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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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  • Y  a coordinate axis in a plane; electrical admittance; male sex chromosome; tyrosine; year; yellow; Yersinia; yield; yttrium
  •   mean of y values
  • Y-  yotta- [1024]
  • y  the vertical axis of a rectangular coordinate system
  • y-  yocto- [10-24]
  • Υ  see upsilon
  • υ  see upsilon
  • YA  Yersinia arthritis
  • Y/A  years of age
  • YAC  yeast artificial chromosome
  • YACP  young adult chronic patient
  • YACV  Yacaaba virus
  • YADH  yeast alcohol dehydrogenase
  • YAG  yttrium aluminum garnet [laser]
  • Yahoo  Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [hierarchical subject index to Web sites]
  • YAOV  Yaounde virus
  • YATAV  Yata virus
  • Yb  ytterbium
  • YBOCS  Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
  • YBV  Yug Bogdanovac virus
  • YCB  yeast carbon base
  • YCMI  Yale Center for Medical Informatics
  • YCT  YMCA Cardiac Therapy [program]
  • YCVDS  Yugoslavia Cardiovascular Disease Study
  • yd  yard
  • YDV  yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine
  • YDYES  yin deficiency yang excess syndrome
  • YE  yeast extract; yellow enzyme
  • YEH2  reduced yellow enzyme
  • YEI  Yersinia enterocolitica infection
  • Yel  yellow
  • YF  yellow fever
  • YFI  yellow fever immunization
  • YFMD  yellow fever membrane disease
  • YFV  yellow fever virus
  • YHAP  Yale Health and Aging Project
  • YHV  Yaquina Head virus
  • Y2K  year 2000
  • YKV  yokapoxvirus
  • YLC  youngest living child
  • YLD  year lived with disability
  • YLF  yttrium lithium fluoride
  • YLL  years of life lost
  • YLS  years of life saved
  • YM  yeast and mannitol; yeast and mold; Young's modulus
  • Ymax  maximum yield
  • YMB  yeast malt broth
  • YMS  Young Men's Survey
  • YMTV  Yaba monkey tumor virus
  • YNB  yeast nitrogen base
  • YNS  yellow nail syndrome
  • y/o  years old
  • YOB  year of birth
  • Yobs  observed value
  • YOGV  Yogue virus
  • YOKV  Yokose virus
  • Yops  Yersinia outer membrane proteins
  • YOS  Yale Observation Scale
  • YP  yeast phase; yield pressure
  • YPA  yeast, peptone, and adenine sulfate
  • YpkA  Yersinia protein kinase A
  • YPLL  years of potential life lost
  • yr  year
  • YRBS  Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  • YRD  Yangtze River disease
  • YRRM  Y ribonucleic acid [RNA] recognition motif
  • YS  yellow spot; yield strength; yolk sac
  • ys  yellow spot; yolk sac
  • YSHR  younger spontaneously hypertensive rat
  • YST  yolk sac tumor
  • Y73SV  Y73 sarcoma virus
  • YT, yt  yttrium
  • Y1V  Yaba-1 virus
  • Y7V  Yaba-7 virus
  • yWACC  younger woman with aggressive cervical cancer
  • YWKY  younger Wistar-Kyoto rat