Medical Abbreviations Starting With "F"
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| Medical Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| f | fahrenheit |
| f | female |
| f | fertility |
| f | fluorine |
| f | force |
| f | formula |
| f | french |
| f acuminatum | fusarium acuminatum |
| f factor | fertility factor |
| f necrophorum | fusobacterium necrophorum |
| f odoratum | flavobacterium odoratum |
| f-n | finger to nose |
| f-u | follow up |
| F/C | Fevers and chills |
| f/c/s | fever, chills, sweats |
| F/U | Follow-up |
| f&c | fever and chills |
| f&f | fixes and follows |
| f&r | force and rhythm |
| F→N | Finger-to-nose test (one simple clinical test of motor coordination) |
| fa | fatty acid |
| fa | first aid |
| fa | fluorescence antibody |
| fa | folic acid |
| fa | friedreich's ataxia |
| faaf | four alternative auditory feature test |
| fab | french american british cooperative group |
| fac | 5 fluorouracil, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide |
| FACCT | The Foundation for Accountability |
| face | facial afro caribbean childhood eruption |
| facep | fellow of the american college of emergency physicians |
| fach | forceps to aftercoming head |
| facp | ftorafur, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, platinol |
| facs | 5 fluorouracil, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, streptozocin |
| facs | fellow of the american college of surgeons |
| facs | Fluorescent-activated cell sorting |
| facvp | 5 fluorouracil, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vp 16 |
| fad | flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| fadast | four alternative disability and speech reading test |
| FAE | Fetal Alcohol Effects |
| FAH | Federation of American Hospitals |
| fah | foci of altered hepatocytes |
| fai | free androgen index |
| fai | frenchay activities index |
| faidss | fear of aids scale |
| fam | family |
| fam | functional assessment measure |
| fam hx | family history |
| FAMM | Familial Atypical Mole and Melanoma |
| FAMMM | Familial atypical mole-malignant melanoma syndrome |
| FAMMM syndrome | Familial atypical multiple mole-melanoma syndrome |
| famp | fludarabine monophosphate |
| famtx | 5 fluorouracil, adriamycin, high dose methotrexate |
| fana | fluorescent antinuclear antibody |
| fang | fluorescein angiogram |
| fao | fatty alcohol nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidase reductase deficiency |
| FAP | Familial adenomatous polyposis |
| fap | familial amyloid polyneuropathy |
| faq | frequently asked questions |
| farr | friedreich ataxia with retained reflexes |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FASDs | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders |
| faseb | federation of american societies of experimental biology |
| fast | fetal acoustic stimulation test |
| FAST | Focused assessment with sonography for trauma |
| fast | frenchay aphasia screening test |
| fb | fluid balance |
| FB | Foreign body |
| FBC | Full blood count |
| fbd | dementia, familial british |
| FBE | Full blood exam |
| FBG | Fasting blood glucose |
| fbgip | fibroblast growth inhibitory protein |
| FBS | Fasting blood sugar |
| fbs | fetal blood sampling |
| fbs | foreign body sensation |
| fc | finger clubbing |
| fc maleimide | fluorescein maleimide |
| fca | freund's complete adjuvant |
| fcap | 5 fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, platinol |
| fce | 5 fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide |
| fchl | familial combined hyperlipidemia |
| fcm | flow cytometry |
| fcmc | familial chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis |
| fcol | 9 fluorocortisol |
| fcp | 5 fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, prednisone |
| fcp | functional communication profile |
| fcr | flexor carpi radialis |
| fcs | faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome |
| fcu | cold urticaria, familial |
| fcu | flexor carpi ulnaris |
| fcz | fluconazole |
| fd | fatal dose |
| fd | focal distance |
| fd | foot drop |
| fd | forceps delivery |
| fd | fully dilated |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| fda | frenchay dysarthria assessment |
| fdb | familial defective apolipoprotein b |
| fdb | femorodistal bypass |
| FDC | Follicular dendritic cells |
| fde | fixed drug eruption |
| fdh | focal dermal hypoplasia |
| fdiu | fetal death in utero |
| fdl | flexor digitorum longus |
| fdl | fluorescein dilaurate test |
| FDP | Fibrin degradation product |
| fdp | flexor digitorum profundus |
| fds | farnesyl diphosphate synthase |
| fds | flexor digitorum superficialis |
| fe | female |
| Fe | Iron |
| fe def | iron deficiency |
| feaa | expired fraction of anesthetic agent |
| feb | february |
| FEBS | Federation of European Biochemical Societies |
| fec | 5 fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide |
| fech | ferrochelatase deficiency |
| feco2 | expired fraction of carbon dioxide |
| fed | federal |
| fed | fish eye disease |
| feda | fluorescein ethylenediamine |
| fees | fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing |
| fef | forced expiratory flow |
| fefmax | forced expiratory flow at maximum effort |
| FEHBP | Federal Employees Health Benefits Program |
| fekg | fetal electrocardiogram |
| fel | familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis |
| fem | Female |
| fem | feminine |
| fem | Femoral |
| fem | femur |
| fem pop | femoropopliteal |
| fem-pop | femoral popliteal |
| fem/pop | femoral popliteal |
| fen | fluids, electrolytes, nutrition |
| feo | familial expansile osteolysis |
| feo2 | expired fraction of oxygen |
| fep | fibroepithelial polyp |
| FEP | Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin |
| fes | fat embolism syndrome |
| feso4 | ferrous sulphate |
| fess | functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
| fet | fetal |
| fet | forced expiration technique |
| fet | frozen embryo transfer |
| fet | tremor, familial essential |
| fett | flexor to extensor tendon transfer of lesser toe |
| fev | forced expiratory volume |
| FEV1 | Forced expiratory volume in 1 second |
| fevc | forced expiratory vital capacity |
| fevr | familial exudative vitreoretinopathy |
| ff | force fluid |
| ff | forefoot |
| FF | Free fluids (non-thickened fluids) |
| ff | fresh fruit |
| ff | fresh fruit intake |
| ff | fundus firm |
| ff@u | fundus firm at umbilicus |
| ffa | forefoot adductus |
| FFA | Free fatty acids |
| ffa | freefield audiometry |
| ffd | fixed flexion deformity |
| FFI | Fatal familial insomnia |
| ffm | fundus flavimaculatus |
| ffn | fetal fibronectin |
| FFP | Fresh frozen plasma |
| ffr | frequency following response measurement |
| fft | fast fourier transform |
| ffts | fetofetal transfusion syndrome |
| ffv | congenital forefoot varus |
| ffx | femorofemoral crossover |
| fg | femtogram |
| fg | fibrinogen |
| fgc | full gold crown |
| fgd | fatal granulomatous disease |
| fgf | fibroblast growth factor |
| fgf | fresh gas flow |
| fgf receptor | fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| fgfr | fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| fgp | southern california figure ground visual perception test |
| fgr | fetal growth retardation |
| fgs | focal glomerulosclerosis |
| fh | family history |
| fh | fetal heart |
| fh | fundal height |
| fhc | familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| fhf | fulminant hepatic failure |
| fhh | familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia |
| fhh | fetal heart heard |
| fhit | fragile histidine triad gene |
| fhl | flexor hallucis longus |
| fhl | functional hearing loss |
| FHO | Foundation House Officer |
| FHR | Fetal heart rate |
| fhr-uc | fetal heart rate uterine contraction |
| fhrv | fetal heart rate variability |
| FHS | Fetal heart sound |
| fhs | fetal hydantoin syndrome |
| FHT | Fetal heart tones |
| FHx | Family history (in medicine, meaning specifically the medical histories of family members and ancestors) |
| fia | fluorescence immunoassay analyzer |
| fiaa | inspired fraction of anaesthetic agent |
| fiau triphosphate | fialuridine triphosphate |
| fiaump | fialuridine monophosphate |
| fiautp | fialuridine triphosphate |
| fib | fibrinogen |
| FIBD | Found in bed dead |
| FICA | Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| fico2 | inspired fraction of carbon dioxide |
| fif | familial infiltrative fibromatosis |
| figlu | formiminoglutamic acid |
| FIGO | International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| fihp | familial isolated hyperparathyroidism |
| fim | familial infantile myasthenia |
| fim | functional independence measure |
| fin2 | inspired fraction of nitrogen |
| fin2o | inspired fraction of nitrous oxide |
| fio2 | faction of inspired oxygen concentration |
| fipa | familial intestinal polyatresia syndrome |
| FIPH | Fellow International Public Health, honoris |
| firda | frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity |
| FISH | Fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| fissh | fluorescence in situ suppression hybridization |
| fitc | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| fiv | forced inspired volume |
| fj | fruit juice |
| fl | 5 fluorouracil, levamisole |
| fl | femtoliter |
| fl | femur length |
| fl | fluids |
| fl | flutamide |
| fl | follicular lymphoma |
| fl | full lower denture |
| fl dr | fluid dram |
| fl oz | fluid ounce |
| fl.oz. | Fluid ounce |
| fla | flagellin |
| flac | flaccid |
| flap | frozen lymphocyte antigen plate |
| flcp | fetal lung cytostatic protein |
| fld | fluid |
| fld | frontal lobe degeneration |
| flex | flexion |
| flex | flexor |
| FLK | Funny-looking kid (unprofessional, offensive slang referring imprecisely to dysmorphic features) |
| flof | found lying on floor |
| flp | fasting lipid profile |
| flp | functional limitation profile |
| fls | phantom limb syndrome |
| flsa | follicular lymphosarcoma |
| flu | Influenza |
| fluoro | fluoroscopy |
| fm | fermium |
| fm | fetal movement |
| fm | finger movement |
| fm | first metatarsal |
| fm | foramen magnum |
| FMA | Focal Muscular Atrophies |
| fmd | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
| FMD | Fibromuscular dysplasia |
| fmd | frontometaphyseal dysplasia |
| fmdv | foot and mouth disease virus |
| fme | full mouth extraction |
| fmef | forced mid expiratory flow rate |
| fmf | familial mediterranean fever |
| FMF | Fetal movements felt |
| fmfd | familial multiple coagulation factor deficiency |
| FMG | Foreign Medical Graduate |
| fmh | fibromuscular hyperplasia, of renal artery |
| fmi | fetal movement index |
| fmif | fibroblast migration inhibitory factor |
| fmlp | formylmethionyl leucyl phenylalanine |
| fmn | flavin mononucleotide |
| fmnf | fetal movements not felt |
| fmol | femtomole |
| fmp | family member prefix |
| FMP | First menstrual period (that is, menarche) |
| fmps | functional meal preparation scale |
| fMRI | Functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| fms | fat mobilizing substance |
| FMS | Fibromyalgia Syndrome |
| fn | fibronectin |
| FNA | Fine needle aspiration |
| FNAB | Fine needle aspiration biopsy |
| FNAC | Fine needle aspiration cytology |
| fnb | fine needle biopsy |
| FNC | Full nursing care |
| fnd | functional neck dissection |
| FNH | Focal nodular hyperplasia |
| fnm | 5 fluorouracil, novantrone, methotrexate |
| fnmtc | familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer |
| FNP | Family Nurse Practitioner |
| fnr | fibronectin receptor |
| fnr | functional nasal reconstruction |
| fns | femoral nerve stretch |
| fo | fluid ounce |
| fo | foramen ovale |
| foam | 5 fluorouracil, oncovin, adriamycin, mitomycin c |
| fob | fecal occult blood |
| fob | fiberoptic bronchoscopy |
| FOBT | Fecal occult blood test |
| fodh | focal dermal hypoplasia |
| FOF | Found on floor (patient fell out of bed) |
| fofq | feelings of fatness questionnaire |
| foi | flight of ideas |
| fom | floor of mouth |
| fom | frequency of micturition |
| foosh | fell onto outstretched hand |
| fop | fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
| formylmethionyl acth | formylmethionyl adrenocorticotropin |
| fos | fbj murine osteosarcoma oncogene |
| fos | fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy |
| FOS | Full of stool |
| fox | finger oximeter |
| fp | false passage |
| fp | family planning |
| fp | first pass |
| fp | fluorescence polarization |
| fp | food poisoning |
| fp | freezing point |
| fpa | fibrinopeptide a |
| fpal | full term premature abortion living |
| fpb | femoropopliteal bypass |
| fpc | familial polyposis coli |
| fpct | familial porphyria cutanea tarda |
| fpf | familial pulmolary fibrosis |
| FPG | Fasting plasma glucose |
| FPL | Federal Poverty Level |
| fpl | flexor pollicis longus |
| fpm | permanent first molar tooth |
| fpo | faciopalatoosseous syndrome |
| fpp | foramina parietalia permagna |
| FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
| fr | father |
| fr | france |
| Fr | francium |
| fr | french |
| fracon | framycetin, colistin, nystatin |
| fract | fractional |
| fraxa | fragile x syndrome |
| frc | functional residual capacity |
| FRCP | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) |
| fred | fog reduction elimination device |
| fredi | fallopian replacement of egg with delayed insemination |
| fret | fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
| fri | friday |
| FROM | Full range of motion |
| fs | fibrosarcoma |
| fs | finger stick |
| fs | fissure sealant material |
| fs | flexible sigmoidoscopy |
| fs | fracture site |
| fs | frozen section |
| fs | full strength |
| fsa | fetal sulfur glycoprotein antigen |
| FSBS | Finger-stick blood sugar (one method of blood glucose monitoring) |
| fsc | frozen section control |
| fscl | follicular small cleaved lymphoma |
| fsd | focus skin distance |
| FSE | Fetal scalp electrode |
| FSGS | Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis |
| fsgs | focal segmental glomerulosclerosis |
| fsh | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
| FSH | Follicle-stimulating hormone |
| fsh/lh | follicle stimulating hormone/luteinizing hormone |
| fshd | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
| fshr | follicle stimulating hormone receptor |
| fsig | flexible sigmoidoscopy |
| FSP | Familial spastic paraparesis |
| fsp | fibrin split products |
| fspr | foot sprain |
| fss | fear survey schedule |
| fsst | fundamental speech skills test |
| fssv | freeman sheldon syndrome variant |
| fst | frozen section remainder |
| ft | feet |
| ft | foot |
| ft | full term |
| ft | full thickness burn |
| ft3 | free triiodothyronine |
| ft4 | free thyroxine |
| FTA | Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody |
| fta | fluorescent treponemal antibody test |
| FTA-ABS | Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption |
| ftas | familial testicular agenesis syndrome |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| ftc | thyroid carcinoma, follicular |
| ftd | failure to descend |
| FTD | Frontotemporal dementia |
| ftds | familila testicular dysgenesis syndrome |
| ftg | full thickness skin graft |
| fthp | formyltetrahydrofolate |
| fti | free thyroxine index |
| fticr | fourier transform ioncyclotron resonance |
| ftir | fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| ftn | finger to nose |
| ftnd | full term normal delivery |
| ftns | fechtner syndrome |
| ftp | failure to progress in labor |
| ftp | formycin triphosphate |
| ftq | fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire |
| ftr | fit to return to work |
| ftsg | full thickness skin graft |
| ftss | faciothoracoskeletal syndrome |
| FTT | Failure to thrive |
| ftt | finger tapping test |
| ftvp | frostig motor free test of visual perception |
| fu | 5 fluorouracil |
| fu | fluorouracil |
| fu | follow up |
| fu | full upper denture |
| fub | functional uterine bleeding |
| fuc | fucose |
| fudr | floxuridine |
| fudr | fluorodeoxyuridine |
| fulg | fulguration |
| fum | 5 fluorouracil, methotrexate |
| FUO | Fever of unknown origin |
| furam | ftorafur, adriamycin, mitomycin c |
| fuvac | 5 fluorouracil, vinblastine, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide |
| fv | femoral vein |
| FVC | forced vital capacity |
| fvd | fluid volume deficit |
| fvea | fundacion valenciana de estudios avanzados |
| fvep | flash visual evoked potentials |
| fvgly | fluorovinylglycine |
| fviiira | factor viii related antigen |
| FVS | Fetal Valproate Syndrome |
| fw | fetal weight |
| FWB | Full weight bearing |
| FWD | forward |
| FWD | Full ward diet |
| fwiw | for what it's worth |
| fws | freeway space |
| fwt | familial wilms tumor |
| Fx | bone fracture |
| fxm | fluoxymesterone or halotestin |
| FXS | Fragile X syndrome |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| fyi | for your information |
| fz | flunitrazepam |
| fz | furazolidone |