithelial hyperplasia |
| ADHD | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADI | Acceptable daily intake |
| ADL | Activities of daily living |
| Ado | Adenosine |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| ADP | Anti-diuretic principle |
| ADP | Aminolevulinic acid-dehydratase-deficiency porphyria- |
| ADPKD | autsomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
| ADS | Attention deficit disorder |
| ADS | Abstract Denktstörung |
| AE | Appendectomy |
| AE | Antitoxin unit |
| AE | FAS |
| AED | Automated External Defibrillator |
| AEP | Auditory evoked potentials |
| AFP | Alpha-1-Fetoprotein |
| Ag | Antigen |
| AGE | Arterial gas embolism |
| AGM | General health measures |
| AGV | Avoidable dangerous course |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| AHS | African Horse Sickness |
| AHT | Anti-hyaluronidase test |
| AICD | Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AiP | Doctor in training |
| AIS | Amniotic |
| Ak | Antibody |
| AKH | General Hospital |
| AKN | Acoustic neuroma |
| ALAT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| ALB | Albumin |
| ALCAT | Antigen Leukocyte Cellular Antibody Test |
| ALD | Aldolase |
| ALI | Anterolateralinfarkt |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ALT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| OLD | Apparent Life Threatening Event |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| AMA | Antimitochondrial antibodies |
| AMD | Age-Â related macular degeneration |
| AMG | Drug Law |
| AMI | Myocardial infarction |
| AML | Acute myeloblastic leukemia |
| Amp | Ampoule |
| AMY | Amylases |
| To | Case history |
| ANA | Anti-nuclear antibodies |
| N. | Note (s) |
| ANP | Atrial natriuretic peptide |
| ANUG | Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis |
| ANUP | Acute necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis |
| ANV | Acute renal failure |
| AOÂ AO-ASIF |
Association of Osteosynthesis – Association for the Study of Internal Fixation established as “Association for Internal Fixation” |
| ap | anterior-posterior |
| AP | Angina pectoris |
| AP | Alkaline Phosphatase |
| AP | aggressive periodontitis |
| APACHE | Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation |
| APC | Activated protein C |
| APC | Adenomatous Polyposis of the Colon |
| App | Appendectomy |
| aPTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| APUD | Amine precursor uptake and Decarboxylation |
| APV | Amprenavir |
| AQ | Anomalquotient |
| AR | External rotation |
| ARA | American Rheumatism Association |
| AraC | Cytarabine |
| ARC | AIDS-related complex |
| ARDS | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| art. | Arterial |
| ARV | Antiretroviral drugs |
| AS | Amino acid |
| AS | Angelman Syndrome |
| AS | Aortic stenosis |
| AS | Asperger Syndrome |
| AS | Astigmatism |
| AS | Atrial septum |
| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| ASAT | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| ASB | Assisted Spontanbeatmung |
| ASCOT | Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial |
| ASD | Atriumseptumdefekt |
| ASD | Acute Stress Disorder |
| ASD | Acute pain service |
| ASH | Alcoholic steatohepatitis |
| ASI | Anteroseptalinfarkt |
| ASL | Anti-streptolysin |
| ASR | Achilles tendon reflex |
| ASS | Acetylsalicylic acid |
| AST | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| Ät | Etiology |
| ATC | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System |
| ATCN | Advanced Trauma Care for Nurse |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ATS | Anti-thrombosis stockings |
| August | Ausscheidungsurogramm |
| Ausk. | Auscultation |
| AV | Attachment loss |
| AV | Atrioventricular |
| av | Arteriovenös |
| AvD | Doctor on duty |
| aVF | Augmented voltage left foot |
| AVH | Arm hold (neurologishe investigation) |
| AVK | Arterial occlusive disease |
| aVL | Augmented voltage left arm |
| aVR | Augmented voltage right arm |
| AVSD | Atrioventricular septal defect |
| GCU | Armvorhalteversuch |
| APD | Auditory Processing Disorder |
| aWdP | at the request of the Patient |
| AWMF | Association of the Scientific Medical Societies |
| AZ | General |
| AQuMed | Medical Centre for Quality Assurance |
| RWH | Tidal volume |
Medical Abbreviations With A
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