An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev.
Lets Start with a list of abbreviations starting with:
A:
A&A Amniocentesis and abortion
AA American Atheists (4)
AAA Americans Against Abortion (1)
AAA American Adoption Agency
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AACP American Academy of Child Psychiatry (5)
AAD Alliance Against Defamation (7)
AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians (5)
AAHA American Academy of Health Administration (5)
AAHS Americans Against Human Suffering (6)
AAI Alternatives to Abortion International (1)
AAL American Abolitionist League (1)
AAMCH American Association of Maternal & Child Health (5)
AAME American Academy of Medical Ethics
AAMFT American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
AANFP American Academy of Natural Family Planning (1)
AANP American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
AANS American Academy of Neurological Surgeons
AAP American Academy of Pediatrics (5)
AAR American Academy of Religion
AARP American Association of Retired Persons
AAS American Association of Suicidology
AAS Abortion Abolition Society (1)
AASECT American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (5)
AASK Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
AATB American Association of Tissue Banks (5)
AAUN American Association of the United Nations
AAUW American Association of University Women (5)
ABA American Booksellers' Association
ABA American Bar Association (5)
ABC American Baby Code
ABC American Broadcasting Company
AB American Birth Control League (later Planned Parenthood)
ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ABM Anti-ballistic missile
ABMS American Board of Medical Specialties
ABOG American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Abp Archbishop
ABS American Bible Society
ACA Americans for a Constitutional Amendment
ACA Americans for Constitutional Action
ACA Arms Control Association
ACC Arab Cooperation Council
ACCL American Citizens Concerned for Life (1)
ACCT Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique (Agency for Cultural and
Technical Cooperation)
ACE Alliance for Chastity Education (1)
ACE American Council on Education
ACF Americans for Constitutional Freedom
ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACHR American Convention on Human Rights
ACL American Collegians for Life (1)
ACLA American Catholic Lawyers Association
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union (5,6,7,8)
ACNM American College of Nurse-Midwives
ACOG American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (5)
ACOOG American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACOP American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians
ACP American College of Physicians
ACP African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
ACS Americans for Common Sense
ACS American College of Surgeons
ACT-UP AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (7)
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone
ACW Action for World Community
AD Anno DominiADA Americans for Democratic Action (5)
ADA Adenosine deaminase
ADL Anti-Defamation League [of B'nai B'rith] (5)
ADRDAA Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association
AE Artificial embryonation
AE American Education Association
AEA Adoption Exchange Program
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AED Academy for Educational Development (5)
AEI American Enterprise Institute
AELC Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
AEU American Ethical Union (4)
AFA American Family Association (formerly National Federation for Decency)
(1,3)
AFAM Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
AFC Apostolate for Family Consecration (1)
AfDB African Development Bank
AFDC American Family Defense Coalition (1)
AFDC Aid for Families with Dependent Children
AFE Americans for the Environment (11)
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AFGE American Federation of Government Employees
AFJ Alliance for Justice
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL Adolescent Family Life
AFLM Advocates for Life Ministries (1)
AFMCH American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health
AFP [Maternal] alpha-feto protein
AFS American Fertility Society (5)
AFSC American Friends Service Committee (5)
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
AFT American Federation of Teachers (5)
AG Attorney general
AG Andean Group
AGA Alliance of Gay Artists (7,8)
AGA American Gay Atheists (4,7)
AGA American Genetic Association
AGI Alan Guttmacher Institute (5)
AGP Association of Gay Psychologists (7)
AGPA American Group Psychotherapy Association
AGS American Geriatrics Society
AGS American Gynecological Society
AHA American Hospital Association (5)
AHA American Humane Association
AHA American Historical Association
AHA American Humanist Association (4,5,6,7,8)
AHEA American Home Economics Association (5)
AI Amnesty International
AI Artificial insemination
AI Artificial intelligence
AIAA Americans for International Aid and Adoption
AID Artificial insemination (by donor)
AID [United States] Agency for International Development (5)
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIFR American Institute of Family Relations
AIH Artificial insemination (by husband)
AIHCA American Indian Health Care Association
AIM Accuracy in Media (3)
AIM American Indian Movement
AIPOP American Institute of Public Opinion Poll
AIR-PLUS American Information Route Toward a Pro-Life United States (1)
AISA Adoption Information Service Agency
AIUM American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
AJC American Jewish Congress (5)
AJOG American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyAKA Also known as
AL Arab League
ALA American Library Association (8)
ALADI Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; (Latin American
Integration Association (LAIA))
ALC American Lutheran Church
ALD Adrenoleukodystrophy
ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council
ALERT American Life Education and Research Trust (1)
ALF Animal Liberation Front (10)
ALG American Lawyer's Guild (5)
ALI American Law Institute
ALI American Liberties Institute
ALL American Life League (1)
ALL American Life Lobby (1)
ALMA Adoptee's Liberty Movement Association
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALSE Advocates for Gay and Lesbian State Employees (7)
AMA American Medical Association (5)
AMEN AIDS in Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods Study
AMEND Moms Experiencing Neonatal Death
AMF Arab Monetary Fund
AMFAR American Foundation for AIDS Research
AMOS Assumptions are the mother of all screwups
AMU Arab Maghreb Union
AMWA American Medical Women's Association
ANA American Nurses Association (5)
ANC African National Congress (9)
ANM Auxiliary nurse-midwife
ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
AOA American Orthopsychiatric Association
AOG Assembly of God
AOH Ancient Order of Hibernians
AORN American Association of Registered Nurses
AP Associated Press
APA American Psychoanalytic Association
APA American Psychiatric Association (5)
APA American Pharmaceutical Association
APA American Psychological Association (5,7)
APC American Parents Committee
APCW Adolescent Pregnancy Childwatch Project
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APHA American Public Health Association (5)
APHA American Protestant Hospital Association
APL Adopted People for Life (1)
APLIC Association for Population/Family Planning and Information Centers (5)
APO Army Post Office
APPP Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians (5)
APS Artificial placentation system
APSH Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
APTN American Public Television Network
APWU American Postal Workers Union (5)
ARAC Animal Rights Activists for Choice (5,10)
ARAL Association to Repeal Abortion Laws (5)
ARC American Red Cross
ARC AIDS-Related Complex
ARF Animal Rights Front (10)
ARHO Association of Reproductive Health Officials (5)
ARHP Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (5)
ARL Americans for Religious Liberty
ARM Abortion Rights Mobilization (5)
ARMS Abortion-Related Ministries (1)
ARP Association for Retarded Persons
ARSC Abortion Survivors Rescue Committee (1)
ARV AIDS-related virus
ASA Association for the Study of Abortion (5)
ASA American Sociological Association
ASAHP Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
ASAP As soon as possible
ASAT Anti-satellite weapons
ASC American Security Council
ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
AsDB Asian Development Bank
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASF American Suicide Foundation
ASHA American Social Health Association
ASHG American Society of Human Genetics
ASHS Association of Secular Humanist Societies (4)
ASLM American Society of Law and Medicine (5)
ASM American Society of Mammologists
ASMA American Student Medical Association
ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (6)
ASRC Abortion Survivors Rescue Committee
AT&T Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
ATCC American Type [Cell] Culture Collection
ATL Association of Trial Lawyers
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
AU Angstrom unit
AUL Americans United for Life (1)
AUSCS Americans United for Separation of Church and State (4)
AVA American Victims of Abortion (1)
AVC American Veterans Committee
AVDA American Venereal Disease Association
AVDP Avoirdupois
AVES Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society
AVS Association for Voluntary Sterilization (5)
AWMA American Women's Medical Association (5)
AWOL Absent without leave
AZT Azidothymidine
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