Medword Resources

Here are some links to some of our lists of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols, that you may find helpful.

• Abbreviations - General sampling
• Acronyms used by Blue Shield
• Acronyms used by many social service agencies

You may find the “Acronym Finder” search function below to be most helpful. Although not primarily for medical acronyms or abbreviations, it does have a very respectable number of medical abbreviations and acronyms in its database. Upon first using the search function, a new window will be opened so you may search at the “Acronym Finder” site and then return to this page.

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Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols book compiles some 20,000 clinically relevant abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols.