| AACCN | American Association of Critical Care Nurses |
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| AACN | American Association of Colleges of Nursing; American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
| AAIN | American Association of Industrial Nurses |
| AANPI | American Association of Nurses Practicing Independently |
| AAOHN | American Association of Occupational Health Nurses |
| WN | West Nile |
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| WNV | West Nile Virus |
| WOSCOPS | West Of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study |
| WS | West Syndrome |
| west nile virus | A species of flavivirus, one of the japanese encephalitis virus group (encephalitis viruses, japanese), which produces encephalitis experimentally when inoculated into some rodents, chicks, birds, or monkeys. In humans, it is seen most frequently in africa, asia, and europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (west nile fever). It is transmitted by culex spp mosquitoes. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| West's syndrome | <syndrome> An encephalopathy in infancy characterised by infantile spasms, arrest of psychomotor development, and hypsarrhythmia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zone 1, 2, 3, 4 of West | In pulmonary physiology, defines the levels in a vertical lung according to the relationships of alveolar gas pressure, capillary blood pressure, and pulmonary venous pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |