| ABIMCE | American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination |
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| ABPM&R | American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| ACFAO | American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine |
| ACGPOMS | American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery |
| ACLM | American College of Legal Medicine |
| REALM | Rapid Estimate Of Adult Literacy in Medicine |
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| SAEM | Society for Academic Emergency Medicine |
| SNOMED | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| family medicine | The medical specialty concerned with providing continuous, comprehensive care to all age groups, from first patient contact to terminal care, with special emphasis on care of the family as a unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foetal medicine | Study of the growth, development, care, and treatment of the foetus, and of environmental factors harmful to the foetus. Synonym: fetology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| folk medicine | Treatment of ailments outside of organised medicine by remedies and simple measures based upon experience and knowledge handed on from generation to generation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forensic medicine | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legal medicine | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |