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    • AAA
    • Abbreviation for abdominal aortic aneurysm; commonly, procedure for surgical correction of an abdominal aortic aneurysm; area agency on aging.
    • AAC
    • Abbreviation for augmentative and alternative communication.
    • AAI
    • Abbreviation for ankle-arm index.
    • AAMA
    • Abbreviation for American Association of Medical Assistants.
    • AAOHN
    • Abbreviation for American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
    • Aaron sign (arn sn)
    • In acute appendicitis, a referred pain or feeling of distress in the epigastrium or precordial region on continuous firm pressure over the McBurney point.
    • AASH
    • Abbreviation for adrenal androgen-stimulating hormone.
    • Ab
    • Abbreviation for antibody.
    • Abadie sign of tabes dorsalis (ah-bah-d sn tbez dr-slis)
    • Insensibility to pressure over the Achilles tendon.
    • abampere (ab-ampr)
    • Electromagnetic unit of current equal to 10 absolute amperes; a current that exerts a force of 2 dynes on a unit magnetic pole at the center of a circle of wire 1 cm in radius.
    • abapical (-bapi-kl)
    • Opposite the apex.
    • abarognosis (-barog-nsis)
    • Loss of ability to appreciate the weight of objects held in the hand, or to differentiate objects of different weights. When the primary senses are intact, abarognosis is caused by a lesion of the contralateral parietal lobe.
    • abasia (-bz-)
    • Inability to walk.
    • abasia trepidans (-bz- trepi-danz)
    • Abasia due to trembling of the lower limbs.
    • Abbe flap (ab flap)
    • Colloquially called a pedicle flap, this regional full-thickness flap (including skin and labial mucosa) is used to reconstruct medial defects of the opposing lip, especially bilateral cleft.
    • Abbott artery (abot ar-tr)
    • An anomalous artery arising from the posteromedial proximal descending aorta, important during coarctation repair.
    • Abbott method (abt methd)
    • A method of treatment of scoliosis by use of a series of plaster jackets applied after partial correction of the curvature by external force.
    • Abbott stain for spores (abot stn fr sprz)
    • Spores are stained blue with alkaline methylene blue; bodies of the bacilli become pink with eosin counterstain.
    • ABC
    • Abbreviation used in both basic and advanced cardiac life support to ensure continued attention to airway, breathing, and circulation.
    • ABCDE
    • Abbreviation used in advanced trauma life support to ensure continued attention to airway, breathing, circulation and cervical spine, disability, and exposure.

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