Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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EPICS Early Postmenopausal Intervention Cohort Study
EPID electronic portal imaging device
EPIDS Early Post-Myocardial Infarction Intravenous Dipyridamole Study
epid epidemic
epil epilepsy, epileptic
EPILOG Evaluation of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty to Improve Long-Term Outcome with Abciximab Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade [trial]
epineph epinephrine
epis episiotomy
EPISODE Evaluation of Peripheral Intramuscular Sonography on Doppler Effect
EPI/STAR echo planar imaging with signal targeting and alternating radiofrequency
EPISTENT EPILOG STENT Trial; Evaluation of IIb/IIIa Platelet Inhibitor for Stenting
epith epithelium
EPIV enhanced potency inactivated polio vaccine
EPIX Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange [Canada]
EPL effective pathlength; effective patient's life; equivalent path length; essential phospholipid; extensor pollicis longus; extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotriptor
EPM electron probe microanalysis; electrophoretic mobility; energy-protein malnutrition
EPMR progressive epilepsy with mental retardation
EPN emphysematous pyelonephritis
EPNP 1,2-epoxy-3(4´-nitrophenoxy)propane
EPO eosinophil peroxidase; erythropoiesis; erythropoietin; evening primrose oil; exclusive provider organization; expiratory port occlusion
Epo erythropoietin
EPOB employee per occupied bed
EPOC excess post-exercise oxygen consumption
EPOCH Erythropoietin in Chinese Hamster Ovary [study]
EPOR erythropoietin receptor
EPOX epoxygenase
EPP end-plate potential; equal pressure point; erythropoietic protoporphyria
epp end-plate potential
EPPB end positive-pressure breathing
EPPS Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
EPQ Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
EPR early phase reaction; early progressive resistance; effective poor radius; electron paramagnetic resonance; electronic patient record; electrophrenic respiration; emergency physical restraint; enhanced permeability and retention; epitympanic recess; estimated protein requirement; estradiol production rate; evoked potential response; extraparenchymal resistance; extrapyramidal reaction
EPRCSS European Prospective Randomized Coronary Surgery Study
EpRE/ARE electrophile/antioxidant response element
EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
EPROU Electronic Patient Record System at Osaka University Hospital
EPRS electronic patient record system; European Prospective Randomized Study
EPS ear-patella-short stature [syndrome]; early progressing stroke; elastosis perforans serpiginosa; electrophysiologic study; endoscopic pancreatic sphincterectomy; enzyme pancreatic secretion; exhaustion syndrome; exophthalmos-producing substance; expressed prostatic secretions; extracellular polysaccharide; extracellular protein secretion; extrapyramidal side effects; extrapyramidal symptom; extrapyramidal syndrome
ep's epithelial cells
EPSC excitatory postsynaptic current
EPSDT early and periodic screening diagnosis and treatment program
EPSE extrapyramidal side effects
EPSEM equal probability of selection method
EPSI echo planar spectroscopic imaging
ε Greek letter epsilon; heavy chain of IgE; permittivity; specific absorptivity
EPSP excitatory postsynaptic potential
EPSS E point to septal separation
EPT early pregnancy test
EPTE existed prior to enlistment
EPTFE, ePTFE expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
EPTS existed prior to service
EPV encephaloclastic proliferative vasculopathy; entomopoxvirus
EPXMA electron probe x-ray microanalyzer
EQ educational quotient; encephalization quotient; energy quotient; equal to
Eq, eq equation; equivalent
EQA external quality assessment
EQAM Ervin quality assessment measure
EQLIPSE Evaluation and Quality in Library Performance-System for Europe
EQOL economics and quality of life
EQP extensor quinti proprius
EqPV equine picornavirus
EQS electroquasistatic
EqTV equine torovirus
EQuIP Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program
equip equipment
EQUIPP Evaluation of Quinapril in Primary Practice [trial]
equiv equivalency, equivalent
ER efficiency ratio; epigastric region; ejection rate; electroresection; emergency room; endoplasmic reticulum; enhanced reactivation; enhancement ratio; entity-relationship [model]; environmental resistance; enzyme reactor; equine rhinopneumonia; equivalent roentgen [unit]; erythrocyte receptor; estradiol receptor; estrogen receptor; etretinate; evoked response; expiratory reserve; extended release; extended resistance; external resistance; external rotation
E-R entity-relationship [model]
E/R entity/relationship
ER⁺ increased estrogen receptor
ER^- decreased estrogen receptor
Er erbium; erythrocyte
E_r repulsive energy
er endoplasmic reticulum
ERA early [electronic] referrals application; echo record access study; electrical response activity; electroencephalic response audiometry; Electroshock Research Association; energy return ability; Enoxaparin Restenosis after Angioplasty [study]; entity relationship attribute; estradiol receptor assay; estrogen receptor assay; Estrogen Replacement in Atherosclerosis [study]; evoked response audiometry; extended relational algebra
ERA-ICA estradiol receptor assay immunocytochemical analysis
ERAS electronic residency application service
ERASME Efficacy of Renal Artery Stent Multicentre Evaluation
ERAV equine rhinitis A virus
ERBAC Excimer Laser, Rotablator and Balloon Angioplasty Comparison [study]
ERBF effective renal blood flow
ERBV equine rhinitis B virus
ERC endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; enteric cytopathic human orphan-rhino-coryza [virus]; erythropoietin-responsive cell; ethical review committee; European Resuscitation Council
Erc erythrocyte
ERCC excision repair cross-complementing
ERCoh event related coherence
ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Ercs erythrocytes
ERD event related desynchronization; evoked response detector
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDIP electronic records development and implementation
ERE external rotation in extension
EREP event-related evoked potential
ERF edge response function; Education and Research Foundation; end response function; esophago-respiratory fistula; external rotation in flexion; Eye Research Foundation
eRF eukaryotic release factor
E-RFC E-rosette forming cell
ERFS electrophysiological ring finger splinting
ERG electron radiography; electroretinogram, electroretinography; emergency response guidebook
ErgTX ergotoxin
ERHD exposure-related hypothermic death
ErHV erinaceid herpesvirus
ERI elective replacement indicator [pacemaker]; environmental response inventory; E-rosette or erythrocyte rosette inhibitor
ERIA electroradioimmunoassay
ERIC Educational Resource Information Center; Educational Resource Information Clearinghouse
ERICA European Risk and Incidence: A Coordinated Analysis
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ErLV Erysimum latent virus
ERM electrochemical relaxation method; extended radical mastectomy; ezrin, radixin, and moesin
ERMSa embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
ERNA early return to normal activities [after acute myocardial infarction]; efferent renal nerve activity; equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography
ERNST European Resuscitation Nimodipine Study
ERO effective regurgitant orifice [tricuspid regurgitation]; Eugenics Record Office
ERO₂ oxygen extraction ratio
EROD 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase
EROS elaboration of reactions for organic synthesis [system]
ERP early receptor potential; effective refractory period; elodoisin-related peptide; emergency response team; endoscopic retrograde pancreatography; enzyme-releasing peptide; equine rhinopneumonitis; estrogen receptor protein; event-related potential
Er-PBMC E-rosette-negative peripheral blood mononuclear cell
ERPC evacuation of retained products of conception
ERPF effective renal plasma flow
ERPG emergency response planning guidelines
ERPLV effective refractory period of left ventricle
ERR excess relative risk
ERS enamel-renal syndrome; endoscopic retrograde sphincterectomy
E_rs respiratory system elastance
ERSP event-related slow potential
ERSPC European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostatic Cancer
ERT electronic textbook of radiology; emergency room thoracotomy, emergent resuscitative thoracotomy; esophageal radionuclide transit; estrogen replacement therapy; examination room terminal; external radiation therapy
ERTAS extended reticulo-thalamic activating system
ERTOCS, ERTOS European Randomised Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening
ERU endorectal ultrasound
ERV Embu virus; entero-like virus; equine rhinopneumonitis virus; Estero Real virus; etched ringspot virus; expiratory reserve volume
ERVEV Erve virus
ERY erysipelas
Ery Erysipelothrix
ES ejection sound; elastic stocking; elastic support; electrical stimulus, electrical stimulation; electroshock; electrospray; electrotherapy system; Elejalde syndrome; embryonic stem; emergency service; emission spectrometry; end of systole; endometritis-salpingitis; endoscopic sclerosis; endoscopic sclerotherapy; endoscopic sphincterotomy; end stage [disease]; end-systole; end-to-side; English-speaking; enzyme substrate; epileptic seizures; epileptic syndrome; erythromycin stearate; esophageal, esophagus; esophageal scintigraphy; esterase; evoking strength; Ewing sarcoma; exfoliation syndrome; Expectation Score; experimental study; expert system; exterior surface; extra stimulus; extrasystole
Es einsteinium; estrid
E_s secondary etiology [vascular diseases]; shear energy
ESA Electrolysis Society of America; electronic signature authentication; endocardial surface area; epidermal surface antigen; epididymal sperm aneuploidy; esterase; esterase A
ESAC extra structurally abnormal chromosome
ESADDI estimated safe and adequate daily dietary intake
ESAT esterase activator
ESB electrical stimulation of the brain; enhanced skill building [program]; environmental specimen banking; esterase B
ESBL extended spectrum beta-lactamase
ESBY Electrical Stimulation vs Coronary Artery Bypass [study]
ESC electromechanical slope computer; endosystolic count; environmental stress cracking; epidural spinal cord; erythropoietin-sensitive stem cell; esterase C
ESCA electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
ESCALAT, ESCALATE Efegatran and Streptokinase to Canalize Arteries Like Accelerated Tissue Plasminogen Activator [study]
ESCAPE Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness
ESCAT Early Self-Controlled Anticoagulation Trial
ESCC epidural spinal cord compression; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
ESCH European Study Group on Cytogenetic Biomarkers and Health
Esch Escherichia
ESCN electrolyte and steroid cardiopathy with necrosis
ESCOBAR Emergency Stenting Compared to Conventional Balloon Angioplasty Randomized Trial
ESCODD European Standards Committee on Oxidative DNA Damage
EsCPS Euxoa scandens cypovirus
ESCS epidural spinal cord stimulation
ESD electronic submission document; electronic summation device; electrostatic discharge; emission spectrometric device; end-systolic dimension; esterase-D; exoskeletal device
ESDI enhanced small device interface
ESE electrostatic unit [Ger. electrostatische Einheit]; evolutionary stable energy; exercise stress echocardiography
ESEM European Society for Engineering and Medicine
ESETCID European Study of Epidemiology and Treatment of Cardiac Inflammatory Diseases
ESF edge spread function; electron scatter function; electrosurgical filter; erythropoietic stimulating factor
ESFH European Society for Hemapheresis
ESFL end-systolic force-length relationship
ESG electrospinogram; endovascular stent graft; estrogen; exfoliation syndrome glaucoma
ESGE European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
ESHEL Association for Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel
ESHG European Society of Human Genetics
ESHR elder spontaneously hypertensive rat
EsHV esocid herpesvirus
ESI elastase-specific inhibitor; electrospray ionization; emergency safety information; emergency severity index; enzyme substrate inhibitor; epidural steroid injection
ESIC electrical stimulation-induced contractions
ESIC-LCE electric stimulation-induced contractions leg cycle ergometry
ESI-MS electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
ESIMV expiratory synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation
ESIN elastic stable intramedullary nailing
ESIPT excited state intermolecular proton transfer
ESL end-systolic length; E-selectin ligand; extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
ESLD end-stage liver disease
ESLF end-stage liver failure
ESLV elderberry symptomless virus
ESM ejection systolic murmur; endolymphatic stromal myosis; endoscopic specular microscope; ethosuximide
ESMC entropy sampling Monte Carlo
ESMIR Echocardiographic Selection of Patients for Mitral Regurgitation [study]
ESMIS Emergency Medical Services Management Information System
ESMoV eggplant severe mottle virus
ESMS electrospray mass spectrometry
ESN educationally subnormal; estrogen-stimulated neurophysin
ESnet Energy Sciences Network [Department of Energy]
ESN(M) educationally subnormal-moderate
ESN(S) educationally subnormal-severe
ESO electrospinal orthosis; embolic signal onset
eso esophagoscopy; esophagus
ESOCAP European Study of Community Acquired Pneumonia
ESP early systolic paradox; echo spacing; effective sensory projection; effective systolic pressure; endometritis-salpingitis-peritonitis; end-systolic pressure; eosinophil stimulation promoter; epidermal soluble protein; especially; evoked synaptic potential; extrasensory perception
ESPA electrical stimulation-produced analgesia; extended sib pair analysis
ESPAC European Study Group of Pancreatic Cancer