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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    This is a list of common abbreviations in the English language A. ab ...

  3. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").

  4. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Climate change acronyms. List of computer science conference acronyms. List of acronyms associated with the eurozone crisis. List of government and military acronyms. Acronyms in healthcare. List of information technology initialisms. Laser acronyms. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production.

  5. 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know - AOL

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    Abbreviations and acronyms are meant to make communication easier. But who can keep track of what they all mean? Well, we can, and now, so can you. The post 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know ...

  6. Acronym vs. Abbreviation vs. Initialism: What’s the Difference?

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    Abbreviations are meant to shorten words or phrases to speed up communication. Acronyms and initialisms are types of abbreviations. An acronym is formed when you combine the first letters of a ...

  7. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  8. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    acronym noun. ac·ro·nym | \ˈa-krə-ˌnim\. Definition of acronym. : a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term. also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism. ^ "Acronym".

  9. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome. CFS. Chronic fatigue syndrome. CGBD. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration. CH. Cluster headache. CHARGE syndrome. Coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retarded growth & or development, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities.