Browse Medical Abbreviations
F
| F | fluorine [element]; Fahrenheit; father; female |
| F&C | foam and condoms |
| F&E | fluid and electrolyte |
| F-V loop | flow volume loop |
| F/H | family history |
| F/T | full time |
| F/U | follow-up |
| fa | father |
| FA | fatty acid; femoral artery; folic acid; forearm |
| FACC | Fellow of the American College of Cardiology |
| FACD | Fellow of the American College of Dentists |
| FACP | Fellow of the American College of Physicians |
| FACR | Fellow of the American College of Radiology |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorter; Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
| FADL | functional activities of daily living |
| FADS | fetal akinesia deformation sequence |
| FAI | femoroacetabular impingement; functional assessment inventory |
| fam | family |
| FAM | fertility awareness method |
| FAMA | Fellow of the American Medical Association |
| FANA | fluorescent antinuclear antibodies |
| FAP | familial adenomatous polyposis |
| FAPA | Fellow of the American Psychological Association |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome; facial affective scale |
| fasc | fasciculus |
| FAX | facsimile |
| FB | foreign body, finger breadths; foreign body; finger-breadth (approx. width of finger) |
| FBC | full blood count |
| FBD | fibrocystic disease |
| FBG | fasting blood glucose |
| FBM | fetal breathing movements |
| FBP | fetal biophysical profile |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| FCAS | familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome |
| FCB | fibrocystic breast |
| FCE | functional capacity evaluation |
| FCR | flexor carpi radialis |
| FCU | flexor carpi ulnaris |
| FD | fibrous dysplasia; fully dilated; focal distance; fire department; fatal dose |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDB | flexor digitorum brevis |
| FDIU | fetal death in utero |
| FDL | flexor digitorum longus |
| FDLMP | first date last menstrual period |
| FDP | flexor digitorum profundus; fibrin degradation products |
| FDS | flexor digitorum superficialis |
| Fe | iron [element] |
| FEES | flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing |
| FEF | forced expiratory flow (rate) |
| FeLV | feline leukemia virus |
| fem | femoral; female |
| FEM-POP | femoral-popliteal |
| FES | functional electrical stimulation |
| FESS | functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
| FET | forced expiratory technique; frozen embryo transfer |
| FEV | forced expiratory volume |
| FEV 1 | forced expiratory volume in 1 second |
| FEV1 | forced expiratory volume in 1 second |
| FEVR | familial exudative vitreoretinopathy |
| FF | force fluids; fundus firm |
| FFA | free fatty acids; frontal fibrosing alopecia |
| FFF | fibula free flap; fully formula fed |
| FFL | flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy |
| FFP | fresh frozen plasma |
| FFPE | fresh-frozen paraffin-embedded tissue |
| FFR | fractional flow reserve |
| FGF | fibroblast growth factor |
| FGM | female genital mutilation |
| FGT | female genital tract |
| FH | family history; fundal height; familial hypercholesterolemia |
| FHB | flexor hallucis brevis; fetal heartbeat |
| FHC | family health center |
| FHL | flexor hallucis longus |
| FHR | fetal heart rate |
| FHS | fetal heart sounds |
| FHT | fetal heart tone(s) |
| FHx | family history |
| fib | fibrillation |
| FICS | Fellow of the International College of Surgeons |
| FIFO | first in, first out |
| FIH | first-in-human [clinical trials] |
| FIHP | familial isolated hyperparathyroidism |
| FIM | functional independence measure |
| FiO2 | fraction of inspired oxygen |
| Fis | fusion inhibitors |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FIV | forced inspiratory volume |
| fL | femtoliter |
| fl | fluid |
| FL | femur length |
| fl dr | fluid dram |
| fl oz | fluid ounce |
| fl. | flexor |
| Fl02 | fraction of inspired oxygen |
| FLAIR | fluid-attenuated inversion recovery |
| fld | fluid |
| flex | flexion |
| Flu | influenza |
| fluoro | fluoroscopy |
| FM | family medicine; fetal movement; frequency modulation; fibromyalgia |
| fm | family |
| FMD | family physician |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean Fever |
| FMP | first menstrual period |
| fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| FMS | fibromyalgia syndrome; full mouth series |
| FMT | fecal microbiota transplant |
| FMTE | full mouth tooth extraction |
| FNA | fine needle aspiration |
| FNAC | fine-needle aspiration cytology |
| FNE | fiberoptic nasal endoscopy |
| FNP | family nurse practitioner |
| FOB | father of baby; fecal occult blood; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; foot of bed |
| FOBT | fecal occult blood test |
| FOC | fronto-occipital circumference |
| FOD | free of disease |
| FOI | flight of ideas |
| FOM | floor of mouth |
| font | fontanelle |
| FOP | fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
| FOUO | for official use only |
| FP | follicular phase; family practitioner; family planning; family practice |
| FPEM | family planning education materials |
| FPG | fasting plasma glucose |
| FPIA | fluorescence polarization immunoassay |
| FPL | flexor pollicis longus |
| fps | foot-pound-second |
| FQHC | federally qualified healthcare; federally qualified health center |
| FQN | fluoroquinolone |
| FR | flocculation reaction; friction rub |
| fr | from |
| frac | fracture |
| frag | fragment |
| FRC | functional residual capacity |
| FRCP | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians |
| FRCS | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| freq | frequency |
| FRG | functional related groups |
| Fri | Friday |
| FRJM | full range of joint movement |
| FROM | full range of motion |
| FRS | flexed rotated side bent |
| FRV | functional residual volume |
| FS | frozen section; Fealty's syndrome; finger stick |
| FSBG | finger stick blood glucose/sugar |
| FSBS | finger stick blood glucose/sugar |
| FSE | fetal scalp electrode |
| FSGS | focal segmental glomerulosclerosis |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| FSHD | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
| ft | foot, feet (0.3048 meter) |
| FT | fingertip; full term |
| ft. | make, let it be made (L. fiat) |
| Ft. | make, let it be made (L. fiat) |
| FT3 | Free triiodothyronine |
| FT4 | Free thyroxine |
| FTA | fluorescent treponema antigen (test for syphilis) |
| FTA-ABS | fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption |
| FTD | frontotemporal dementia |
| FTI | free testosterone index |
| FTN | finger to nose |
| FTND | full term normal delivery |
| FTP | failure to progress |
| FTSG | full-thickness skin graft |
| FTT | failure to thrive |
| FU | follow-up |
| FUDR | floxuridine |
| func | function |
| FUO | fever of unknown origin |
| FVC | forced vital capacity |
| FVD | fluid volume deficit |
| FVE | fluid volume excess |
| FWB | fully weight bearing |
| fx | fracture |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FYI | for your information |
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