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Medical, healthcare and clinical acronyms explained.
WNE
West Nile encephalitis
WNF
West Nile fever
WNL
within normal limits
WNM
West Nile meningitis
WNND
West Nile neuroinvasive disease
WNV
West Nile virus
WNV
Wechsler Scale of Nonverbal Ability
WPATH
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPPSI-IV
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Fourth Edition
WPW
Wolff-Parkinson-White
WRAVMA
Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities
WS
Williams Syndrome
Wt
weight
WVTT
Water Vapor Thermal Therapy
WWTP
wastewater treatment plant
XDR
extensively drug-resistant
XDR-TB
extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
XL
extended release
XLA
X-linked agammaglobulinemia
XLIF
extreme lateral interbody fusion
XLT
extended length tracheostomy tubes
XP
extra protection
XR
extended release
XRT
photon radiotherapy
Y90
Yttrium-90
YBOCS
Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
yfgn
[this is a proprietary suffix that does not mean anything]
yo
year-old/years old
ZCQ
Zurich Claudication Questionnaire
ZM
zygomaticus minor muscle
Zn
zinc
ZnT8
zinc transporter 8
ZZ
homozygous Z allele
αKG
α-ketoglutarate
β-MA
β-mercaptoethylamine
β-ME
β-mercaptoethanol
γc
common gamma chain
μg
microgram