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A&BC |
Air and Bone Conduction |
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A>B |
Air Greater Than Bone |
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AA |
active avoidance |
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AA |
Acupuncture Analgesia |
|
|
AA |
acute appendicitis |
|
|
AA |
Adenylic Acid |
|
|
AA |
adjuvant arthritis |
|
|
AA |
adenine arabinoside |
|
|
AAA |
Alacrimia-achalasia-addisonianism |
|
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AAA |
Acute Anxiety Attack |
|
|
Aaa |
Acquired Aplastic Anemia |
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AAA |
Acne-associated Arthritis |
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AACOM |
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine |
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AAO |
American Academy of Osteopathy |
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AAOPP |
American Association Of Osteopathic Postgraduate Physicians |
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AAOS |
American Academy Of Orthopedic Surgeons |
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AAOS |
American Association of Osteopathic Specialists |
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ABC |
Absolute Bone Conduction |
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ABCDEFGH |
Air Ways, Bones, Cardiac Shadow, Diaphragm, Effusions, Fields, Gastric, Hardware |
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ABCDES |
Ankylosis, Bone Osteoporosis, Cartilage Destruction, Deformity Of Joints, Erosions, Swelling Of Soft Tissues |
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|
ABCDES |
Abnormal Alignment, Bones-periarticular Osteoporosis, Cartilage Joint Space Loss, Deformities, Marginal Erosions, Soft Tissue Swelling |
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ABCDES |
Alignment, Bone Mineralization, Calcifications, Distribution Of Joints, Erosions, Soft Tissue And Nails |
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|
Abg |
Autogenous Bone Graft |
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|
ABM |
autologous bone marrow |
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|
ABM |
adjusted body mass |
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|
ABM |
alveolar basement membrane |
|
|
ABMI |
Autologous Bone Marrow Infusion |
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|
ABMT |
American Board of Medical Toxicology |
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|
ABMT |
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant |
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|
AC/BC |
Air Conduction/bone Conduction |
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ACGPOMS |
American College Of General Practitioners In Osteopathic Medicine And Surgery |
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|
ACOEP |
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians |
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ACOHA |
American College of Osteopathic Hospital Administrators |
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|
ACOI |
American College of Osteopathic Internists |
|
|
ACOOG |
American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
|
|
ACOP |
Approved Code Of Practice (UK) |
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|
ACOP |
American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians |
|
|
ACOS |
Associate Chief of Staff |
|
|
ACOS |
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons |
|
|
ADOD |
Arthrodentosteodysplasia |
|
|
ADR |
adrenalin |
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|
ADR |
Adrenals |
|
|
ADR |
adrenergic receptor |
|
|
AEV |
Avian Encephalomyelitis-like Virus |
|
|
AEV |
Avian Erythroblastosis Virus |
|
|
AEV |
Arthritis Encephalitis Virus |
|
|
AF |
Arthritis Foundation |
|
|
AHA |
anti-heart antibody |
|
|
AHA |
Area Health Authority |
|
|
AHA |
antihistone antibody |
|
|
AHA |
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
|
|
AHO |
Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis |
|
|
AHO |
Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy |
|
|
AIMS |
Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale |
|
|
ANB |
Avascular Necrosis of Bone |
|
|
AO |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Osteosynthesefragen |
|
|
AO |
Atelosteogenesis |
|
|
AOA |
American Osteopathic Association |
|
|
AOAS |
American Osteopathic Academy of Sclerotherapy |
|
|
AOBEM |
American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |
|
|
AOCA |
American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists |
|
|
AOCD |
American Osteopathic College of Dermatology |
|
|
AOCPA |
American Osteopathic College Of Pathologists |
|
|
AOCPR |
American Osteopathic College of Proctology |
|
|
AOCR |
American Osteopathic College of Radiology |
|
|
AOCR |
American Osteopathic College of Rheumatology |
|
|
AOD |
Auriculo-osteodysplasia |
|
|
AODME |
Academy of Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education |
|
|
AOHA |
American Osteopathic Hospital Association |
|
|
AOI |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fuer Osteosynthesefragen International |
|
|
AOL |
Acro-osteolysis |
|
|
ARC |
Arthritis Rehabilitation Center |
|
|
ARD |
arthritis and rheumatic diseases |
|
|
arth |
arthritis |
|
|
ARU |
Arthritis Rehabilitation Unit |
|
|
ASD |
Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression |
|
|
ASD |
arthritis syphilitica deformans |
|
|
ASP |
Acute Symmetric Polyarthritis |
|
|
AUD |
arthritis of unknown diagnosis |
|
|
B |
Bone Marrow-Derived Lymphocyte |
|
|
B&J |
Bones And Joints |
|
|
BA |
Bone Age |
|
|
BAAP |
bone-anchored auricular prosthesis |
|
|
BAHA |
Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid |
|
|
BASE |
B27-arthritis-sacroiliitis-extra-articular Features |
|
|
BB |
Bolton Point |
|
|
BB |
Both Bones |
|
|
BBC |
Belgian Bone Club |
|
|
BBS |
Both Bones |
|
|
BC |
bone conduction |
|
|
BF |
Bone Fragment |
|
|
BFR |
bone formation rate |
|
|
BFR |
Blood Flow Rate |
|
|
BFR |
Buffered Ringer |
|
|
BG |
Bone Graft |
|
|
BI |
bone impaction |
|
|
bi |
bone injury |
|
|
BIG |
Bone Injection Gun |
|
|
BIS |
Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome |
|
|
BJ |
Bence Jones |
|
|
BJ |
Biceps Jerk |
|
|
BJ |
Bone and Joint |
|
|
BJE |
Bones Joints Extremities |
|
|
BJM |
Bones, Joints, And Muscles |
|
|
BL |
Bone Marrow Lymphocyte |
|
|
BM |
Bone Marrow |
|
|
BMA |
bone mineral area |
|
|
BMA |
British Medical Association |
|
|
BMAP |
bone marrow acid phosphatase |
|
|
BMB |
Biomedical Belt |
|
|
BMB |
Bone Marrow Biopsy |
|
|
BMC |
Bone Mineral Content |
|
|
BMC |
Blood Mononuclear Cell |
|
|
BMD |
bone marrow depression |
|
|
BMD |
Bone Mineral Density |
|
|
BMDC |
Biomedical Documentation Center |
|
|
BMDC |
bone marrow dendritic cell |
|
|
BMDSC |
Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell |
|
|
BMDW |
Bone Marrow Donor Worldwide |
|
|
BMF |
Bone Marrow Failure |
|
|
BMJ |
Bones Muscles Joints |
|
|
BML |
Biomedical Library |
|
|
BML |
bone marrow lymphocytosis |
|
|
BMM |
Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages |
|
|
BMMEC |
Bone Marrow Microvascular Endothelial Cells |
|
|
BMN |
Bone Marrow Necrosis |
|
|
BMP |
Bitmap Format (Windows) |
|
|
BMP |
Bone Morphogenetic Protein |
|
|
BMT |
Bone Marrow Transplantation |
|
|
BMT-GVHD |
Bone Marrow Transplantation-graft Versus Host Disease |
|
|
BMTU |
bone marrow transplantation unit |
|
|
BO |
Bachelor of Osteopathy |
|
|
BPTB |
Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone |
|
|
BRA |
brain-reactive antibody |
|
|
BRA |
Bone-resorbing Activity |
|
|
BRA |
Bilateral Renal Agenesis |
|
|
BRF |
Bone-resorbing Factor |
|
|
BRU |
bone remodeling unit |
|
|
BSO |
Bilateral Sagittal Osteotomy |
|
|
BSO |
Butathione Sulfoximine |
|
|
BSO |
Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy |
|
|
BSP |
Bone Sialoprotein |
|
|
BSP |
bromosulphthalein |
|
|
BV/TV |
bone volume/trabecular volume |
|
|
BVF |
Bone Volume Fraction |
|
|
CaBI |
calcium bone index |
|
|
CAE |
Caprine arthritis-encephalitis syndrome |
|
|
CAE |
Cellulose acetate electrophoresis |
|
|
CAE |
Childhood Absence Epilepsy |
|
|
CAE |
contingent after-effects |
|
|
CAEV |
Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus |
|
|
CAEV |
Chironomus Attenuatus Entomopoxvirus |
|
|
CBDV |
Colocasia Bobone Disease Virus |
|
|
CHOICES |
Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis Interventions, And Community Evaluation Studies |
|
|
CHRONIC |
chronic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, neoplasms, infections, cryoglobulinemia |
|
|
CIA |
Collagen-Induced Arthritis |
|
|
CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
|
|
CIO |
corticoid-induced osteoporosis |
|
|
COM |
Component Object Model |
|
|
COM |
College of Osteopathic Medicine |
|
|
COMLEX |
Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination |
|
|
COND |
Cerebro-osteo-nephrodysplasia |
|
|
CP |
Chronic Polyarthritis |
|
|
CRA |
chronic rheumatoid arthritis |
|
|
CRMO |
Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis |
|
|
CRV |
Cowbone Ridge virus |
|
|
CVA |
chronic villous arthritis |
|
|
CVBS |
congenital vascular bone syndrome |
|
|
CWHTO |
Closing Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy |
|
|
DA |
Degenerative arthritis |
|
|
DBM |
Demineralized Bone Matrix |
|
|
DBP |
Demineralized Bone Powder |
|
|
DEXA |
Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry |
|
|
DFDB |
Demineralized Freeze-Dried Bone |
|
|
DO |
Doctor of Osteopathy |
|
|
DO |
Distraction Osteogenesis |
|
|
DOG |
Derivative of Gaussian |
|
|
DOG |
deoxyglucose |
|
|
DOOR |
Deafness, Onycho-osteodystrophy, Mental Retardation |
|
|
DOPC |
Dioleoylphosphatidyl-Choline |
|
|
DOPC |
Determined Osteogenic Precursor Cell |
|
|
DOS |
Dysosteosclerosis |
|
|
DTBM |
demineralized trabecular bone matrix |
|
|
EBMTR |
European Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry |
|
|
EDCP |
Eccentric Dynamic Compression Plate |
|
|
EFFO |
European Foundation for Osteoporosis and Bone Disease |
|
|
EMO |
Exophthalmos, Myxedema Circumscriptum Praetibiale, And Osteoarthropathia Hypertrophicans |
|
|
EMO |
Epstein-Macintosh-Oxford |
|
|
EOA |
Effective Orifice Area |
|
|
EOA |
Erosive Osteoarthritis |
|
|
EOI |
European Osteosarcoma Intergroup |
|
|
FACOI |
Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists |
|
|
FAST |
Fitness Arthritis and Seniors Trial |
|
|
FBD |
forearm bone density |
|
|
FBM |
felbamate |
|
|
FBM |
Fetal Breathing Movements |
|
|
FBM |
Fractal Brownian Motion |
|
|
FBS |
Finnish Bone Society |
|
|
FCO |
Fellow of the College of Osteopathy |
|
|
FEO |
Familial Expansile Osteolysis |
|
|
FHD |
Femoral Head Diameter |
|
|
FHD |
Familial Histiocytic Dermatoarthritis |
|
|
FHD |
family history of diabetes |
|
|
FNBMD |
Femoral Neck Bone Mineral Density |
|
|
FORE |
Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education |
|
|
FOS |
Finnish Osteoporosis Society |
|
|
FOS |
fast orthogonal search |
|
|
FR BB |
Fracture Of Both Bones |
|
|
FRBB |
fracture of both bones |
|
|
FXBB |
Fracture Of Both Bones |
|
|
GADS |
Gonococcal Arthritis/dermatitis Syndrome |
|
|
GBR |
Guided Bone Regeneration |
|
|
GCOP |
Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis |
|
|
GO |
Geroderma Osteodysplastica |
|
|
GO |
Gastro-esophageal |
|
|
GOA |
Generalized Osteoarthritis |
|
|
GOH |
gemderma osteodysplastica hereditaria |
|
|
HBD |
Hypophosphatemic Bone Disease |
|
|
hoa |
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy |
|
|
HOA |
Hip Osteoarthritis |
|
|
HOOD |
Hereditary Onycho-Osteodysplasia |
|
|
HOODS |
Hereditary Onycho-osteodysplasia Syndrome |
|
|
HOS |
Human osteosarcoma |
|
|
HOS |
hypoosmotic swelling |
|
|
HOTS |
Hypercalcemia-osteolysis-T-cell Syndrome |
|
|
HPA |
Humeroscapular Periarthritis |
|
|
HPO |
Hydrophilic Ointment |
|
|
HPO |
hydroperoxide |
|
|
HPO |
High-pressure Oxygen |
|
|
HPOA |
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy |
|
|
HTO |
Hospital Transfer Order |
|
|
HTO |
High Tibial Osteotomy |
|
|
HTO |
high turnover osteoporosis |
|
|
IAA |
infectious agent, arthritis |
|
|
IABM |
Idiopathic Aplastic Bone Marrow |
|
|
IBC |
idiopathic bone cavity |
|
|
IBG |
Insoluble Bone Gelatin |
|
|
ibg |
iliac bone graft |
|
|
IBMTR |
International Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry |
|
|
ICBG |
Iliac Crest Bone Graft |
|
|
IHO |
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Osteo-arthropathy |
|
|
IMO |
idiopathic multicentric osteolysis |
|
|
INB |
ischemic necrosis of bone |
|
|
INB |
internuclear bridging |
|
|
IOA |
International Osteopathic Association |
|
|
IOA |
Inner Optic Anlage |
|
|
JAOA |
Journal of the American Osteopathic Association |
|
|
JBJS |
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
|
|
JCA |
Juvenile Chronic Arthritis |
|
|
JCP |
juvenile chronic polyarthritis |
|
|
JOCD |
Juvenile Osteochrondritis Dissecans |
|
|
JOS |
jaw osteosarcoma |
|
|
JRA |
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis |
|
|
LBPF |
Long Bone or Pelvic Fracture |
|
|
LIRBM |
liver, iron, red bone marrow |
|
|
LS-BMD |
Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density |
|
|
MAA |
Monoarticular Arthritis |
|
|
MACTAR |
McMaster-Toronto Arthritis And Rheumatism |
|
|
MBD |
Metabolic Bone Disease |
|
|
MBLA |
Methylbenzyl Linoleic Acid |
|
|
MBM |
mineral basal medium |
|
|
MBM |
Meat and Bone Meal |
|
|
MBNOA |
Member of the British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association |
|
|
MFH-B |
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Of Bone |
|
|
MIIO |
minimally invasive intraoperative osteosynthesis |
|
|
MIPO |
minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis |
|
|
MIPPO |
Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis |
|
|
MLCO |
Member of the London College of Osteopathy |
|
|
MO |
Master Of Osteopathy |
|
|
MOPD |
Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism |
|
|
MOS |
myelofibrosis osteosclerosis |
|
|
MUD |
Matched Unrelated Donor (stem cell transplantation) |
|
|
NADW |
National Arthritis Data Workgroup |
|
|
NBI |
Nonbattle Injury |
|
|
NBI |
No bone injury |
|
|
NBM |
normal bone marrow |
|
|
NBM |
No Bowel Movement |
|
|
NBME |
National Board of Medical Examiners |
|
|
NBME |
normal bone marrow extract |
|
|
NBOME |
National Board of Osteopathic Medicine Examination |
|
|
NBP |
no bone pathology |
|
|
NIADDK |
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
|
|
NIAMDD |
National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism and Digestive Diseases |
|
|
NIAMS |
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
|
|
NOF |
National Osteoporosis Foundation |
|
|
NOF |
National Osteopathic Foundation |
|
|
O |
Osteocyte |
|
|
OA |
Osteo-Arthritis |
|
|
oa |
osteoarthrosis |
|
|
OAF |
Open Air Factor |
|
|
OAF |
osteoclast activating factor |
|
|
OAP |
Precocious Osteoarthrosis |
|
|
OAP |
OsteoArthroPathy |
|
|
OARG |
Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group |
|
|
OARS |
Osteoarthritis Research Society |
|
|
OATS |
Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System |
|
|
OCD |
Osteochrondritis Dissecans |
|
|
OCE |
Osteocartilaginous Exostoses |
|
|
OCN |
Oculomotor Nucleus |
|
|
ODD |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
|
|
ODD |
Osteodental Dysplasia |
|
|
OH |
Osteopathic Hospitals (journal / revue) |
|
|
OI |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
|
|
OIC |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Congenita |
|
|
OIF |
open internal fixation |
|
|
OIF |
Oil Immersion Field |
|
|
OIF |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation |
|
|
om |
osteomyelitis |
|
|
om |
osteomalacia |
|
|
OM&S |
osteopathic medicine and surgery |
|
|
OMERACT |
Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial |
|
|
OMG |
Object Management Group |
|
|
OMG |
Osteopathic Medical School Graduate |
|
|
OMG |
Oligodendrocyte-myelin Glycoprotein |
|
|
OMS |
Osteomyelosclerosis |
|
|
OMT |
Ophthalmic Medical Technician |
|
|
OMT |
Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy |
|
|
On |
Optic Nerve |
|
|
ON |
osteonectin |
|
|
ON |
orthopedic nurse |
|
|
ONFH |
Osteonecrosis Of The Femoral Head |
|
|
OO |
Osteoid Osteoma |
|
|
OP |
Osteoporosis |
|
|
OPG |
Osteoprotegerin |
|
|
OPI |
osteoblastic proliferation index |
|
|
Opn |
Ophthalmic Nurse |
|
|
OPN |
Osteopontin |
|
|
Ops |
Operations |
|
|
OPS |
Optical Position Sensor |
|
|
OPS |
Outpatient Service |
|
|
OPS |
outpatient surgery |
|
|
ORBD-NRC |
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center |
|
|
OS-CS |
Osteopathia Striata-cranial Sclerosis |
|
|
osrc |
osteosarcoma |
|
|
OSTOP |
Osteoporosis Society Of British Columbia |
|
|
PACE |
People with Arthritis Can Exercise |
|
|
PAO |
Periacetabular Osteotomy |
|
|
PBS |
Planar Bone Scan |
|
|
PCLI |
Plasma Cell Labeling Index |
|
|
PDB |
Paget Disease of Bone |
|
|
PGAP |
pilot geriatric arthritis program |
|
|
PLO |
Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia |
|
|
PLO-SL |
Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy |
|
|
POMONA |
Pregnancy And Postpartum, Osteoporosis, Mastectomy Rehabilitation, Osteoarthritis, Nerve Pain, Athletic Injuries |
|
|
POS |
periosteal osteosarcoma |
|
|
PRAGMATIC |
Pregnancy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acromegaly, Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Mechanical Injury, Amyloid, Thyroid Disease, Infectious Disease, Crystals In Gout Or Pseudogout |
|
|
PSA |
Psoriatic Arthritis |
|
|
PSR |
Poststreptococcal Reactive Arthritis |
|
|
RADAI |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index |
|
|
RANA |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Nuclear Antigen |
|
|
RAP |
rheumatoid arthritis precipitin |
|
|
RAs |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Serum |
|
|
RASS |
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjögren Syndrome |
|
|
RH-BMP |
Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein |
|
|
RHA |
RHeumatoid Arthritis |
|
|
RO |
Renal Osteodystrophy |
|
|
SAPHO |
Synovitis-acne-pustulosis hyperostosis-osteomyelitis |
|
|
sbo |
Skull Base Osteomyelitis |
|
|
SECRET |
Stiffness Of Joint, Elderly Individuals, Constitutional Symptoms, Arthritis, Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Temporal Arthritis |
|
|
SIA |
Subacute Infectious Arthritis |
|
|
SNIPA |
Seronegative Inflammatory Polyarthritis |
|
|
SONH |
Spontaneous Osteonecrosis Of The Hip |
|
|
SONK |
Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee |
|
|
SOSA |
Student Osteopathic Surgical Association |
|
|
SPBMD |
Spinal Bone Mineral Density |
|
|
STOP IT |
Sites Testing Osteoporosis Prevention Intervention Treatment |
|
|
TBBA |
Total body bone ash |
|
|
TBBM |
Total body bone minerals |
|
|
Tbvf |
Trabecular Bone Volume Fraction |
|
|
TECA-LBO |
Total Ear Canal Ablation-lateral Bulla Osteotomy |
|
|
UBPS |
Ultrasound Bone Profile Score |
|
|
UDR-BMD |
Ultradistal Radius Bone Mineral Density |
|
|
VAS |
viral arthritis syndrome |
|
|
VBD |
Vertebral Bone Density |
|
|
VRO |
Vertical Ramus Osteotomy |
|
|
VSO |
Vertical Sagittal Split Osteotomy |
|
|
Ya |
Yersinia Arthritis |
|