Pharmaceutical Acronyms A

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AAALAC
American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science

AABC
Associated Air Balance Council


AAMA
American Architectural Manufacturers Association

AAMI
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

AAPS
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

AASHTO
American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials

ABC
Association of Biotechnology Companies

ABPI
Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries

ABRF
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

ABS
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

ACDP
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (United Kingdom)

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ACGM
Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation (United Kingdom)

AC/HR
Air Changes per Hour

ACI
Alloy Casting Institute

ACI
American Concrete Institute

ACIL
American Council of Independent Laboratories

ACP


ACPA

American Concrete Pipe Association

ACS

American Chemical Society

ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAMHA
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

ADC
Air Diffusion Council

ADME
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination

ADP
Adenosine Diophosphate

ADR
Adverse Drug Reaction

ADSE
Atmospheric Dust Spot Efficiency (Filter test)

ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AFM
Atomic Force Microscopy

AGA
American Gas Association

AGS
American Glovebox Society


AGV
Automated Guided Vehicle

AHU
Air Handling Unit

AIA
American Institute of Architects

AIA
American Insurance Association

AIChE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers

AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AISC
American Institute of Steel Construction

AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute

AITC
American Institute of Timber Construction

ALSC
American Lumber Standards Committee

ALUS
Automatic Loading Unloading System

AMCA
Air Movement and Control Association

ANDA
Abbreviated New Drug Application

ANSI
American National Standards Institute

AOAC
The Association of Official Analytical Chemists

APA
American Plywood Association

APCI
Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization

API
American Petroleum Institute

API
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

ARI
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

ARV
Avian Reovirus

ASC
Adhesive and Sealant Council

ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology

ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASHRAE
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASPE
American Society of Plumbing Engineers

ASQ
American Society for Quality AS/RS Automated Storage/Retrieval System

ASSE
American Society of Sanitary Engineering

ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials

ATCC
American Type Culture Collection

ATP
Adenosine Triphosphate

ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

AW
Arc Welding

AWS
American Welding Society

AWWA
American Water Works Association


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Pharmaceutical Abbreviations | Abbreviations in product information leaflets and literature
Acronyms | Glossary of Terms | Abbreviations used in the British Pharmaceutical