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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- NFAIS National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services
- NFAR no further action required
- N-FAS neurogenic fetal akinesia sequence
- NFAT, NF-AT nuclear factor of activated T [cells]
- NFATp pre-existing subunit of nuclear factor of activated T [cells]
- NFB National Foundation for the Blind; nonfermenting bacteria
- NFBM normalized fractional brownian motion
- NFC National Fertility Center
- NFCE near-fatal choking episode
- NFCS Nationwide Food Consumption Survey
- NFD neurofibrillary degeneration
- NFDR neurofaciodigitorenal [syndrome]
- NFE nonferrous extract
- NFH heavy polypeptide of neurofilament protein; nonfamilial hematuria
- NFI near field imaging
- NFIC National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis
- NFID National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System
- NFJ Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn [syndrome]
- NFK nuclear factor kappa
- NFKB, NF-kB, NF-κB nuclear factor κB [of pre-B cell]
- NFL nerve fiber layer; neurofilament protein, light polypeptide
- NFLD nerve fiber layer defect
- NFLPN National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
- NFM neurofilament protein, medium polypeptide
- NFMD National Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy
- NFND National Foundation for Neuromuscular Diseases
- NFNID National Foundation for NonInvasive Diagnostics
- NFNS, NF-NS neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome
- NFP natural family planning; no family physician; not-for-profit [hospital]; nurse-family partnership
- NFS National Fertility Study; [computer] network file system; neural foraminal stenosis; no fracture seen
- NFT neurofibrillary tangle; no further treatment
- NFTD normal full term delivery
- NFTT neurogenic failure to thrive
- NFW nursed fairly well
- NFX nuclear factor X
- NG nasogastric; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; neoplastic growth; new growth; nitroglycerin; nodose ganglion; no growth; not given
- N/G nasogastric
- Ng Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- ng nanogram
- NGA nutrient gelatin agar
- NGAST Nimodipine German-Austrian Stroke Trial
- NGAV Ngaingan virus
- NGBE neuraminidase/beta-galactosidase expression
- NGC National Guidelines Clearinghouse [database]; nerve guidance conduit; nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis
- NgCAM neuron glial cell adhesion molecule
- NGF nerve growth factor
- NGFA nerve growth factor alpha
- NGFB nerve growth factor beta
- NGFG nerve growth factor gamma
- NGFIA nerve growth factor-induced clone A
- NGFIC nerve growth factor-induced clone C
- NGFR nerve growth factor receptor
- NGGR nonglucogenic/glucogenic ratio
- NGI Next Generation Internet; nuclear globulin inclusions
- NGIX next generation Internet exchange points
- NGL neutral glycolipid
- ng/mL nanograms per milliliter
- NGO nongovernmental organization
- NGOV Ngoupe virus
- NGPA nursing grade point average
- NGR narrow gauze roll; nasogastric replacement
- NGS next generation software; normal goat serum
- NGSA nerve growth stimulating activity
- NGSF nongenital skin fibroblast
- NGSVd Nicotiana glutinosa stunt viroid
- NGT nasogastric tube; nominal group technique; normal glucose tolerance
- NGU nongonococcal urethritis
- NGVL National Gene Vector Laboratories
- NH natriuretic hormone; Naval Hospital; neonatal hemochromatosis; neonatal hepatitis; neurologically handicapped; nocturnal hypoventilation; node of His; nonhuman; nursing home
- N(H) proton density
- NHA National Health Association; National Hearing Association; National Hemophilia Association; nonspecific hepatocellular abnormality; nursing home administrator
- NHAAP National Heart Attack Alert Program
- NHAMCS National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
- NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- NHB National Health Board
- NHBCD non-heart-beating cadaver donor
- NHBE normal human bronchial epithelial [cell]
- NHBPCC National High Blood Pressure Coordinating Committee
- NHBPEP National High Blood Pressure Education Program
- NHC National Health Council; neighborhood health center; neonatal hypocalcemia; nonhistone chromosomal [protein]; nursing home care
- NHCMQ multistate nursing home case-mix and quality
- NHCP nonhistone chromosomal protein
- NHCS National Health Care Survey
- NHD non-Hodgkin disease; normal hair distribution
- NHDC National Hansen's Disease Center
- NHDF neonatal human dermal fibroblast; normal human diploid fibroblast
- NHDL non-high-density lipoprotein
- NHDS National Health Data System; National Hospital Discharge Survey
- NHE National Health Expenditure; nonhemolytic enterotoxin; sodium-hydrogen exchanger
- NHE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 sodium-hydrogen exchangers, isoforms 1 to 6
- NHEFS National Epidemiologic Follow-up Study
- NHES National Health Examination Survey
- NHF National Health Federation; National Heart Foundation [Australia]; National Hemophilia Foundation; nonimmune hydrops fetalis; normal human fibroblast
- NHG normal human globulin
- NHGB net hepatic glucose balance
- NHGJ normal human gastric juice
- NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute
- NHH neurohypophyseal hormone
- NHHCS National Home and Hospice Care Survey
- NHI National Heart Institute; nuclear hepatobiliary imaging
- NHIC National Health Information Council [Canada]
- NHIF National Head Injury Foundation
- NHIS National Health Interview Survey
- NHIS-YRB National Health Interview Survey-Your Risk Behavior
- NHK normal human kidney
- NHL nodular histiocytic lymphoma; non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- NHLA National Health Lawyers Association
- NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- NHLBI II National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Type II [coronary intervention study]
- NHLBI-ICD National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator [trial]
- NHLBI-PTCA National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [registry]
- NHLBITS National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Twin Study
- NHLI National Heart and Lung Institute [NIH]
- NHML non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma
- NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council [Australia]
- NHP National Hypertension Project [Egypt]; nonhemoglobin protein; nonhistone protein; normal human pooled plasma; Nottingham Health Profile; nursing home placement
- NHPC National Health Planning Council
- NHPF National Health Policy Forum
- NHPIC National Health Planning Information Center
- NHPP nonhomogeneous poison processes
- NHPPD nursing hours per patient day
- NHPPN National Health Professions Placement Network
- NHQRA Nursing Home Quality Reform Act
- NHR net histocompatibility ratio
- NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act
- NHRC National Health Research Center
- NHS Nance-Horan syndrome; Nasu-Hakola syndrome; National Health Service [UK]; National Hospice Study; natural history; normal horse serum; normal human serum; Nurses' Health Study
- NHS-1 First Natural History Study [of congenital heart defects]
- NHS-2 Second Natural History Study [of congenital heart defects]
- NHSAS National Health Service Audit Staff
- NHSC National Health Service Corps
- NHS CCC National Health Service Centre for Coding and Classification [UK]
- NHSIA National Health Service [NHS] Information Authority [UK]
- NHSR National Hospital Service Reserve
- NHSTD National Health Service Training Division [UK]
- NHT nonpenetrating head trauma
- NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- NHVR normalized hepatic vascular resistance
- NI neuraminidase inhibition; neurological improvement; neutralization index; no information; noise index; noninducible; not identified; not isolated; nursing informatics; nucleus intercalatus
- NIA National Institute on Aging; nephelometric inhibition assay; neuroleptic-induced akathisia; niacin; no information available; Nutritional Institute of America
- nia niacin
- NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIADDK National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NIAMDD National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases
- NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- NIAP National Information Assurance Partnership
- NIB National Institute for the Blind
- NIBP noninvasive blood pressure [monitoring]
- NIBSC National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
- NIC National Informatics Center; neonatal intensive care; network interface card; neurogenic intermittent claudication; neurointensive care; newborn intensive care; nursing interim care; nursing interventions classification
- NICD National Information Center on Deafness
- NICET National Institute of Certification in Engineering Technologies
- NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- NIC-HFH Nephrology Information Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- NICHHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- NICHSR National Center on Health Services Research
- NICOLE Nisoldipine in Coronary Artery Disease in Leuven
- NICT new information and communication technology
- NICU neonatal intensive care unit; neurointensive care unit; neurological intensive care unit; neurosurgical intensive care unit; nonimmunologic contact urticaria
- NID National Immunization Day; nidogen; no identifiable disease; nonimmunological disease; not in distress; number of intervals to fulfill detection [of ventricular fibrillation]
- NIDA National Institute of Drug Abuse
- NIDCD National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- NIDD non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- NIDDY non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the young
- NIDM National Institute for Disaster Mobilization
- NIDR National Institute of Dental Research
- NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- NIDS nonionic detergent soluble
- NIDSEC Nursing Information and Data Set Evaluation Center
- NIEHS National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
- NIEPS noninvasive electrophysiological study
- NIH neointimal hyperplasia
- NIHAS Northern Ireland Health and Activity Survey
- NIF negative inspiratory force; neutrophil immobilizing factor; nonintestinal fibroblast
- Nig non-immunoglobulin
- nig black [Lat. niger]
- NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- NIH National Institutes of Health
- NIHL noise-induced hearing loss
- Ni-Hon-San Nipponese in Honolulu and San Francisco [comparative cardiovascular disease rate in Japanese-Americans living in Honolulu and San Francisco]
- NIHR National Institute of Handicapped Research
- NIHS National Institute of Hypertension Studies
- NIH-SS NIH Stroke Scale
- NII National Information Infrastructure; National Insurance Institute
- NIIC National Injury Information Clearinghouse
- NII-HIN National Information Infrastructure-Health Information Network
- NIIS National Institute of Infant Services
- NIL noise interference level
- NILT Nursing Intervention Lexicon and Toxonomy
- NIMBY not in my backyard
- NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
- NIMP National Intern Matching Program
- NIMR National Institute for Medical Research
- NIMS National Infant Mortality Surveillance
- NINCDS National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke