Abbreviation |
Interpretation |
| F | female |
| Fahrenheit | |
| fair | |
| fluoride | |
| father | |
| factor | |
| feces | |
| fetal | |
| finger | |
| firm | |
| flow | |
| fellow | |
| French | |
| Friday | |
| (F) | final |
| FA | Fanconi anemia |
| fatty acid | |
| femoral artery | |
| forearm | |
| fetus active | |
| first aid | |
| folic acid | |
| FAA | febrile antigen agglutination |
| FAAH | fatty acid amide hydrolase |
| FAAN | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network |
| FAB | Fragment antigen binding |
| fastidious anaerobe broth | |
| FABACs | fatty acid bile acid conjugates |
| FABER | flexion, abduction, and external rotation |
| FAC | ferrite ammonium citrate |
| fractional area change | |
| fractional area concentration | |
| FAD | familial Alzheimer disease |
| Flea Allergy Dermatitis | |
| fetal abdominal diameter | |
| fetal activity determination | |
| FAE | fetal alcohol effect |
| FAF | frequency-altered feedback |
| FAGA | full-term appropriate for gestational age |
| FAH | frostbite during acute hypoxia |
| Functional adrenal hyperandrogenism | |
| FAI | Functional Assessment Inventory |
| FAK | focal adhesion kinase |
| FAL | femoral arterial line |
| FAM | family |
| full allosteric modulators | |
| FANA | fluorescent antinuclear antibody |
| FANG | fluorescent angiography |
| FAO | fatty acid oxidation |
| FAP | Facility Admission Profile |
| familial adenomatous polyposis | |
| femoral artery pressure | |
| FAQ | frequently asked questions |
| FAR | frontal arousal rhythm |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| FAT | Fetal Activity Test |
| fluorescent antibody test | |
| food awareness training | |
| FAV | facio-auricular vertebral |
| FAZ | foveal avascular zone |
| Fragmented atrial activity zone | |
| FB | fasting blood |
| finger breadth | |
| flexible bronchoscope | |
| foreign body | |
| F/B | followed by |
| forward/backward | |
| forward bending | |
| FBC | full blood count |
| FBD | familial British dementia |
| fibrocystic breast disease | |
| functional bowel disease | |
| FBF | forearm blood flow |
| FBG | fasting blood glucose |
| FBH | familial benign hypercalcemia |
| FBI | flossing, brushing, and irrigation |
| full bony impaction | |
| FBL | fecal blood loss |
| FBM | felbamate |
| fetal breathing motion | |
| foreign body, metallic | |
| FBP | frontal bite plane |
| FBRCM | fingerbreadth below right costal margin |
| FBS | failed back syndrome |
| fasting blood sugar | |
| fetal bovine serum | |
| foreign body sensation | |
| FBW | fasting blood work |
| FC | family care |
| febrile convulsion | |
| female child | |
| fever, chills | |
| film coated | |
| finger clubbing | |
| finger counting | |
| flow compensation | |
| follows commands | |
| foster care | |
| functional capacity | |
| FCA | Federal False Claims Act |
| femoral cortical allograft | |
| fluconazole | |
| follicular carcinoma | |
| fracture, complete, angulated | |
| F. cath. | Foley catheter |
| FCBD | fibrocystic breast disease |
| FCC | familial cerebral cavernoma |
| familial colonic cancer | |
| family centered care | |
| femoral cerebral catheter | |
| FCD | feces collection device |
| fibrocystic disease | |
| FCE | fluorouracil, cisplatin, and etoposide |
| FCFD | fluorescence capillary-fill device |
| FCH | familial combined hyperlipidemia |
| FCI | fixed-cell immunofluorescence |
| focal cerebral ischemia | |
| food chemical intolerance | |
| Functional Capacity Index | |
| free cortisol index | |
| FCL | fibular collateral ligament |
| FCM | facial choreic movements |
| flow cytometry | |
| FCNV | fever, cough, nausea, and vomiting |
| FCOU | finger count, both eyes |
| FCP | fatigue crack propagation |
| Fragmentation of the coronoid process | |
| functional communication profile | |
| fasting C-peptide | |
| final common pathway | |
| FCR | flexor carpi radialis |
| fractional catabolic rate | |
| FCS | fever, chills, and sweating |
| FCT | fever-clearance time |
| FCU | flexor carpi ulnaris |
| Familial cold urticaria | |
| first-catch urine | |
| flexor carpi ulnaris muscle | |
| FCV | feline calicivirus |
| famciclovir | |
| FD | fatal dose |
| focal distance | |
| familial dysautonomia | |
| fetal demise | |
| fetal distress | |
| food diary | |
| forceps delivery | |
| Farber Disease | |
| free drain | |
| full denture | |
| fully dilated | |
| functional deficits | |
| F & D | fixed and dilated |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDB | first-degree burn |
| FDC | familial dilated cardiomyopathy |
| fixed-dose combination | |
| FDE | fixed-drug eruption |
| FDF | fast death factor |
| fibre differentiation factor | |
| fractional dimension filtering | |
| FDG | feeding |
| FDI | first dorsal interosseous |
| food-drug interaction | |
| FDL | flexor digitorum longus |
| FDM | feline diabetes mellitus |
| fetus of diabetic mother | |
| FDP | fibrin-degradation products |
| fixed-dose procedure | |
| FDQB | flexor digiti quinti brevis |
| FDR | first-dose reaction |
| FDS | flexor digitorum superficialis |
| for duration of stay | |
| FDT | frequency-doubling technology |
| FE | Fat emulsion |
| field echo | |
| frequency encode | |
| Fe | female |
| iron | |
| F & E | full and equal |
| FEB | febrile |
| FEC | fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide |
| faecal egg counts | |
| FED | fish eye disease |
| FEE | Far-Eastern equine encephalitis |
| FEF | forced expiratory flow rate |
| FEHBP | Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan |
| FEL | familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis |
| FeLV | feline leukemia virus |
| FEM | female |
| femoral | |
| femur | |
| fetal eye movement | |
| FERGs | focal electroretinograms |
| FEN | fluid, electrolytes, and nutrition |
| FEOM | full extraocular movements |
| FEP | first-episode psychosis |
| free erythrocyte porphyrins | |
| FER | flexion, extension, and rotation |
| ferritin | |
| FES | Falls Efficacy Scale |
| Family Environment Scale | |
| fat embolism syndrome | |
| floppy eyelid syndrome | |
| FET | familial essential tremor |
| frozen embryo transfer | |
| FEU | fibrinogen equivalent units |
| FEV | forced expiratory volume |
| forced expired volume | |
| familial exudative vitreoretinopathy | |
| fever | |
| FF | form factor |
| fat free | |
| fecal frequency | |
| filtration fraction | |
| force fluids | |
| formula feeding | |
| forward flexion | |
| foster father | |
| fundus firm | |
| F/F | face-to-face |
| F&F | friends and family |
| FFA | free fatty acid |
| fundus fluorescein angiogram | |
| FFB | flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy |
| FFCD | French Foundation for Digestive Cancerology |
| FFD | fat-free diet |
| FFE | free-flow electrophoresis |
| FFF | field-flow fractionation |
| freedom from failure | |
| FFI | fast food intake |
| fatal familial insomnia | |
| FFL | flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy |
| FFM | fat-free mass |
| Five-Factor Model | |
| five-finger movement | |
| FFN | fetal fibronectin |
| FFOV | functional field of view |
| FFP | free from progression |
| fresh frozen plasma | |
| FFQ | food frequency questionnaire |
| FFR | freedom from relapse |
| FFS | failure-free survival |
| fee-for-service | |
| Fight For Sight | |
| FFT | fast-Fourier transforms |
| freshly frozen tissue | |
| Functional Family Therapy | |
| FG | fibrin glue |
| fusiform gyrus | |
| FGAs | first-generation antihistamines |
| first-generation antipsychotics | |
| FGC | familial gastric cancer |
| female genital cutting | |
| full gold crown | |
| FGF | fibroblast growth factor |
| FGID | functional gastrointestinal disorder |
| FGM | female genital mutilation |
| FGP | fundic gland polyps |
| FGR | fetal growth restriction |
| FGS | fibrogastroscopy |
| FH | familial hypercholesterolemia |
| family history | |
| favorable histology | |
| fetal head | |
| fetal heart | |
| fundal height | |
| FH+ | family history positive |
| FH- | family history negative |
| FHA | filamentous hemagglutinin |
| FHB | flexor hallucis brevis |
| FHC | familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| FHD | family history of diabetes |
| FHF | fulminant hepatic failure |
| FHH | familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia |
| FHI | fibrous hamartoma of infancy |
| frontal horn index | |
| FHL | flexor hallucis longus |
| functional hearing loss | |
| FHN | family history negative |
| FHO | family history of obesity |
| FHP | family history positive |
| FHR | fetal heart rate |
| FHS | fetal heart sounds |
| fetal hydantoin syndrome | |
| FHT | fetal heart tone |
| FHVP | free hepatic vein pressure |
| FHx | family history |
| FI | fecal incontinence |
| feeding intolerance | |
| fiscal intermediary | |
| FIA | familial intracranial aneurysms |
| FIB | fibrillation |
| fibrin | |
| fiber | |
| fibula | |
| FICA | Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| FID | father in delivery |
| free induction decay | |
| FIESTA | fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition |
| FIF | forced inspiratory flow |
| FIGE | field inversion gel electrophoresis |
| FIH | familial isolated hypoparathyroidism |
| factor inhibiting HIF | |
| fat-induced hyperglycemia | |
| fibrous inflammatory hyperplasia | |
| FIL | father-in-law |
| fatty infiltration of the liver | |
| FIM | functional independence measure |
| FIN | flexible intramedullary nail |
| FIP | feline infectious peritonitis |
| flatus in progress | |
| FIRI | fasting insulin resistance index |
| FISH | fluorescent in situ hybridization |
| FISP | fast imaging with steady state precision |
| FIT | fecal immunochemical test |
| FIV | feline immunodeficiency virus |
| in vitro fertilization | |
| FIX | factor IX |
| FJN | familial juvenile nephrophthisis |
| FJP | familial juvenile polyposis |
| FJROM | full joint range of motion |
| FJS | finger joint size |
| FJV | first jejunal vein |
| FKA | failed to keep appointment |
| formally known as | |
| FKE | full-knee extension |
| FL | fatty liver |
| femur length | |
| fetal length | |
| fluid | |
| fluorescein | |
| focal laser | |
| focal length | |
| full liquids | |
| F/L | father-in-law |
| FLA | feline major histocompatibility complex |
| flagella | |
| free-living amebic | |
| FLACC | Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability |
| FLAG | fludarabine, ara-C, and G-CSF |
| FLAIR | fluid-attenuated inversion recovery |
| Fluid attenuation inversion recovery | |
| FLC | follicular large cell lymphoma |
| family life cycle | |
| fatty liver cell | |
| fibroblast-like cells | |
| fetal liver cell | |
| FLD | fatty liver disease |
| fluid | |
| FL Dtr | full lower denture |
| FLE | frontal lobe epilepsy |
| FLF | fulminant liver failure |
| FLGA | full-term, large for gestational age |
| FLIC | Functional Living Index-Cancer |
| FLIE | Functional Living Index-Emesis |
| FLM | fasciculus longitudinalis medialis |
| fetal lung maturity | |
| fl. oz. | fluid ounce |
| FLP | fasting lipid profile |
| FL REST | fluid restriction |
| FLS | flow-limiting segment |
| flu-like symptoms | |
| fatty liver syndrome | |
| fibroblast-like synoviocytes | |
| fatty liver Shionogi | |
| FLT | fetal liver transplantation |
| fluorothymidine | |
| FLU | influenza |
| fluconazole | |
| fludarabine | |
| flunisolide | |
| fluoxetine | |
| FLV | Friend leukemia virus |
| feline leukemia virus | |
| fetal lung volume | |
| fetal liver | |
| FLW | fasting laboratory work |
| FM | face mask |
| fat mass | |
| fetal movements | |
| fibromyalgia | |
| fine motor | |
| foster mother | |
| F & M | firm and midline |
| FMC | fetal movement count |
| fine motor coordination | |
| FMD | family medical doctor |
| fibromuscular dysplasia | |
| flow-mediated dilatation | |
| FME | full-mouth extraction |
| FMF | familial Mediterranean fever |
| fetal movement felt | |
| FMG | fine mesh gauze |
| foreign medical graduate | |
| FMH | family medical history |
| FmHx | family history |
| FML | familial multiple lipomatosis |
| FMN | first malignant neoplasm |
| FMOA | full-mouth odontectomy and alveoloplasty |
| FMP | fasting metabolic panel |
| first menstrual period | |
| FMR | fetal movement record |
| fasting metabolic rate | |
| focused medical review | |
| FMS | full-mouth series |
| F & MS | frontal and maxillary sinuses |
| FMT | fluorescein meniscus time |
| FMU | first morning urine |
| FMV | flow-mediated vasodilation |
| FMZ | flumazenil |
| FN | false negative |
| fecal nitrogen | |
| flight nurse | |
| facial nerve | |
| ferritin | |
| febrile neutropenia | |
| femoral neck | |
| finger-to-nose | |
| FNA | femoral neck anteversion |
| Fine Needle Aspiration | |
| FNa | filtered sodium |
| FNAB | fine-needle aspiration biopsy |
| FNAC | fine-needle aspiratory cytology |
| FNB | femoral nerve block |
| fine needle biopsy | |
| FNC | Family Nurse Clinician |
| fatty nutritional cirrhosis | |
| fine needle cytology | |
| FND | fludarabine, mitoxantrone, and dexamethasone |
| FNF | femoral-neck fracture |
| false negative fraction | |
| FNH | focal nodular hyperplasia |
| FNMTC | familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma |
| FNP | Family Nurse Practitioner |
| facial nerve palsy | |
| FNR | false-negative rate |
| F/NS | fever and night sweats |
| FNT | finger-to-nose |
| false neurochemical transmitter | |
| FO | foot orthosis |
| foramen ovale | |
| foreign object | |
| FOB | father of baby |
| fecal occult blood | |
| feet out of bed | |
| foot of bed | |
| FOC | father of child |
| fluid of choice | |
| FOD | fixing right eye |
| free of disease | |
| FOF | fear of flying |
| found on floor | |
| FOG | fast oxidative glycolytic |
| Freezing of Gait | |
| FOH | family ocular history |
| FOI | flight of ideas |
| fiberoptic intubation | |
| FOK | feeling-of-knowing |
| FOL | fiberoptic laryngoscopy |
| FOM |
floor of mouth |
| frequency of micturition | |
| FONSI | finding no significant impact |
| FOO | family of origin |
| FOOB | fell out of bed |
| FOP | fasting office profile |
| FOS | full of stool |
| fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy | |
| fixing left eye | |
| force of stream | |
| FOT | forced oscillation technique |
| form of thought | |
| FOV | field of view |
| FOZ | functional optical zone |
| FP | fall precautions |
| false positive | |
| familial polyposis | |
| Facial paralysis | |
| family planning | |
| family practice | |
| family practitioner | |
| flat plat | |
| food poisoning | |
| frozen plasma | |
| F/P | fluid/plasma |
| F-P | femoral popliteal |
| FPA | fibrinopeptide A |
| foot progression angle | |
| FPAL | full term, premature, abortion, living |
| FPB | femoral-popliteal bypass |
| FPC | familial polyposis coli |
| family practice center | |
| FPD | fixed partial denture |
| feto-pelvic disproportion | |
| FPE | first-pass effect |
| FPG | fasting plasma glucose |
| FPHx | family psychiatric history |
| FPIA | fluorescence-polarization immunoassay |
| FPL |
federal poverty level |
| fasting plasma lipids | |
| familial partial lipodystrophy | |
| FPM | full passive movements |
| FPN |
ferroportin |
| Family Practitioner Notice | |
| FPO | fetal pulse oximetry |
| FPPI | first postpacing interval |
| FPU | family participation unit |
| FPV | fowl plague virus |
| feline parvovirus | |
| femoropopliteal vein | |
| fractional plasma volume | |
| feline pseudoleukemia virus | |
| fowlpox viruses | |
| FPZ | fluphenazine |
| FQ | fluoroquinolones |
| frequency | |
| FR | flow rate |
| fluid resuscitation | |
| father | |
| Fracture | |
| first responder | |
| febrile reaction | |
| fluid restriction | |
| fluid retention | |
| frothy | |
| full range | |
| FRA | fall risk assessment |
| femoral ring allograft | |
| FRAC | fracture |
| FRACTS | fractional urines |
| FRAG | fragment |
| FRAG-X | Fragile X Syndrome |
| FRAP | family risk assessment program |
| FRC | frozen red cells |
| functional residual capacity | |
| FRE | flow-related enhancement |
| FRF | filtration replacement fluid |
| FRG | Functional Related Groups |
| FRH | febrile-range hyperthermia |
| FRJM | full range of joint movement |
| FRN | fetal rhabdomyomatous nephroblastoma |
| FROA | full range of affect |
| FROM | full range of motion |
| FRP | follicle regulatory protein |
| functional refractory period | |
| FRS | first-rank symptoms |
| flexed, rotated, side-bent | |
| FS | frozen section |
| Fanconi syndrome | |
| Fecal Smear | |
| fecal streptococci | |
| febrile seizures | |
| Fibromyalgia syndrome | |
| finger stick | |
| fracture site | |
| fracture strength | |
| full strength | |
| functional system | |
| F & S | full and soft |
| FSA | Family Services Association |
| FSB | fetal scalp blood |
| full spine board | |
| FSC | Fatigue Symptom Checklist |
| Forensic Science Center | |
| fracture, simple, and comminuted | |
| FSD | female sexual dysfunction |
| focal-skin distance | |
| fracture, simple, and depressed | |
| FSE | fast spin-echo |
| fetal scalp electrode | |
| FSF | fibrin stabilizing factor |
| FSG | fasting serum glucose |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| FSIQ | Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient |
| FSL | fasting serum level |
| FSM | functional status measures |
| FSO | flaxseed oil |
| frontal sinus obliteration | |
| FSP | Family Service Plan |
| FSR | fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery |
| FSS | Fatigue Severity Scale |
| fetal scalp sampling | |
| FST | fever subsidence time |
| field sobriety test | |
| finger skin temperature | |
| foam stability test | |
| FSW | feet of sea water |
| field service worker | |
| FT | full term |
| family therapy | |
| fast twitch | |
| fibrous tissue | |
| free testosterone | |
| Function Test | |
| facial twitching | |
| fallopian tube | |
| Fallot tetralogy | |
| false transmitter | |
| Familial thrombocytosis | |
| fat tissue | |
| femur-tibia | |
| ferritin | |
| foot | |
| feeding tube | |
| FTA | femorotibial angle |
| FTB | fingertip blood |
| FTC | fallopian tube carcinoma |
| follicular thyroid carcinoma | |
| FTD | failure to descend |
| full-term delivery | |
| FTE | Full-time Equivalency |
| free testosterone | |
| full-time equivalents | |
| FTF | fetoprotein transcription factor |
| finger-to-finger | |
| FTG | full-thickness graft |
| F TIP | finger tip |
| FTMS | Fourier-transform mass spectrometer |
| FTN | finger-to-nose |
| full-term nursery | |
| FTO | full-time occlusion |
| FTP | failure to progress |
| full-term pregnancy | |
| FTR | father |
| failed to report | |
| failed to respond | |
| for the record | |
| FTSD | full-term spontaneous delivery |
| FTT | failure to thrive |
| fat tolerance test | |
| fetal tissue transplant | |
| FTUBE | feeding tube |
| FTV | fetal thrombotic vasculopathy |
| functional trial visit | |
| FU | Follow Up |
| fecal urobilinogen | |
| fluorouracil | |
| fraction unbound | |
| F/U | follow-up |
| FUB | functional uterine bleeding |
| FUCO | fractional uptake of carbon monoxide |
| FUD | fear, uncertainty, and doubt |
| frequency, urgency, and dysuria | |
| full upper denture | |
| FUFA | fluorouracil and leucovorin |
| FUL | federal upper limit |
| FUN | follow-up note |
| FUO | fever of undetermined origin |
| FUP | follow-up |
| FUS | fusion |
| FUT | fibrinogen update test |
| FUV | follow-up visit |
| FV | femoral vein |
| F & V | fruits and vegetables |
| FVBG | free vascularized bone graft |
| FVC | false vocal cord |
| FVD | fever, vomiting, and diarrhea |
| FVFR | filled voiding flow rate |
| FVH | focal vascular headache |
| FVL | femoral vein ligation |
| flow volume loop | |
| functional visual loss | |
| FVM | fetal ventriculomegaly |
| FVP | foot venous pressure |
| FVR | feline viral rhinotracheitis |
| forearm vascular resistance | |
| FW | fetal weight |
| F/W | followed with |
| F waves | fibrillatory waves |
| FVWS | flow-velocity waveforms |
| FWB | fetal well-being |
| free water bolus | |
| fresh whole blood | |
| full-weight bearing | |
| functional well-being | |
| FWCA | functional work capacity assessment |
| FWD | fairly well developed |
| FWHM | full-width at half maximum |
| FWS | fast wave sleep |
| fastest walking speed | |
| free water surface | |
| FWW | front-wheel walker |
| FX | fractional urine |
| Factor-X | |
| fracture | |
| Fx-BB | fracture both bones |
| FXS | fragile X syndrome |
| FY | fiscal year |
| full year | |
| FYI | for your information |
| FZ | fetal zone |
| Focal zone | |
| FZRC | frozen red cells |
Medical Abbreviations – F
