List of acronyms/abbreviations?

[RetiredButRestless]

I can't be the only one who needs to Google all the abbreviated terms that seem to be so popular here. Is there a comprehensive glossary? Thanks!

[fireandice123]

Here you go.

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[RetiredButRestless in reply to fireandice123]

Thank you!

[TFU589]

ucsfhealth.org/education/pr...

[Stoneartist]

Thats not good enough!!! My experience is that there are some on this site who show an excessive use of abbreviations. This may save them time in writing - but increases the time for reading for hundreds of other members on this site. For me this is pure egoistic lazyness. Some abbreviations which are in common use here are fine: ADT, PSA, since they are central and so often used that we all learn them.

But abbreviations for little used terms I thing should follow common quidelines:

Do not use abbreviations if you are only going to use them once or twice.

If you want to refer to an obscure term many times in your post - then you should introduce its full meaning at the first mention in your post, for example: AUS (artificial urinary sphincter)

[RetiredButRestless in reply to Stoneartist]

Stoneartist; you are quite right-- in published scientific literature, it is customary to define an abbreviation when it is first used in a paper-- if the writer's intent is to communicate to his audience, that is...

[j-o-h-n in reply to Stoneartist]

You hit the slab on the head with a chisel...... Some people are stone deaf when you ask them not to abr....................

BTW glad to see you.............

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 09/14/2023 10:40 PM DST