| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | IPA | Individual Practice Association |
 | FFARCS | Fellow Of The Faculty Of Anaesthetists Of The Royal College Of Surgeons |
 | ACHA | American College Health Association; American College Of Hospital Administrators |
 | ACC/AHA | American College Of Cardiology/American Hospital Association [Task Force] |
 | APIM | Association Professionnelle Internationale Des Medecins |
 | ISM | Industrial-scientific-medical [telemedicine, Wireless Transmission]; Information Source Map [UMLS]; International Society Of Microbiologists; Intersegmental Muscle |
 | ASP | Ankylosing Spondylitis; Anorectal Malformation, Sacral Bony Abnormality, Presacral Mass [association]; Antibody-specific Prediction |
 | EUROSCOP | European Registry Society Study Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases |
 | MBNOA | Member Of The British Naturopathic And Osteopathic Association |
 | SCAR | Sequence Characterized Amplified Region; Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions; Society For Computer Application In Radiology |
 | ACA | American College Of Allergists |
 | RCSED | Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh |
 | IAMM | International Association Of Medical Museums |
 | BMES | Biomedical Engineering Society |
 | NACHRI | National Association Of Children's Hospitals And Related Institutions |