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General Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossaries

AF: Acronym Finder
Searchable database of acronyms by Mountain Data Systems.

Glossarist.com
A directory of glossaries and subject directories. Includes glossaries for the veterinary and biological sciences.

Specialised Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossaries

Veterinary Abbreviations and Acronyms
Compiled by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Veterinary Medicine Library, this list focuses on abbreviations and acronyms commonly used in veterinary practice. The list is continually updated and is arranged alphabetically by acronym or abbreviation.

Glossary of Veterinary Acronyms
Compiled by the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons, United Kingdom, this is a general glossary of veterinary abbreviations and acronyms. Organisations and societies are included. The site has been developed specifically for the United Kingdom.

Glossary of Veterinary Clinical Abbreviations and Acronyms
Compiled by the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons, UK, this is a glossary of clinical abbreviations commonly used in patient records.

Pharma-lexicon: a dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine
This site is a list of pharmaceutical, medical and veterinary abbreviations and their meanings. The site contains over 27,000 abbreviations and is searchable by abbreviation or browsable, using the alphabetic index.

BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
Compiled by Irving and Richard Kind in the USA, the list includes emoticons and domain abbreviations.

PetEducation.com: Abbreviations
Part of the PetEducation website created by veterinarians Dr Race Foster and Dr Marty Smith, this site provides a table of abbreviations and acronyms, and links to a dictionary of veterinary terms,information on common drugs and nutraceuticals, and a list of weights, measurements and conversions.