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National Security Department (noted as NS), a law enforcement agency in Hong Kong; National service, a name for the conscription system of some militaries; National Socialism or Nazism, the ideology held by, among other political parties, the National Socialist German Workers Party; New Serbia (political party) (Nova Srbija), a political party ...
NS: normal saline: NSA: no significant abnormality NSAID: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug: NSBB: Non-selective beta blocker: NSCC: Non-squamous-cell carcinoma NSCLC: non–small cell lung carcinoma: NSD: normal spontaneous delivery (see childbirth) NSE: neurospecific enolase: NSIP: Non-specific interstitial pneumonia: NSR: normal sinus ...
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality.
NS Nuclear sclerosis: NTG Normal tension glaucoma: PDR Proliferative diabetic retinopathy PDT Photodynamic therapy: PK Penetrating keratoplasy: POAG Primary open-angle glaucoma PPDR Preproliferative diabetic retinopathy PRA Pan-retinal ablation PRK Photorefractive keratectomy PRP Pan-retinal photocoagulation PSCC Posterior sub-capsular cataract PVD
A committee that reviews some nonconforming materials which are submitted as potentially still usable/saleable (if the nonconformance does not hinder fit or function). MS-[U.S.] Military Standard: Standards established by the U.S. military and widely used in the aerospace manufacturing (military and civil) and other defense industries. Standard ...
NS: N.S. N.-É. N.-É. is short for Nouvelle-Écosse. Nunavut: NU: Nvt. Nt These traditional abbreviations are not listed by Natural Resources Canada and TERMIUM Plus, both of which only used NU. [2] Ontario: ON: Ont. Ont. O. was not uncommon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for either Ontario or Ohio. An assumption of intranational ...
DILLIGAF – Does It Look Like I Give A Flip(uck), standard Navy slang; DIRNSA – Director of the National Security Agency; DL – Destroyer Leader (outdated) DLG – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader (outdated) DLGN – Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Destroyer Leader (outdated) DM – Destroyer Minelayer (outdated) DM – Illustrator Draftsman
As early as October 1831, the United States Postal Service recognized common abbreviations for states and territories. However, they accepted these abbreviations only because of their popularity, preferring that patrons spell names out in full to avoid confusion.