Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. AST
   Arch Support Technology
2. AST
   Assuming Seasonal Temperature (dead)
3. BATS
   busted all to shit (this appeared in a list of medical slang; don’t shoot the messenger); a polite alternative is “train wreck”.
4. BAV
   Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
5. BAV
   Bicuspid Aortic Valve
6. CAML
   Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of The Lung
7. CAPD
   Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
8. CAPD
   Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
9. CAPD
   chronic adult periodontal disease
10. CAPD
    Central Auditory Processing Disorders
11. CAPD
    Central Auditory Processing Disorder
12. CHRT
    Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation
13. COMS
    Crotchety Old Man Syndrome
14. CORE
    Central REpository module
15. COV
    Cleft of Venus
16. CPX
    chickenpox
17. CPX
    Complete Physical Examination
18. CRU
    Clinical Research Unit
19. CRU
    Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit
20. CRU
    Center Recall Unit

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