Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• ESPC  enhanced spectral pathology component
• EsPeR  personalized risk estimation
• ESPRIM  European Study Prevention Research of Infarct with Molsidomine
• ESPRIT  Efficacy Safety Prospective Randomized Ibopamine Trial; European and Australian Stroke Prevention in Reversible Ischemia Trial; European Study of the Prevention of Reocclusion after Initial Thrombolysis; European Study Programme for the Relevance of Immunology in Liver Transplantation
• ESPS  European Secondary Prevention Study; European Stroke Prevention Study
• ESPVR  end-systolic pressure-volume relationship
• ESQ  early signs questionnaire
• ESR  Einstein stroke radius; electric skin resistance; electron spin resonance; equipment service report; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; estrogen receptor; extracytoplasmic stress response
• ESRD  end-stage renal disease
• ESRF  end-stage renal failure; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• ESRI  Environmental Systems Research Institute
• ESS  earliest starting shift; earth and space sciences; elementary sulcal surface; empty sella syndrome; endostreptosin; erythrocyte-sensitizing substance; euthyroid sick syndrome; excited skin syndrome; exonic splicing silencer or suppressor; squamous self-healing epithelioma
• ess  essential
• ESSENCE  Efficacy Safety Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Non-Q-Wave Coronary Events [study]
• ESSEX  European Scimed Stent Experience
• ESSF  external spinal skeletal fixation
• ESSV  Essaouira virus
• EST  Early Stroke Trial; electric shock threshold; electroshock therapy; endodermal sinus tumor; endometrial sinus tumor; endoscopic sphincterectomy; esterase; exercise stress test; expressed sequence tag
• Est  estradiol
• est  ester; estimation, estimated
• ESTEEM  European Standardised Telematic Tool to Evaluate EMG
• esth  esthetics, esthetic
• Est,l  elastance, lung
• ESTR  Estrogens [dataset]
• Est,rs  elastance, respiratory system
• Est,w  elastance, chest wall
• ESU  electrosurgical unit; electrostatic unit
• E-sub  excitor substance
• ESUE  emergency screening ultrasound examination
• ESV  end-systolic volume; esophageal valve
• ESVEM  Electrophysiologic Study vs Electrocardiographic Monitoring
• ESVH  endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting
• ESVI  end-systolic volume index
• ESVS  endoscopic vascular surgery; epiurethral suprapubic vaginal suspension
• ESWL  extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
• ESWS  end-systolic wall stress
• E_syn  reversal potential
• ET  educational therapy; effective temperature; ejection time; embryo transfer; endothelin; endotoxin; endotracheal; endotracheal tube; end-tidal; endurance time; enterotoxin; epidermolytic toxin; epithelial tumor; esophageal temperature; esotropia; essential thrombocythemia; essential tremor; ethanol; etiocholanolone test; etiology; eustachian tube; examination terminal; exchange transfusion; exercise test; exercise treadmill; exfoliative toxin; expiration time; exploratory thoracoscopy
• E:T, E/T  effect to target [ratio]
• ET-1  endothelin-1
• ET₃  erythrocyte triiodothyronine
• ET₄  effective thyroxine [test]
• Et  ethyl; etiology
• et  and [Lat. et]; end-tidal
• ETA  electron transfer agent; endotracheal airways; endotracheal aspiration; ethionamide; exfoliative toxin A
• ET-A, ET_A  endothelin A
• η  Greek letter eta; absolute viscosity
• ETAB  extrathoracic assisted breathing
• ETAC  early treatment of the atopic child
• ETAF  epidermal thrombocyte activating factor; epithelial thymus-activating factor
• et al  and others [Lat. et alii]
• ETAR  equivalent tissue air ratio
• ET-B, ET_B  endothelin B
• ETC  electron transport chain; emergency trauma care; enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; esophageal tracheal combitube; estimated time of conception
• ET_c  corrected ejection time
• ETCC  emergency team coordination course
• ETCO₂, _etCO₂  end-tidal carbon dioxide [concentration]
• ETD  eustachian tube dysfunction
• ETDRS  Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study
• ETD(V)  extrapolated tolerance dose (volume) [radiotherapy]
• ETE  end-to-end [anastomosis]
• ETEC  enterotoxic or enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
• ETF  electron-transferring flavoprotein; eustachian tube function; extensions teardrop fracture
• ETFB  electron transfer flavoprotein, beta polypeptide
• ETG  episode treatment group
• ETH  elixir terpin hydrate; ethanol; ethmoid
• ETh  excitability threshold
• eth  ether
• ETHC  elixir terpin hydrate with codeine
• ETHR  education, training, and human resources
• ETI  endotracheal intubation
• ETIC  Environmental Teratology Information Center
• ETICBACK  Environmental Teratology Information Center Backfile [NLM database]
• ETIO  etiocholanolone
• etiol  etiology
• EtIV  Eriborus terebrans ichnovirus
• ETK  erythrocyte transketolase
• ETKTM  every test known to man
• ETL  echo train length; expiratory threshold load
• ETM  erythromycin
• ETNet  Educational Technology Network
• EtNU  ethyl nitrosourea
• ETO  estimated time of ovulation; ethylene oxide
• Eto  ethylene oxide
• E-TOF  electron time of flight
• ETOH, EtOH  ethyl alcohol
• ETOX  ethylene oxide
• ETP  electron transport particle; entire treatment period; ephedrine, theophylline, phenobarbital; eustachian tube pressure
• ETPCO₂  end-tidal partial carbon dioxide [concentration]
• ETR  effective thyroxine ratio; electronic textbook of radiology; endothelin receptor
• ETS  educational testing service; electrical transcranial stimulation; electronic transimpedance scanning; electron transport system; electrosleep therapy; endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy; environmental tobacco smoke; erythromycin topical solution; event timing system; expiration time signal; extracellular transport system
• ET-ST  endotracheal tube-stylet unit
• ETT  endotracheal tube; epinephrine tolerance test; exercise tolerance test; exercise treadmill test; extrathyroidal thyroxine
• ET-TL  endotracheal tube-Trachlight unit
• ETTP  enhanced trusted third party
• ETU  emergency and trauma unit; emergency treatment unit; ethylene thiourea
• ETV  extravascular thermal volume
• ETX  etiology
• EU  Ehrlich unit; elementary unit; emergency unit; endotoxin unit; entropy unit; enzyme unit; esterase unit; etiology unknown; excretory urography; expected utility
• Eu  europium; euryon
• EUA  examination under anesthesia
• EUBV  Eubenangee virus
• EUCLID  European Diabetes Controlled Trial of Lisinopril in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• EUCROMIC  European Collaborative Research on Mosaicism in Chorionic Virus Sample
• EUCS  end-user computing satisfaction scale
• EUDB  end-user database
• EUFOS  European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies
• EUHID  encrypted universal health care identifier
• EUL  expected upper limit
• EUM  external urethral meatus
• EUP  extrauterine pregnancy
• EURAGE  European Community Concerted Action on Aging
• EURALIM  European Alimentation Study
• EURAMIC  European Community Multicenter Study on Antioxidants, Myocardial Infarction and Breast Cancer
• EURID  European Registry for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
• EURO-ART  European Angiojet Rapid Thrombectomy [study]
• EUROASPIRE  European Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events
• EUROCARDI  European Concerted Action for the Rapid Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction
• EUROCARE  European Carvedilol Restenosis Trial
• EURO-CAT  European Cancer After Transplant [project]; European Register of Congenital Anomalies and Twins
• EURODIAB ACE  European Diabetes: Aetiology of Childhood Diabetes on an Epidemiological Basis
• EURODIAB IDDM  European Diabetes Centers Study of Complications in Patients with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• EURODIAB TIGER  European Diabetes: Type I Genetic Epidemiology Resources
• EURO-DIRECT  European Direct Myocardial Revascularization in Regeneration of Endomyocardial Channels Trial
• EUROHAZCON  Congenital Anomalies Near Hazardous Waste Landfill Sites in Europe [study]
• EURO-ISDN  European Integrated Services Digital Network
• EURONET  European On-Line Network
• EUROPA  European Trial of Reduction of Cardiac Events with Perindopril in Stable Coronary Artery Disease
• EuroQol  European quality of life [scale]
• EUROSCOP  European Registry Society Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
• EUROSTROKE  European Collaborative Study of Incidence and Risk Factors for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
• EUROTOX  European Committee on Chronic Toxicity Hazards
• EUROWINTER  European Study on Cold Exposure and Winter Mortality from Ischemic Heart Disease
• EUS  endorectal ultrasonography or ultrasound; endoscopic ultrasonography or ultrasound; external urethral sphincter
• EUS-CPN  endosonography-guided celiac plexus neurolysis
• EUS-FNA  endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration
• Eust  eustachian
• EUV  extreme ultraviolet laser
• EV  Ebola virus; eczema vaccinatum; ejected volume; electric vehicle; electronic patient record [EPR] values; emergency vehicle; encephalitis or encephalomyelitis virus; enteritis virus; enterovirus; entomopoxvirus; epidermodysplasia verruciformis; estradiol valerate; eustachian valve; evoked potential [response]; excessive ventilation; expected value; extravascular
• Ev, ev  eversion
• eV, ev  electron volt
• EV-69, 70, 71  human enterovirus 69, 70, and 71
• EVA  Epidemiological Study on Vascular and Cognitive Aging; ethyl violet azide; ethylene vinyl acetate; European Vascular Agency [study]
• evac  evacuate, evacuated, evacuation
• EVADE  Experience with Left Ventricular Assist Device with Exercise [trial]
• eval  evaluate, evaluated, evaluation
• eval stud  evaluation study
• evap  evaporation, evaporated
• EVAR  endovascular aneurysm repair
• EVB  electronic view box; esophageal variceal bleeding
• EVC, EvC  Ellis-van Creveld [syndrome]
• EVCI  expected value of clinical information
• EVD  external ventricular drain; extravascular [lung] density
• ever  eversion, everted
• EVF  ethanol volume fraction
• EVFMG  exchange visitor foreign medical graduate
• EVG  electroventriculography
• EVGLI  European Working Group on Legionella Surveillance Centre
• EVIL  exposure to selected viruses in research laboratories
• EVL  electronic visualization laboratory
• EVLW  extravascular lung water
• EVM  electronic voltmeter; extravascular mass
• EVNT  event [UMLS]
• EVOC  emergency vehicle operator course
• EVP  episcleral venous pressure; evoked visual potential
• EVPI  expected value of perfect information
• EVR  evoked visual response; exudative vitreoretinopathy
• EVRS  early ventricular repolarization syndrome
• EVS  eligibility verification system; endovaginal sonography
• EVT  endovascular technology
• EVTV  extravascular thermal volume
• EVV  Everglades virus
• EVXX  exudative vitreoretinopathy, X-linked
• EW  emergency ward; estrogen withdrawal
• E-W  Edinger-Westphal [nucleus]
• EWA  estrogen replacement for women with coronary artery disease; exponentially weighted average
• EWAs  erythrocytes without antigens
• EWB  estrogen withdrawal bleeding
• EWGCP  European Working Group on Cardiac Pacing
• EWGLP  European Workshop for Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols
• EWHO  elbow-wrist-hand orthosis
• EWKY  elder Wistar-Kyoto rat
• EWL  egg-white lysozyme; evaporation water loss
• EWPHE  European Working Party on Hypertension in the Elderly
• EWR  European Wallstent Registry
• EWS  Ewing sarcoma
• EWSMV  European wheat striate mosaic virus
• EWSR  Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region
• EX  exfoliation; exsmoker
• E(X)  expected value of the random variable X
• ex  exacerbation; examination, examined, examiner; example; excision; exercise; exophthalmos; exposure; extraction
• EXA  electronic x-ray archives
• exac  exacerbation
• EXACT  Extended Release Adalat Canadian Trial
• EXACTO  Excimer Laser Angioplasty in Coronary Total Occlusion
• EXAFS  extended x-ray absorption fine structure
• exam  examination, examine, examined
• EXBF  exercise hyperemia blood flow
• ExBRT  external beam irradiation or radiation therapy
• exc  excision