| ACN | acute conditioned neurosis; Ambulatory Care Network; American College of Neuropsychiatrists; America... |
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| ACNP | acute care nurse practitioner; American College of Nuclear Physicians |
| ACO | acute coronary occlusion; alert, cooperative, and oriented; anodal closure odor |
| ACTS | acute cervical traumatic sprain or syndrome; advanced communication technology satellite; American C... |
| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
| leukaemia, megakaryocytic, acute | Nonlymphocytic leukaemia in which 20-30% of the bone marrow or peripheral blood cells are of megakaryocyte lineage. Myelofibrosis or increased bone marrow reticulin is common. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| leukaemia, myelocytic, acute | Progressive, malignant disease of the myeloid tissue in which the granular, polymorphonuclear leukocytes and their precursors predominate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukaemia, nonlymphocytic, acute | Acute leukaemia distinguished from acute lymphocytic leukaemia (all) by the morphology of the marrow and blood leukaemic cells. Cytoplasmic granules are usually present and the nucleus is usually large and irregular. Anll is more common in adults than all and occurs at any age. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver failure, acute | A form of liver failure with rapid onset. It is often induced by the toxic effect of drugs and various toxic substances in experimental studies in animals and in clinical states in humans. If coma ensues, the constellation of neurological symptoms is referred to as hepatic encephalopathy. (12 Dec 1998) |