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A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
Acronyms Diseases and disorders AAA Abdominal aortic aneurysm: AAS ... Acute systolic heart failure ASS African sleeping sickness: A-T Ataxia-telangiectasia: AVMs
Abbreviation Meaning ā (a with a bar over it) before (from Latin ante) before: A: assessment a.a. of each (from Latin ana ana) amino acids: A or Ala – alanine; C or Cys – cysteine; D or Asp – aspartic acid; E or Glu – glutamic acid; F or Phe – phenylalanine; H or His – histidine; I or Ile – isoleucine; K or Lys – lysine; L or ...
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
Abbreviation Term Notes B RNAV Basic area navigation BARO Barometric indication, setting or pressure baro-VNAV Barometric vertical navigation BC Back course: Or 'BCRS' BCAA Belgian Civil Aviation Authority: BDC bottom dead centre [1] Piston engine BDI Bearing distance indicator BFL Balanced field length: BFR Biennial flight review: BGAN
The AA protein is mainly deposited in the liver, spleen and kidney, and AA amyloidosis can lead to nephrotic syndrome and ESRD. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Natural history studies show, however, that it is the kidney involvement that drives the progression of the disease.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. [1]
In 1944, AA's co-founder Bill Wilson discussed a separate fellowship for drug addicts. [19] In 1947, NARCO (also called Addicts Anonymous) met weekly at the U.S. Public Health Service's treatment center ( Federal Medical Center, Lexington ) inside the Lexington , Kentucky federal prison for 20 years. [ 20 ]