Biomedical Abbreviations

This website offers a comprehensive overview of around 50,000 biomedical abbreviations and acronyms. It supplements an English-Dutch/Dutch-English dictionary on medicine and the biomedical sciences, compiled by Dr. P.L.M. Kerkhof.

This website is a work in progress: external links and categories will be added to existing abbreviations. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact us

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Medicine is an ever-changing science. As new research and clinical experience broaden our knowledge, changes in treatment and drug ther­apy are required. The authors and the publisher of this work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide in­formation that is complete and generally in accord with the standards accepted at the time of publication.

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Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. For example and in particular, readers are advised to check the product information sheet included in the package of each drug they plan to administer to be certain that the information con­tained in this work is accurate and that changes have not been made in the recommended dose or in the contraindications for administra­tion. This recommendation is of particular importance in connection with new or infrequently used drugs.