| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | OSTOP | Osteoporosis Society Of British Columbia |
 | ACOP | American College Of Osteopathic Pediatricians; Approved Code Of Practice |
 | CP | Chronic Polyarthritis |
 | BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
 | ASP | Acute Symmetric Polyarthritis |
 | OPI | Osteoblastic Proliferation Index |
 | BI | Bone Injury |
 | MBM | Meat And Bone Meal [see BSE]; Mineral Basal Medium |
 | RBF | Radial Basis Function; Regional Blood Flow; Regional Bone Mass; Renal Blood Flow |
 | BASE | B27-arthritis-sacroiliitis-extra-articular Features (syndrome) |
 | HOS | Health Opinion Survey; High-order Spectrum; Holt-Oram Syndrome; Human Osteosarcoma; Hypoosmotic Swelling [test] |
 | CRA | Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis |
 | PDB | Paget Disease Of Bone |
 | PRAGMATIC | Pregnancy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acromegaly, Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Mechanical Injury, Amyloid, Thyroid Disease, Infectious Disease, Crystals In Gout Or Pseudogout [disorders Associated With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome] |
 | UDR-BMD | Ultradistal Radius Bone Mineral Density |